August 30, 2019

An app could prove lifesaving in hurricane

WHAT: What if an online platform gave you a more accurate, detailed route of a hurricane and served as your lifeline in the aftermath? A Purdue-created online platform called the Social Media Analytics and Reporting Toolkit has been used to help first responders better monitor areas where hurricanes make landfall, thus, help people caught in weather-related disasters. The platform, known as SMART, allows first responders to monitor social media posts to find people in need of help. 

WHO: David Ebert, director of Purdue’s Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments and the Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, studies visual analytics, computer graphics, visualization, mobile graphics, modeling natural phenomena, photorealistic and non-photorealistic rendering. 

QUOTE: “Disaster management during a hurricane can be chaotic. SMART allows first responders to better identify areas that need help and take action.” 

Media contact: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu 

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