2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)最新文献

{"title":"Tapping into social media and digital humanitarians for building disaster resilience in Canada","authors":"Kate Kaminska","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7274444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7274444","url":null,"abstract":"Social media offers the opportunity to connect with the public, improve situational awareness, and to reach people quickly with alerts, warnings and preparedness messages. However, the ever increasing popularity of social networking can also lead to `information overload' which can prevent disaster management organizations from processing and using social media information effectively. This limitation can be overcome through collaboration with `digital humanitarians' - tech savvy volunteers, who are leading the way in crisis-mapping and crowdsourcing of disaster information. Since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, their involvement has become an integral part of the international community's response to major disasters. For example, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) activated the Digital Humanitarian Network during the 2013 response to typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda [1]. Our previous research has shown that Canada's disaster management community has not yet fully taken advantage of all the opportunities that social media offers, including the potential of collaboration with digital humanitarians [2]. This finding has led to the development of an experiment designed to test how social media aided collaboration can enable enhanced situational awareness and improve recovery outcomes. The experiment took place in November 2014 as a part of the third Canada-US Enhanced Resiliency Experiment (CAUSE III), which is an experiment series that focuses on enhancing resilience through situational awareness interoperability. This paper describes the results of the experiment and Canadian efforts to facilitate effective information exchange between disaster management officials, digital humanitarians as well as the public at large, so as to improve situational awareness and build resilience, both at the community and the national level.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114978916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bi-directional CLLC converter front-end for off-grid battery inverters","authors":"N. Radimov, R. Orr, T. Gachovska","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238057","url":null,"abstract":"A bidirectional full-bridge CLLC resonant converter was proposed like front-end of off-grid battery inverter. The model of CLLC converter was derived. The effect of power MOSFET output capacitance on CLLC oscillation tank behavior was validated. The guideline for oscillation tank components and power MOSFETs choice was proposed. The 1kW peak-power off-grid battery inverter was built and tested.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117273889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The positive impact, to the person itself and to the society, promoted by the professional courses at high-school level","authors":"Ronnielli Chagas de Oliveira, G. H. De O. Moura, I. Paiva, Juliceli Marcia de Oliveira, Tatiana Machado Soares, Thelma Virgínia Rodrigues","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238052","url":null,"abstract":"This article intends to describe the positive impact promoted by the projects developed in the professional courses of medium level, to the person itself as well to the society, and some of the results accomplished by UNA University Center, Brazil, through the National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment, the so-called Pronatec. The results presented here are part of the initiative of staff and teachers of some technological courses, participants of the so-called technological axis Control and Industrial Processes, of UNA University Center - an institution that intends to promote the transformation of the nation through bold, innovative and inclusive socially experiences. As part of the methodology described in this article, in a deep form, is the approach between students, teachers, the institution itself and society. All of it promoted by the continuous incentive offered to the students through interdisciplinary projects, which have as a proposal simulate the perspective of the labor market as well as instigate students to a reflection about social and humanitarian themes. Through the insertion of innovative teaching practices in the courses, it's possible to realize that all of them are very important as motivating factor to forthcoming admission in a college and the initiation in scientific activities. It brings results to the person itself as well to the society and also contributes to the development of the communities and an inclusive nation. The accomplished results were consolidated and presented to the society during an institution event called ExpoUna 2014 - during this event all interdisciplinary projects are presented to the audience. It's important to highlight the approximation between other institutions and the Sight PUC-Minas. In order to prove the results it's fundamental to present stories of some students who felt the transformation in their lives.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116978175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World","authors":"A. Khamis","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238038","url":null,"abstract":"Detection and removal of antipersonnel landmines is, at the present time, a serious problem of political, economical, environmental and humanitarian dimensions in many countries over the world. In order to foster robotics research and its applications in the area of humanitarian demining, Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World has been initiated as first outdoor robotic competition on humanitarian demining. This competition aims at raising the public awareness of the seriousness of the landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXOs) contamination and fostering robotics research and its applications in the area of humanitarian demining in the world. In this competition, each participating team constructs a teleoperated/autonomous unmanned ground/aerial vehicle that must be able to search for underground and aboveground anti-personnel landmines and UXOs. The position and the type of each detected object are visualized and overlaid on the minefield map. The robot must be able to navigate through rough terrain that mimics a real minefield. This paper describes this competition, discusses the motivation behind it and summarizes the lessons learned from this initiative.