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Contextual information integration platform for humanitarian relief

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Shivsubramani Krishnamoorthy,

Ashok AgrawalaAuthors Info & Claims

ACWR '11: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief

Pages 55 - 61

https://doi.org/10.1145/2185216.2185243

Published: 18 December 2011 Publication History

Abstract

It is well recognized that context plays a significant role in all human endeavors. All decisions are based on information which has to be interpreted in context. By making the information systems context-aware we can have systems that significantly improve the human capabilities to handle situations context. In this paper, we highlight the significance of Context that wireless devices should be able to support, especially in the event of a calamity or a disaster to provide much more effective support to the relief efforts. In such situations, where wireless device users need to be provided with critical information for purposes such as evacuation, relief work etc., it is equally important to provide information that suits current situation of the user while taking into account the current environment around the user. We present Rover II, framework for contextual information integration for wireless devices. With our belief that information processing systems should only provide support to the human decision maker (and not attempt to replace him/her), the Rover provides means for supporting the flow of information filtered and augmented using relevant contextual information. Our framework uses a paradigm for handling context information that includes user specific context combined with activity context and common context. We outline the significance of context-awareness with the help of a mobile application/system developed at Maryland on how effective such systems can be in situations of disaster or calamity.

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ACWR '11: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief

December 2011

517 pages

ISBN:9781450310116

DOI:10.1145/2185216

General Chairs:
Rajagopala Chidambaram
Government of India
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P. Venkat Rangan
Amrita University
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Satish K. Tripathi
SUNY Buffalo
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Prasant Mohapatra
UC Davis
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Program Chairs:
Maneesha V. Ramesh
Amrita University
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Maarten van Steen
Extreme Distributed Systems, VU, Amsterdam

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Dirgahayu THendrik HSetiaji H(2019)Context-Aware Applications for Disaster Management: A Systematic Literature Review2019 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Computational Intelligence (CyberneticsCom)10.1109/CYBERNETICSCOM.2019.8875648(87-91)Online publication date: Aug-2019
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Priantari RKurniawan N(2018)Integrated IT Service Platform: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis2018 International Conference on Information Technology Systems and Innovation (ICITSI)10.1109/ICITSI.2018.8696013(562-567)Online publication date: Oct-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICITSI.2018.8696013

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