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Subject: RE: [emergency] Re: [emergency-comment] PPW letter re CAP
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/pilot/news/la-dpt-briefs19sep19,1,1590414.
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BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS
September 19, 2003
UCI wins $9-million grant from foundation
UC Irvine has received a $9-million grant to help shorten emergency response
time by improving communications between first responders to crises and
natural disasters.
The award comes from the National Science Foundation, which also gave $3.5
million to UC San Diego for the five-year project, called "Responding to the
Unexpected." It will use information technology to develop organizational
strategies between law enforcement, fire departments and other agencies.
It represents the largest National Science Foundation grant in UC Irvine
history.
"Examples include integrating different information sources such as
satellite images, video and sensor data with field observations to monitor
the situation," UC Irvine information and computer science professor Sharad
Mehrotra said of the project.
Mehrotra heads Cal-(IT)2, the two-campus science and innovation institute
that is managing the project. He said that the goal is to make early
responders into "human sensors" who could gather and distribute information
to reduce casualties and economic loss.
They will test their findings with the Irvine and San Diego police
departments, city and county of Los Angeles and the California governor's
office of emergency services.
"I am pleased to see UC Irvine and its partner, UC San Diego, successfully
compete for federal dollars to improve our urban crisis response using
technological ingenuity," said Newport Beach's Rep. Chris Cox, chairman of
the House Homeland Security Committee.
"Large threats call for large-scale coordination, and new technology can
provide critical tools to our early responders," he added.
- Marisa O'Neil