Emergency Management Information Systems
People:
Description:
NJIT Researchers are deeply involved in many endeavors concerning Emergency Management and Emergency Management Information Systems.
Recent Journal Publications:
Turoff, M., Chumer, M., Van de Walle, B., Yao, X. (2006). “The Design of a Dynamic Emergency Response Management Information System” (DERMIS), Annual Review of Communications 58 (March) 637-661. This paper was chosen as one of the best engineering communication papers of 2004 by the International Engineering Consortium. Previously published in Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA), 5(4), 2004, pp. 1-36.
Mendonça, D. and F. Fiedrich (forthcoming). “Training for Improvisation in Emergency Management: Opportunities and Limits for Information Technology,” International Journal of Emergency Management.
Mendonça, D. and W. A. Wallace (forthcoming). “A Cognitive Model of Improvisation in Emergency Management.” IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Part A.
Mendonça, D. and W. A. Wallace (forthcoming). “Impacts of the 2001 World Trade Center Attack on New York City Critical Infrastructures.” Journal of Infrastructure Systems.
Mendonça, D. (forthcoming). “Decision Support for Improvisation in Response to Extreme Events.” Decision Support Systems [http://web.njit.edu/~mendonca/papers/xedss.pdf].
Mendonça, D., G. E. G. Beroggi, D. van Gent and W. A. Wallace (forthcoming). “Assessing Group Decision Support Systems for Emergency Response Using Gaming Simulation.” Safety Science [http://web.njit.edu/~mendonca/papers/gamesim.pdf].
Mendonça, D. and W. A. Wallace (2004). “Studying Organizationally-Situated Improvisation in Response to Extreme Events.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 22 (2) 5–29 [http://web.njit.edu/~mendonca/papers/osi.pdf].
Mendonça, D., G. E. G. Beroggi and W. A. Wallace (2001). “Decision Support for Improvisation During Emergency Response Operations.” International Journal of Emergency Management 1 (1) 30–38 [http://web.njit.edu/~mendonca/papers/dssimprov.pdf].
Grants:
SGER: Hurricane Katrina Debris Removal Operations: The Role of Communication and Computing Technologies National Science Foundation Grant CMS-0553080, duration 1 October 2005–30 September 2006 (PI: D. Mendonça).
CAREER: Improvisation in Response to Extreme Events National Science Foundation Grant CMS-0449582, duration 15 January 2005–14 January 2010 (PI: D. Mendonça).
Decision Technologies for Managing Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies: National Science Foundation Grant CMS-0301661, duration 15 August 2003–31 January 2006 (PI: W.A. Wallace [RPI], (Co-PIs: D. Mendonça, J.E. Mitchell [RPI]).
SGER: Impact of World Trade Center Disaster on Critical Infrastructure Interdependence National Science Foundation Grant CMS-0139306, duration 1 October 2001–30 September 2003 (PI: W.A. Wallace [RPI], Co-PIs: J. Chow [RPI], D. Mendonça).
Events:
International Community on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management—ISCRAM, May 14-17, 2006