TY - GEN
T1 - Classifying text messages for the haiti earthquake
AU - Caragea, Cornelia
AU - McNeese, Nathan
AU - Jaiswal, Anuj
AU - Traylor, Greg
AU - Kim, Hyun Woo
AU - Mitra, Prasenjit
AU - Wu, Dinghao
AU - Tapia, Andrea H.
AU - Giles, Lee
AU - Jansen, Bernard J.
AU - Yen, John
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In case of emergencies (e.g., earthquakes, flooding), rapid responses are needed in order to address victims' requests for help. Social media used around crises involves self-organizing behavior that can produce accurate results, often in advance of official communications. This allows affected population to send tweets or text messages, and hence, make them heard. The ability to classify tweets and text messages automatically, together with the ability to deliver the relevant information to the appropriate personnel are essential for enabling the personnel to timely and efficiently work to address the most urgent needs, and to understand the emergency situation better. In this study, we developed a reusable information technology infrastructure, called Enhanced Messaging for the Emergency Response Sector (EMERSE), which classifies and aggregates tweets and text messages about the Haiti disaster relief so that non-governmental organizations, relief workers, people in Haiti, and their friends and families can easily access them.
AB - In case of emergencies (e.g., earthquakes, flooding), rapid responses are needed in order to address victims' requests for help. Social media used around crises involves self-organizing behavior that can produce accurate results, often in advance of official communications. This allows affected population to send tweets or text messages, and hence, make them heard. The ability to classify tweets and text messages automatically, together with the ability to deliver the relevant information to the appropriate personnel are essential for enabling the personnel to timely and efficiently work to address the most urgent needs, and to understand the emergency situation better. In this study, we developed a reusable information technology infrastructure, called Enhanced Messaging for the Emergency Response Sector (EMERSE), which classifies and aggregates tweets and text messages about the Haiti disaster relief so that non-governmental organizations, relief workers, people in Haiti, and their friends and families can easily access them.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905666187
SN - 9789724922478
T3 - 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011
BT - 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
PB - Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
T2 - 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2011
Y2 - 8 May 2011 through 11 May 2011
ER -