Leveraging AI and Data Analytics: Applications and Future Directions

Wednesday, July 17, 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. MDT
Location: Ponderosa

Moderator

Opportunities and Challenges for Incorporating AI in Emergency and Crisis Response

Kaila Witkowski, Florida Atlantic University
Ratna Okhai, University of South Florida
Stephen Neely, University of South Florida

Geo-Knowledge-Guided Artificial Intelligence for Extracting Location Descriptions From Disaster-Related Social Media Messages

Yingjie Hu, State University of New York at Buffalo
Gengchen Mai, University of Georgia
Chris Cundy, Stanford University
Kristy Choi, Stanford University
Ni Lao, Google, Inc.
Wei Liu, State University of New York at Buffalo
Gaurish Lakhanpal, Stevenson High School
Ryan Zhou, State University of New York at Buffalo
Kenneth Joseph, State University of New York at Buffalo

A Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Flood Debris Drivers and Generation

Jasmine Bekkaye, Louisiana State University
Navid Jafari, Louisiana State University

AI Integration in Disaster Management: Workshop Insights on Opportunities and Challenges

Sophia Harris, University of Colorado Boulder
Theodora Chaspari, University of Colorado Boulder
Sharon Chu, University of Florida
Denise Simmons, University of Florida
Michelle Meyer, Texas A&M University
Amir Behzadan, University of Colorado Boulder

The Coming Storm: Making Decision Support Tools Relevant to Emergency Managers

Samuel Adams, University of Rhode Island
Austin Becker, University of Rhode Island