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129792422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Remote sensing for humanitarian applications","authors":"Maria Rey, I. Al-Anbagi, N. Martyn","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238054","url":null,"abstract":"Remote sensing technologies are becoming increasingly used for humanitarian aid and disaster prediction and management purposes. Originally designed for military and government-use, today's proliferation of smaller, light-weight, intelligent, network connected and sometimes autonomous remote sensors are now finding their way into daily use by civilian authorities, universities and commercial entities as accurate and relatively cheap means of providing functions such as disaster prediction, mitigation and for damage assessment. In this paper we present an overview of the trends in remote sensing technologies, with emphasis on the capabilities of existing and planned space and airborne radar and hyperspectral sensors for humanitarian applications. In addition to that, we present a case study for crop health monitoring where remote sensing assets coupled with commercial telematics for example Radio Frequency Identifiers (RFIDs) deployed in support of narcotics interdiction through agricultural interventions in Afghanistan.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129914748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Resources allocation in emergency response using an interdependencies simulation environment","authors":"Abdullah Alsubaie, Khaled S. Alutaibi, J. Martí","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238050","url":null,"abstract":"Natural and man-made disasters cause tremendous losses every year. Recent events, such as Hurricane Katrina and Sandy, have revealed the need for coordinated and effective emergency responses. In order to reduce human lives and economic losses, available resources should be allocated efficiently. Emergency responders are increasingly being challenged by the size and complexity of critical infrastructures that provide vital resources for emergency response operations. In this paper, we propose an integrated simulation-optimization tool for assisting emergency responders in finding the optimal allocation of available resources during a disaster event. The proposed tool utilizes the Infrastructure Interdependencies Simulator (i2Sim) for modeling the critical infrastructures that provides the available resources such as power and water. An optimization agent is developed based on a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to interact with the i2Sim simulator. We use this integrated simulation-optimization tool to address the problem of resources allocation during a disaster event. The objective of the optimization problem is maximizing the operational capacity of a critical infrastructure, a hospital in this case. The problem formulation incorporates the physical interdependencies between critical infrastructures in emergency response operations. This paper describes early results of our work that shows the use of our approach in optimizing resources allocation in a simulated disaster event.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117321791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MBQ first nation Fibre to the Home","authors":"L. Bradley","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238047","url":null,"abstract":"The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) decided in 2009 to deploy a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) network to provide Internet services to their citizens. The services offered by the exiting Internet Service Providers had proven slow and in some instances unattainable to the residents. Today the network is in place and serving 300 locations across the Nation.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"56 9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125993741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trends in ICT for relief and development: From mobile data collection to data driven decision making","authors":"Carol Bothwell, S. Hellen","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238058","url":null,"abstract":"At CRS we employ information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) across the gamut of our programming-from our signature activities in emergency response, agriculture and health to our complementary efforts in education, microfinance, peacebuilding, and water and sanitation. We also work closely with technology partners to influence the evolution of ICT4D to ensure it meets the needs of developing communities. Over the past five years, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has used information and communication technology for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in projects across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The use of technology for M&E makes CRS more accountable to donors and program participants, and improves the way learning is shared within the agency and with other relief and development organizations. With increasing amounts of data being collected on mobile devices and geographic information system (GIS) tools becoming easier to use, there is great opportunity to apply mapping and spatial analysis to improve program delivery.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123953929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Collaborating with Pikangikum First Nation toward resilience through technologies for water and sanitation","authors":"Robert White, I. Leblanc","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238070","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an approach to “Supporting Pikangikum First Nation toward resilience” through the application of `Technologies for water and sanitation'.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129241828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Open source photovoltaic system performance modeling with python","authors":"Nathan Charles, Mahmoud Kabalan, Pritpal Singh","doi":"10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC.2015.7238046","url":null,"abstract":"Several tools exist for modeling the annual energy output of photovoltaic (PV) solar systems. However, open source frameworks are not widely available and tend to be procedural. Moreover, they are oriented toward the modeling of the solar resource instead of the optimization of PV system design. Open source software allows for peer revision, collaboration and rapid development. Furthermore, localized optimizations are possible such as adaptation to local requirements or different weather data formats. In this paper, solpy, an object oriented open source python implementation, is presented. This software is capable of using historic or forecasted weather data to predict system performance as well as validate certain design constraints such as system voltage and conductor sizing. The developed software, solpy, compares favorably against NREL PV Watts and System Advisor Model.","PeriodicalId":178502,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC2015)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134185145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}