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6 Big Data Projects to Aid Disaster Response
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Japan Science and Technology Agency will jointly fund six research projects aimed at improving disaster management through the use of big data and analytics.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency, which want to support efforts to transform disaster management with big data and analytics, have announced a program to jointly fund six U.S.-Japan research projects.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Tokyo will develop new olfactory search algorithms that use sensors to identify sources of pollutants or other agents released into the air or sea.
A team from Temple University and Japan's University of Aizu will design smartphone-based ad hoc emergency networks that can evolve as a disaster unfolds.
Researchers from Arizona State University and Japan's National Institute of Information will explore resilient networks, social media mining, and information dissemination during disasters.
The other projects will focus on a human-centered situation awareness platform for disaster response and recovery; data-driven critical information exchange in disaster-affected public-private networks; and efficient and scalable collection, analytics, and processing of big data for disaster applications.
If big data and analytics are to be used, updated methods to "analyze large, noisy, and heterogeneous data in order to facilitate timely decision-making in the face of shifting demands" are necessary, according to NSF.
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