DISARM
POST-DISASTER SITUATION ANALYSIS AND
MANAGEMENT USING DELAY-TOLERANT PEER-TO-PEER WIRELESS
During post disaster recovery period
communication services are either not
available or partially available. In times
of limited communication services like
these, innovative wireless networking
applications can be helpful for
systematizing chaotic situations.
Disarm project aims in providing
service and network level solutions for
tackling various challenges related to
the Post-Disaster Situation. The project
is about developing a 4-tier, low cost,
fast deployable and disaster-tolerant
wireless communication
infrastructure. A robust framework will
be investigated and developed that will
lead to a global need assessment from
the piecewise localized views of the
rescue teams and victims.
Disarm’s major innovation lies in the
construction of a coherent picture for
overall situation analysis from
different, partial, inflated, multi-modal
information and development of
distributed methods for post-disaster
service management in presence of
uncertainty that may range from
unreliable (wireless) network links to
diverse background of the victims as
well as volunteers. This will also
provide a coordination system to guide
resource distribution among disaster
victims. Experience gained from this
project will enhance the preparedness
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RESOURCE
of relief agencies and the first
responder which will improve the use
of smart devices for better
coordination of relief efforts.
KEY OUTCOMES
RESEARCH OUTCOMES
PUBLICATIONS: 52 papers have been
published in conferences/ journals. Out of
which, 37 papers were in ITRA approved
conferences/journals of international
repute.
IMPACT ON CURRICULUM
FOURTEEN Courses Developed/Modified.
OUTREACH OUTCOMES
TWENTY THREE Workshops/
Conference/Seminars Conducted.
POTENTIAL TOT /
COMMERCIALIZATION / STARTUPS
A technology to establish ad hoc
communication networks at short notice
in disaster-struck areas is under advance
stage of development which may lead to a
ToT/ commercialization/ startup.
INSTITUTIONS
i. IIT Kharagpur - Lead Institution
ii. IIM Calcutta - Lead Institution
iii. IIEST Shibpur - Partner Institution
iv. NIT Durgapur - Partner Institution
v. KGEC, Kalyani - Partner Institution
vi. HIT, Kolkata - Partner Institution
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PROJECT TEAM
INVESTIGATORS
i. Prof. Niloy Ganguly, IIT KGP –
Lead Investigator
ii. Dr. Somprakash Bandyopadhyay,
IIM Calcutta – Lead Investigator
iii. Dr. Sipra Das Bit, IIEST
iv. Dr. Sujoy Saha, NIT Durgapur
v. Dr. Indrajit Bhattacharya, KGEC
vi. Dr. Siuli Roy, HIT
vii. Dr. Bivas Mitra, IIT KGP
viii. Dr. Animesh Mukherjee, IIT KGP
ix. Dr. Sandip Chakraborty, IIT KGP
x. Dr. Indranil Bose, IIM Calcutta
xi. Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh, IIEST
xii. Dr. Tamaghna Acharya, IIEST
xiii. Dr. Subrata Nandi, NIT Durgapur
xiv. Dr. Pranay Chaudhuri, HIT
xv. Dr. Partha S Banerjee, KGEC
MENTORS
i. Dr. Sajal K. Das, Missouri S&T, USA
ii. Dr. Sukumar Ghosh, University of
Iowa, USA
iii. Dr. Subir Biswas, Michigan State
University, USA
iv. Dr. Arjun Katoch, United Nations
Disaster Assessment and
Coordination & NDMA
COLLABORATORS
i. Dr. Romit Roy Choudhary,
University of Illinois, USA
ii. Dr. Pradipta De, SUNY, Korea.
iii. Industry: Flipkart, Google and
Microsoft
iv. NGO: SPADE and Indian Red Cross
Society
PH.D STUDENTS
FIFTEEN PhD students are working
on the project
ITRA-Mobile
PROJECT ADVANCEMENTS GALLERY

i. Wireless MeshBox: Ultra low-

cost, plug-and-play wireless
mesh network has been
developed that spreads an
Internet connection in a
specific area has been
developed.
ii. A DTN-based P2P sync tool
for post-disaster applications
called pSync has been
developed.
iii. Android application for
collecting typing activity and
predicted emotion using
machine learning techniques
has been developed.
iv. A situational analysis tool for
situational information
aggregation, filtering and
integration during
propagation through the
tiered architecture has been
developed.
v. Developed an Android
application for navigation and
alerting user in a public
transport
vi. Developed a system to
generate an annotated city
traffic map using
crowdsourcing
vii. Developed an intelligent bus
route recommendation
system Outreach Activities

viii. Designed density based

clustering algorithms for
outdoor landmark
identification from vehicular
traces.

Deployment

DISARM ITRA-Mobile

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