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.

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.