Global City Teams ChallengeSeptember 29-30, 2014

Report Out: Technology Enabling Human Networks in Emergency Response

Smart Emergency Response

People

• Where are they?• Where do they (want to) go?• Where should they go?

Project Scope• Description

– Connect people with data analytics• Share situational awareness• Share operational plans

– Predict and anticipate human needs• Exploit social networks

– Dispatch machines and provide guidance• Partnerships required

– Human behavior expertise– Network infrastructure

• Setup, control, virtualization (partitioned, sliced, … )– Field data

Project Action Plan• Major Tasks

– Acquire data from mobile devices/carriers– Create ad hoc bandwidth– Social interaction modeling– Human network based prediction– … find additional partner …

• Targets – Be better prepared for emergencies

• Uninterrupted communication access• Anticipate needs• Confidence in mission operations

– Develop broadly applicable technology

Impacts/Benefits

• Reduce loss of life• Improve medical response to injured• Increase acceptance of technology• Convince people to share data

Demonstration

• Demonstration scenario– Emergency in Ammon, Idaho– Data aggregation and analysis• Mobile devices• Infrastructure

– Provide resources• Supplies• Information (e.g., routing)• Mission information