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Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICTs for Disaster Management
Country: Algeria Date: 9/23/2013 Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICTs for Disaster Management March 24-25, 2014 Algiers, Algeria Paper Submission deadline: September 23, 2013 ICT-DM2014 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in appliedfocused research. The conference topics are (but not limited to): Communication systems for disaster management Infrastructures, technologies and services for distributed crisis management teams and organizations Mobile and wireless communication networks Hastily formed networks (MANETs, Mesh, VANETs, Sensor, …) Opportunistic communications Multi-platform and multi-sensor data collection Infrastructure protection and security Interoperability of heterogeneous systems Coordination and collaboration technologies and systems for disaster management Collaborative information systems architectures, frameworks, technologies

Collaborative decision-making under stress, time pressure and limited resources Service Oriented Architectures for collaboration Ontology approaches Contextual and situation-based collaboration Security and privacy concerns in information sharing Cloud computing for disaster management Pervasive and mobile computing Social media and networks for participation and collaboration Modeling and simulation of collaboration Data/information management and analysis for disaster management Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming disaster data Human-system interactive information extraction Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery Context-awareness information analysis and extraction Data mining from multiple information and huge sources Mining and making decisions on time-evolving and uncertain data Crowd sourcing Trust and information credibility in social networks Damage and loss assessment Post disaster needs assessment

Geo-Information technologies for disaster management Geospatial information technology and geo-collaboration Situation awareness Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Integration of data: building information models (BIM) and GIS Standardization developments (models, icons, symbols) Visualization and visual analytics Evacuation and rescue geo-planning Open source data and space based resources to support disaster management Preparation and mitigation for managing disasters Prediction and early warning Remote sensing Risk assessment, modeling and simulation tools for crisis situations Healthcare crisis information systems Multimedia-based communication skills for citizens and civil servants E-government and population education Practices for risk reduction and rapid response in developing countries ICT in emergency planning and civil protection Case studies, particular incidents and learned lessons Benchmark and case studies in e-governance for disaster management

Case studies of the use of social media and networks Innovative uses of technologies adapted to the readiness Requests can be sent to: E-Mail: ictdm2014@gmail.com Fax: +213 (0) 21 91 21 26 Link: http://www.ict-dm.org/cfp.php Categories: Applied Research, Case Studies, Collaboration and Data-Sharing Tools , Computer Modeling, Computer Science, Disaster Management, E-Health, Emergency Medicine, Health Information Management, Healthcare IT, Information Science, Public Health, Public Safety, Web/Internet Audience: Computer Scientist, Emergency Physician, Healthcare Administrator, Informatician, Information Scientist, Physician Researcher, Policy Analyst, Public Health Expert, Public Health Worker, Public Servant, Technologist