Learn new skills: Introduction October 7, 2015
Learn new skills:
Introduction October 7, 2015
DataMaps
Analysis Community
Po s t H a i t i
“Haiti showed everyone that it is going to be crucial to adopt and use these
technologies to make humanitarian work better, faster and more efficient.”
- Adele Waugaman, senior director of technology for United Nations and
Vodafone
www.DigitalHumanitarians.comالشبكة اإلنسانية الرقمية
Learning and building over time
Haiti Earthquake2010
Typhoon HaiyanPhilippines 2013
Indonesian Preparedness2012 - 2015
West African Ebola Response2014
MicroMappers Curate Damage Assessment Data
Timeline2010 QCRI Created2012 QCRI’s Social Innovation Programme
2013 AIDR Development startsMicroMappers Development startsUaviators CreatedTyphoon Haiyan Response with UN OCHA
2014 MicroMappers - Coconuts for Computer VisionUNICEF AIDR SMS - ZambiaTyphoon Hagupit Response
2015 WoRDE prototype with Translators without BordersCyclone Pam (Vanuatu Response)Nepal Earthquake Response
Kathmandu Living Labs – civic tech hubs/labs support resilience
Partnerships and Coordination
Young Mappers in Indonesia, Bangladesh and the United States of America
#DigiHumsQA
Exercise
The purpose of the session is to build a common language. Our goal is to have geeks, humanitarians, researchers and residents learn some of the basic words for emergencies. This type of tasks is one of the first things that digital humanitarians do when there is an activation. We will use these keywords for future events. (We’ll share the notes on the #digihumsQA mailing list.)
1. Scenario 1: There is a large explosion in Doha. What types of keywords and social media tools/accounts will you use to track this? How can we organize to support the local responders and affected communities?
2. Scenario 2: There is an earthquake/tsunami in Indonesia. It is high on the Richter scale . What are the keywords and social media tools/accounts that you would use to track this?
How to stay involvedJoin MicroMappers.org for future global emergency activations.
Join and keep learning every week via: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digitalhumanitarians-qatar
Watch for more announcements via #digihumsQA #digihums, @heatherleson @qatarcomputing and textontechs.com
Next StepsData Collection and Social Media for Emergencies (October 2015)
Maps and Data Visualization (November 2015)
Crisis Computing (Machine and Human Computing) (December 2015)