[Esip-disasters] Fwd: SDC Seminar: 11-12 EST, Thu Jan 18 - Operationalizing Crowdsourcing at FEMA

[Robert Downs]

Please note that the seminar, described below, might be of potential
interest.

Thanks,

Bob Downs

Robert R. Downs, PhD
Senior Digital Archivist and Senior Staff Associate Officer of Research
Acting Head of Cyberinfrastructure and Informatics Research and Development
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN),
The Earth Institute, Columbia University
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
Voice: 845-365-8985; fax: 845-365-8922
E-mail: rdowns at ciesin.columbia.edu
Columbia University CIESIN Web site: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-8595-5134

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Liu, Sophia <sophialiu at usgs.gov>
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:56 PM
Subject: SDC Seminar: 11-12 EST, Thu Jan 18 - Operationalizing
Crowdsourcing at FEMA
To: Sophia B Liu <sophialiu at usgs.gov>




Science and Decisions Center (SDC) Seminar SeriesCITIZEN-CENTERED INNOVATION

Dr. Sophia B Liu, USGS
Responding to the 2017 Hurricanes at FEMA:Operationalizing Crowdsourcing &
Social Media


*TIME / DATE: 11:00 - 12:00 EST, Thursday, January 18th
<https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=N2VwNzAzOTd1NWlqYWZobThwOTZrdG1uN3Egc29waGlhbGl1QHVzZ3MuZ292&tmsrc=sophialiu%40usgs.gov>
*(Click to Save in Calendar)

*IN-PERSON: *Visitors Center, USGS National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, VA
<https://maps.google.com/?q=12201+Sunrise+Valley+Drive,+Reston,+VA&entry=gmail&source=g>

*WEBINAR for Remote Participants: *https://gstalk.usgs.gov/732732 (Audio &
Video)

*AUDIO Only:* (703) 648-4848 or (855) 547-8255, code 732732#

*SEMINAR:*

After Hurricane Harvey, FEMA requested that Dr. Liu work on a mission
assignment at the National Response Coordination Center to help
operationalize crowdsourcing, coordinate with digital volunteers, and
organize a hackathon at FEMA Headquarters. In this seminar, Dr. Liu will
summarize how crowdsourcing was operationalized in response to Hurricane
Maria to enhance situational awareness and decision-making for emergency
management. Future efforts include organizing a FEMA hackathon in Texas and
conducting a pilot project to develop a playbook that standardizes the data
and tools for emergency management.


*SPEAKER BIO:*

*Dr. Sophia B Liu *is a USGS Innovation Specialist and is the SDC
Citizen-Centered Innovation Lead. Dr. Liu Co-Chairs the Federal Community
of Practice for Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science (CCS) and is the CCS
Coordinator for USGS and DOI. Previously, she was a USGS Mendenhall
Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Earthquake Information Center, the St.
Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, and the Energy and Minerals
and Environmental Health mission areas.


*UPCOMING SDC SEMINARS:*

*Friday, February 9* - Mike Runge, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
-- Decision Science Seminar Series

*Thursday, March 8* - Doug Lipton, NOAA Fisheries -- National Resource
Economics Seminar Series

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*Sophia B. Liu, Ph.D.*
Crowdsourcing Coordinator, Mission Assignment for Office of Response and
Recovery, FEMA
Innovation Specialist, Science & Decisions Center, U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS)
Co-Chair of Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen
Science (CCS)

U.S. Geological Survey National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
<https://maps.google.com/?q=12201+Sunrise+Valley+Drive&entry=gmail&source=g>
MS 913, ROOM 3A-210
Reston, VA 20192

703-261-3057 <(703)%20261-3057> (work cell)
sophiabliu (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
sophialiu at usgs.gov
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