Fourth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management

Event Dates

Dec 11, 2017 - Dec 13, 2017

Location

Münster, Germany

Submission Deadline

Jul 31, 2017

ICT-DM’2017 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations.

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in applied‐focused research.

SCOPE:

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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope:

► Big data analytics in disaster management

► Cloud computing

► Communication infrastructures, technologies and services for crisis management

► Context-aware computing

► Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies and systems for disaster management

► Crowd sourcing

► Cyber security

► Cyber-physical systems

► Data mining from multiple information and huge sources

► Data/information management and analysis for disaster management

► Disaster relief logistics

► E-governance

► Evacuation and rescue geo-planning

► Geo-Information technologies for disaster management

► Human-system interactive information extraction

► ICT-CDM technologies in developing countries

► Internet of things for disaster and emergency management

► Interoperability of heterogeneous systems

► M2M communications management and operations

► Mobile and wireless communication networks

► Modeling and simulation tools for crisis and disaster situations

► Ontology based approaches

► Open source data and space based resources to support disaster management

► Opportunistic communications

► Pervasive and mobile computing

► Prediction and early warning systems

► Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming disaster data

► Remote sensing

► Risk, damage and loss assessment

► Security and privacy issues in information sharing

► Sensor networks

► Service Oriented Architectures

► Situation awareness

► Smart cities for disaster and emergency management

► Social media and networks

► UAVs for crisis and disaster management

► Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery

► Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

► Other related topics in the domain of ICT-DM

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

KEYNOTES

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The keynotes will be held by:

Prof. Mark Haselkorn

Director of the Center for Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety, and Regional Resilience (CoSSaR) at the University of Washington

Abdeslem Boukhtouta Ph.D.

Senior Defense Scientist at the Defence Research and Development Canada-CORA.

COMMITTEES

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► General Co-Chairs

Bernd Hellingrath, University of Muenster, Germany

Ivan Gojmerac, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

► Technical Program Committee Co-chairs

Adam Widera, University of Muenster, Germany

Oriol Sallents, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria

► Proceedings Co-Chairs

Michael Middelhoff, University of Muenster, Germany

Saïd Yahiaoui, CERIST, Algeria

► Publicity Co-Chairs

Roelof van den Berg, University of Muenster, Germany

Amna Eleyan, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Kuo-Yu slayer Chuang, Geo Things, Taiwan

Nadir Bouchama, CERIST, Algeria

► Steering Committee

► Steering committee co-chairs

Nadia Nouali-Taboudjemat, CERIST, Algeria

Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes 1, France

► Steering committee members

Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria

Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Ivan Gojmerac, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Nadjib Badache, CERIST, Algeria

Omar Nouali, CERIST, Algeria

Soufiène Djahel, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Technical Program Committee

Abdeslem Boukhtouta, DRDC, CORA Canada

Ahmed Nacer Mohamed, Computer Science Department, USTHB University, Algeria

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia

Alex Delis, University of Athens, Greece

Alexander Preinerstorfer, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Amir Qayyum Mohammad Ali, Jinnah University, Pakistan

Andreas Prinz, University of Agder, Norway

Antonio De Nicola, ENEA, Italy

Bigomokero Antoine Bagula, University of Western Cape, South Africa

Bill Karakostas, VLTN GCV, Belgium

Christian Raffelsberger, Lakeside Labs, Austria

Christoph Ruggenthaler, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Danco Davcev, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia

Djamal Benslimane, LIRIS, France

Domenico Potena, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Erika Rosas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Fadila Bentayeb, ERIC, France

Fang-Zhou Jiang, Data61, CSIRo, University of New South Wales, Australia

Fouad Bendimerad, Stanford University, USA

Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin; Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

Gerhard Backfried, Sail Labs Technology, Austria

Ghalem Belalem, University of Oran, Algeria

Hassan Badir, ENSAT Tangier, Marocco

Jingquan Xie, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany

John Noel Victorino, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Kamel Boukhalfa, USTHB, University Algeria

Keshav Dahal, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland

Kevin Curran, University of Ulster Northern, Ireland

Lyes Khoukhi, University of Technology of Troyes, France

Malika Mehdi, CERIST, France

Marcello Trovati, Derby University, United Kingdom

Marcos R. S. Borges, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marian Bubak, AGH Krakow PL and University of Amsterdam, Poland

Marlene De Leon, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Michail Chatzidakis, University of Athens, Greece

Mohamed Cherif Djemai, University of Blida 01, Algeria

Mohammed Erradi, ENSIAS Rabat, Morocco

Mohand-Said Hacid, Universtiy of Lyon 1, France

Mouloud Atmani, Cerist, Algeria

Nicolas Hidalgo, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany

Olga Battaïa, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, France

Pantelis Frangoudis, INRIA, France

Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

Pascal Van Hentenryck, NICTA, USA

Patrick Luley Joanneum, Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria

Pethuru Raj Chelliah, Infrastructure Architect, India

Raphaël Couturier, University of Franche Comte, France

Rifaat Abdalla, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Roman Tandlich, Rhodes University, South Africa

Shigeki Yamada, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Shinsuke Hara, Osaka City University, Japan

Sivasothy Shanmugalingam, Astellia, France

Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, University of Athens, Greece

Stefan Sackmann, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Tuong Thuy Vu, University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus, Malaysia

Vimala Nunavath, University of Agder, Norway

Wolfgang Vorraber, TU Graz, Austria

Yamine Ait Ameur, IRIT/INPT-ENSEEIHT, France

Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University, China

Yusheng Ji, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

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