TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meier,Patrick
TI  - Digital humanitarians : how big data is changing the face of humanitarian response 
SN  - 9781482248401
U1  - 361.2 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Big data
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Humanitarian intervention
KW  - Humanitarian assistance
N1  -  Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. The Rise of Digital Humanitarians -- 
Ch. 2. The Rise of Big (Crisis) Data -- 
Ch. 3. Crowd Computing Social Media -- 
Ch. 4. Crowd Computing Satellite and Aerial Imagery -- 
Ch. 5. Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response -- 
Ch. 6. Artificial Intelligence in the Sky -- 
Ch. 7. Verifying Big Crisis Data with Crowd Computing -- 
Ch. 8. Verifying Big Data with Artificial Intelligence -- 
Ch. 9. Digital Humanitarians in the Arab Spring -- 
Ch. 10. Next-Generation Digital Humanitarians
N2  - The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. Making sense of this information--Big Data--is proving an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian organizations, which is precisely why they're turning to Digital Humanitarians. This new humanitarians mobilize online to make sense of vast volumes of data--social media and text messages; satellite and aerial imagery--in direct support of relief efforts worldwide. How? They craft ingenious crowdsourcing solutions with trail-blazing insights from artificial intelligence. This book charts the spectacular rise of Digital Humanitarians, highlighting how their humanity coupled with innovative Big Data solutions is changing humanitarian relief for forever
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