MAMS Symposium 4/15
Please join us for the 2015 MAMS Symposium April 15, 2015 Bakst Auditorium 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Multicultural Night 4/16
Communications: DHS transfers emergency-response tech
The Department of Homeland Security’s tech directorate has begun transferring a web-based, app-driven emergency response system to a nonprofit center that will disseminate it more widely among emergency responders. (More)
Ebola modeling floats flood response app
Virginia Tech graduate students built a tool that integrates local open data with an Ebola response model to aid emergency response to flooding.(More)
Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts 18th Annual Training Conference – May 11 to May 15, 2015
Massachusetts Association of Crime Analysts 18th Annual Training Conference – May 11 to May 15, 2015 Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center – Hyannis MA The 18th Annual MACA Training Conference will be especially interesting to Homeland Security professionals this year. Event info & registration: www.macrimeanalysts.org Venue & Room Booking: http://www.capecodresortandconferencecenter.com Tuition is $350, room […]
FCC Seeks Comment on What ‘Emergency’ Means for School Mass Notifications
Can schools and colleges consider every mass notification they send out an “emergency?” That’s the question at the heart of a request filed with the Federal Communications Commission by Blackboard. (More)
U.S., Japan Bring Big Data and Data Analytics to Disaster Response
Rapid advances in information technology are providing new opportunities to improve disaster management. For example, new computer systems and networks — from sensor networks to smartphones and cyber-physical systems — are giving rise to powerful data streams that have the potential to facilitate timely and effective action during disasters. (More)