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RE: [emergency] Re: [emergency-comment] PPW letter re CAP

  • 1.  RE: [emergency] Re: [emergency-comment] PPW letter re CAP

    Posted 10-08-2003 20:36
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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.
    story a d v e r t i s e m e n t 
    
     
     
      
    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