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10-17-2017 10:00 AM

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Large-scale natural disasters (e.g., Earthquake, Hurricane) –

  • Three times as many disasters between 1980 and 2016 compared to 1940-1980. (EM-DAT – The International Disaster Database)
  • Since 1990, 217 million people affected each year. (The New England Journal of Medicine)

Aftermath a disaster,

  • Loss of human lives and property
  • Lack of food, clean drinking water, shelter etc.
  • Disruption of infrastructure networks (e.g. cellular towers) and other public infrastructures (e.g. power sources) – Our focus !

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Oct 17th, 10:00 AM

Bio-Inspired Disaster Response Networks

Large-scale natural disasters (e.g., Earthquake, Hurricane) –

  • Three times as many disasters between 1980 and 2016 compared to 1940-1980. (EM-DAT – The International Disaster Database)
  • Since 1990, 217 million people affected each year. (The New England Journal of Medicine)

Aftermath a disaster,

  • Loss of human lives and property
  • Lack of food, clean drinking water, shelter etc.
  • Disruption of infrastructure networks (e.g. cellular towers) and other public infrastructures (e.g. power sources) – Our focus !