Disaster relief
Frank Reichert (presentation)
Discussion:
Bruce Perens:
Example: Fire in Berkley Hills, wanted to help, with HAM radio.
Warning: May actually have negative effect if not sufficiently prepared.
HAM radio operators are already there.
No common radio channel, inter-acency communication difficult. Telephone networks will allow talks out but not in if disaster and everyone wants to call everyone else.
Anne Østergård: Ananas can wireless reach extension
-Bruce: Mesh networks. Robustness is *very* important, waterproof, sufficient battery power and so on
Knut Yrvin: Security, privacy. TV: Codebreakers (BBC). Need coordinating effort.
Mikael: Resource allocation, health and welfare communication
UN-otcha, UNHCR
Anne: open standards for information sharing
-Bruce: Protocols, frequency allocation, nationally governed
-Bruce: signal straight up, bouncing of the ionosphere, short range only 20 Miles important in order not to interfere with other areas
-Bruce: Channels: Human resources network channel, separate channel for communications. Planning and coordinating communications is important. How to integrate different systems.
Lasse: Geographical information systems very important. Book:
Anne: Tsunami, New Orleans: Government websites went down, and government does not do enough and take this seriously enough.
Mikael: Drop communication units for mesh networks with batteries and everything necessary
-Bruce: Drop opertors also, often lack of treained personell.
Lasse: Too little coordinated information on web, little cooperation between news sites
Knut Yrvin: Many people can and want to put up web sites, but are not coordinated enough to be really useful. Some places lack infrastructure. Should have infrastructure ready, hospitals, mesh networks and so on
Frank: Who should be responsible?
-Lasse: FEMA
-Mikael: Red Cross, UN, National government
-Anne: UN should build infrastructure already before needed
-Lasse: Direktorat for samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap
Frank: What can you contribute?
-Lasse: Emergency planning
-Mikael: EIAO benchmarking disaster preparedness
-Anne: Military service should include this
-Bruce: Reluctance to accept soldiers as disaster relief
-Frank: But this is after service is over, not soldiers anymore
-Anne: nordic country cooperation, should be more cooperation among neighbour states
-Anne: governments should act sooner because two or tree first days are crucial
Nils Aschenbruck (presentation).
Frank: Discussion: What to do next, early first steps?
Mikael: Match the challenged with research issues, use projects and master theses
Anne: Establish expert committee for making a plan and get feedback and then create project, making sure all viewpoints are covered
Mikael: include oxfam, soros foundation. Look at parts of challenges that can be used for other uses also, for example festival coordination systems
Reidar: framework thinking, reusable components
Anne: First identify problem type of disaster, understand victim's point of view
Bruce: Be a responder for one disaster type. Don't send in people that do not make a positive contribution
Frank: How much time does it take to create such a framework?
Anne: 6 months
Mikael: 2 months
Bruce: Logistics is not so known to engineers, who can do that? PEP?
Bruce: It is possible to attend courses from Red Cross for e.g. basic disaster response, understanding what is going on in our own countries.
In 2007 the EU 7th FP has deadline around March/April
Lost victims programme. Improve systems used
Brendan: Contact universities in Sri Lanka/Indonisia that you may be affiliated with, also limit scope on disastertype and/or geography, one size doesn't fit all
Anne: study the Cuba case story
Lasse: Lost victim programme good for open source development
Reidar: Must not be a disconneced effort, must be a part of a framework
Anne: what about in addition to natural disasters also for example diseases like bird flu
Bruce: Private funding, Soros
Anne: Identify stakeholders
Reidar: State should own framework
Frank Reichert (presentation)
Discussion:
Bruce Perens:
Example: Fire in Berkley Hills, wanted to help, with HAM radio.
Warning: May actually have negative effect if not sufficiently prepared.
HAM radio operators are already there.
No common radio channel, inter-acency communication difficult. Telephone networks will allow talks out but not in if disaster and everyone wants to call everyone else.
Anne Østergård: Ananas can wireless reach extension
-Bruce: Mesh networks. Robustness is *very* important, waterproof, sufficient battery power and so on
Knut Yrvin: Security, privacy. TV: Codebreakers (BBC). Need coordinating effort.
Mikael: Resource allocation, health and welfare communication
UN-otcha, UNHCR
Anne: open standards for information sharing
-Bruce: Protocols, frequency allocation, nationally governed
-Bruce: signal straight up, bouncing of the ionosphere, short range only 20 Miles important in order not to interfere with other areas
-Bruce: Channels: Human resources network channel, separate channel for communications. Planning and coordinating communications is important. How to integrate different systems.
Lasse: Geographical information systems very important. Book:
Anne: Tsunami, New Orleans: Government websites went down, and government does not do enough and take this seriously enough.
Mikael: Drop communication units for mesh networks with batteries and everything necessary
-Bruce: Drop opertors also, often lack of treained personell.
Lasse: Too little coordinated information on web, little cooperation between news sites
Knut Yrvin: Many people can and want to put up web sites, but are not coordinated enough to be really useful. Some places lack infrastructure. Should have infrastructure ready, hospitals, mesh networks and so on
Frank: Who should be responsible?
-Lasse: FEMA
-Mikael: Red Cross, UN, National government
-Anne: UN should build infrastructure already before needed
-Lasse: Direktorat for samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap
Frank: What can you contribute?
-Lasse: Emergency planning
-Mikael: EIAO benchmarking disaster preparedness
-Anne: Military service should include this
-Bruce: Reluctance to accept soldiers as disaster relief
-Frank: But this is after service is over, not soldiers anymore
-Anne: nordic country cooperation, should be more cooperation among neighbour states
-Anne: governments should act sooner because two or tree first days are crucial
Nils Aschenbruck (presentation).
Frank: Discussion: What to do next, early first steps?
Mikael: Match the challenged with research issues, use projects and master theses
Anne: Establish expert committee for making a plan and get feedback and then create project, making sure all viewpoints are covered
Mikael: include oxfam, soros foundation. Look at parts of challenges that can be used for other uses also, for example festival coordination systems
Reidar: framework thinking, reusable components
Anne: First identify problem type of disaster, understand victim's point of view
Bruce: Be a responder for one disaster type. Don't send in people that do not make a positive contribution
Frank: How much time does it take to create such a framework?
Anne: 6 months
Mikael: 2 months
Bruce: Logistics is not so known to engineers, who can do that? PEP?
Bruce: It is possible to attend courses from Red Cross for e.g. basic disaster response, understanding what is going on in our own countries.
In 2007 the EU 7th FP has deadline around March/April
Lost victims programme. Improve systems used
Brendan: Contact universities in Sri Lanka/Indonisia that you may be affiliated with, also limit scope on disastertype and/or geography, one size doesn't fit all
Anne: study the Cuba case story
Lasse: Lost victim programme good for open source development
Reidar: Must not be a disconneced effort, must be a part of a framework
Anne: what about in addition to natural disasters also for example diseases like bird flu
Bruce: Private funding, Soros
Anne: Identify stakeholders
Reidar: State should own framework
