Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (2015), xxv, 233 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
ISBN 978-1-4822-4839-5 (pbk); 9780429256639 (ebook)
"The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information'social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian." (Publisher description)
1 The rise of digital humanitarians, 1
2 The rise of big (crisis) data, 25
3 Crowd-computing social media, 49
4 Crowd-computing satellite and aerial imagery, 73
5 Artificial intelligence for disaster response, 95
6 Artificial intelligence in the sky, 111
7 Verifying big crisis data with crowd-computing, 125
8 Verifying big data with artificial intelligence, 143
9 Digital humanitarians in the Arab Spring, 155
10 Next-generation digital humanitarians, 173
2 The rise of big (crisis) data, 25
3 Crowd-computing social media, 49
4 Crowd-computing satellite and aerial imagery, 73
5 Artificial intelligence for disaster response, 95
6 Artificial intelligence in the sky, 111
7 Verifying big crisis data with crowd-computing, 125
8 Verifying big data with artificial intelligence, 143
9 Digital humanitarians in the Arab Spring, 155
10 Next-generation digital humanitarians, 173
