Research on the role of social media in crisis management has led to a deeper
understanding of their affordances. This research, however, is fragmented, with a primary …

Social media is an invaluable source of time-critical information during a crisis. However,
emergency response and humanitarian relief organizations that would like to use this …

The tasks of disaster risk monitoring and early warning are an important means of improving
the efficiency of disaster response and preparedness. However, although the current works …

The water sector is facing emerging challenges, as cyber-physical threats target Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems of water utilities. A cyber-physical stress …

Many spatiotemporal events can be viewed as contagions. These events implicitly
propagate across space and time by following cascading patterns, expanding their …

We introduce the role Liaison for design study projects. With considerable expertise in
visualization and the application domain, a Liaison can help to foster richer and more …

This chapter explores the opportunities, challenges and risks of using artificial intelligence
(AI) technologies in the context of conventional arms control and military confidence …

Online social networks have recently become a vital source for emergency event news and
the consequent venting of emotions. However, knowledge on what drives user emotion and …

Water supply and sanitation infrastructures are essential for our welfare, but vulnerable to
several attacks, typically of physical and cyber types. Cyber-physical attacks on critical …

This research aims to provide quality of intelligent decision support in dynamic situations.
The collected data can be combined and analysed using the knowledge discovery …