1. CLIMATE EXTREMES & MITGATION/ADAPTATION STRATEGIES INNOVITIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT June 17, 2011

2. 0% 100% 024h48h72h Availability Impact  From “A national initiative in emergency informatics,” by R. R. Murphy in Computing Community Consortium, November 2010  Based on data on major hurricanes and wild fires in Florida since 1992 On Power of Information “Information can save lives, livelihoods and resources.” – World Disasters Report, 2005 “Small advances in emergency informatics could significantly reduce deaths, accelerate damage assessment, and minimize economic downtime” by R. R. Murphy, 2010

3. “Information can save lives, livelihoods and resources.” – World Disasters Report, 2005 “Information empowers people to help people.” – Ho and Hsiao “Information will bridge the gap between help- seeker and help-giver” - Aparna Ray “The new source of power is not money in the hands of few, but information in the hands of many.” - John Naisbitt On Power of Information

4. Happenings Everywhere

5. OSIRIS from EU Open SenorNet & DMIS from US ASSIST More Happenings Alpine Safety, Security and Information Services and Technologies

9. Systems maintained and operated by different government agencies may not be interoperable. The systems are not sufficiently agile in response to changes in disaster situation. Systems do not exploit the synergism between information from intelligent things and information from people delivered via web2.0 technologies. The systems do not make good use of “unofficial” information sources. The systems discourage participations from volunteers and are unresponsive to victims. Some Common Limitations

10. Can facilitate the access, fusion, and use of data and information contributed by independently developed and maintained information sources owned by government agencies and non-government entities, and information contributed by people via web2.0 services; Can weave together hard and soft information to offer users less fragmented and more trustworthy information with higher availability on a timely basis; and Can support independent development of applications and services for all phases of disaster management; Can adapt with needs, improve through use, and grow in capabilities with scientific and technological advances. Distinguishing Capabilities of Open and Sustainable Information System

11. OpenISDM An Academia Sinica thematic project An open framework for disaster management information systems

12. An open framework for Disaster Management Information System Flow Control and Fusion of Symbiotic Information Disaster Management Applications Information Repository for Climate Extremes and Weather Disasters Database for Studies of Crustal Deformation & Faulting Behavior Virtual Repository Open Information Gateway Application ComponentIT Component OpenISDM (An Academia Sinica Thematic Project)

13. OpenISDM Project Team RCEC, Academia Sinica Shaw-Chen Liu Chia Chou Shih-Chun Lung IES, Academia Sinica Jian-Cheng Lee Wen-Tzong Liang Long-Chen Kuo MRDC, Central Weather Bureau Mong-Ming Lu Urban Planning, NCKU Feng-Teng Lin Han-Liang Lin NCDR and Geography, NTNU Hsueh-Cheng Chou Computer Science, U of Minn David Hung-Chang Du EECS, UCI Kwei-Jay Lin CSIE, NTU Phone Lin Chi-Sheng Shih Computer Science, NCTU John Kan-Kin Zao CSIE, NYUST Edward T.-H. Chu IIS and CITI, Academia Sinica Der-Tsai Lee Pen-Chung Yew Sheng-Wei Chen Ling-Jyl Chen Jan-Ming Ho Ching-Teng Hsiao Ching-Ju Lin Wei-Ho Chung Jane W. S. Liu

14. Wrapper interface Filtering and Fusion Information SourcesApplicationsOpen Information System Disaster mitigation applications Disaster warning systems Real-time C3 Sahana & other DMS Road and traffic conditions data.gov.tw datasets Weather forecast, models, imagery, sea surface temperature, etc Census and GIS data on vegetation, wildlife, geological profile, etc. Eyewitness reports, news, messages, twitter, etc. OpenSensorIS Sensor data on water levels & flow rates, soil moisture profile, land slide susceptibility; seismic activities; bridge stress, etc. Information flow control mechanisms Fusion, virtualization, & visualization services

15. Networking & feed services Data hosting services Data caches Scientific and historical data CDFB Historical records Sensor data archive CEWD Open Information Gateway Access and flow control mechanisms Fusion, mining and visualization services Virtual Repository Disaster management applications & services OpenISDM Information Sources Applications

16. Open Information Gateway WIFIWIMAXPMR 3G/GPRS/LTE PMR Bluetooth Ontology/query translators VR registry VR interface services Model mapping & format conversion VR Resources Information access & flow control Information brokerage Libraries/ services Tools for validating social reports Filtering, fusion & visualization DSA framework Interface services Interface service k DSA Sensor data archive Historical records CDEF DB CEWD DB PV DB VARSE AESIS IASS Building blocks PPGIS Tool Box Thin client access

17. Sahana Data.gov +  Active network probing & reactive footprint search for damage assessment and report  Quick restoration of physical connectivity  Complementary use of cyber and human networks for high-level connectivity  Responsive publish/subscribe and event- triggered notification services

18. Open Information Gateway Interface service n Interface service k PTIBS DSA RTIBS PTIBS VR Resources Ontology/ Query Translators VR Registry VR core interface services Model mapping & format conversion tools Identity management RTIBS Interface service j

19. WIFI WIMAX Bluetooth PMR 3G/GPRS VR Resources Ontology/ Query Translators VR Registry VR core interface services Model mapping & format conversion tools Identity management Open Information Gateway IASS Interface service n Interface service k PTIBS RTIBS DSA RTIBS PTIBS A B CD Interface service j Examples of POS (point of service) locations

20. OpenISDM Project Overview Goals include  To develop underpinnings of a framework for responsive, open and sustainable information systems,  To exploit the use of multi-domain sensor information, scientific data and historical records in research. Innovative information technologies include:  Models/views of multi-domain, real-time, streaming & 4-D geospatial data to support analysis and simulation  Responsive emergency access and information flow control policies and enforcement mechanisms  Symbiotic fusion of information from things and people  Resilient and dynamic open information gateway

21. Project Timeline Integrated project supported by Academia Sinica and our home Institutions Launch Phase Supported by our home institutions Preparatory work: e.g., requirement capture, exploratory research, experimentation, prototyping plans 2015 2012 2011

22. June 17, 2011 Presented by: Jane W. S. Liu Organization: Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica, Taiwan