Public safety and emergency managementrequires tools that detect promptly the occurrence
of emergencies and create a correct and detailed picture of the situation. Such tools may …

This paper reviews the literature and offers a perspective on speech communication, voice
and natural language analysis when speech is used under disaster conditions. The focus is …

Abstract Human Computing Interaction (HCI) is an expansive research field that covers
various disciplines from computer science and engineering to human factors and social …

Introduction: Effective crisis management can reduce the costs and consequences of a crisis
and has a significant impact on saving human lives in critical situations. Proper use of …

We propose a novel approach to develo** a tractable affective dialogue model for
probabilistic frame-based dialogue systems. The affective dialogue model, based on …

In recent years, dramatic river flooding occurred in the city of Prague causing the raising of
the river water level more than 8 m and the inundation of the lower parts of the city. The …

The messages prompted by emergency situations and hazards have a specific vocabulary,
related to both the topic and to the emotional response of the writers. An analysis of these …

In recent years, we have developed a framework of human-computer interaction that offers
recognition of various communication modalities including speech, lip movement, facial …

This thesis is the result of five years of research (and two more years of 'finishing the thesis')
but the ground work was already laid in the year 2000 when I took a master level course in …

Abstract Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs) are attractive for
dialogue management because they are made to deal with noise and partial information …