By Heidi Hurst
Noon - 1:00, Room K401, CGIS Knafel Building.
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Presentation Abstract: For those who survive tornados, hurricanes, floods, or other disasters, Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) provide information about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs, access to resources from volunteer organizations and other agencies, and a source of hope. This talk describes an innovative, quantitative approach to describing quality of DRC location choice and argues for the importance of scripted geospatial analysis in disaster recovery efforts.
Speaker Bio: Heidi is a senior at Harvard College studying applied math with a focus in navigation and geospatial analysis. Her project “A Geospatial Framework For Allocating Disaster Recovery Centers” was selected as Harvard’s Esri Development Center Student of the Year Award 2016. Prior to her research for FEMA, Heidi researched predictive algorithms for lost person behavior for Search and Rescue Applications.
Lunch will be served.
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