Skip to main content

Summary of a Workshop on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management (2005) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 21-27

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 21...
... He joined USC's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI) in 1987, where he first worked on the Integrated Interfaces project, a multimedia presentation design system combining text, tables, maps, and other graphics.
Read the entire page →
From page 22...
... He has studied the response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Loma Prieta earthquake, Hurricane Hugo, Hurricane Andrew, the Northridge earthquake, the 1999 Turkey earthquakes, and the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He has also written and published in the fields of crisis management, emergency management, management science, risk and vulnerability analysis, and maritime safety.
Read the entire page →
From page 23...
... During his tenure with the department, he has had many assignments, including commanding officer of field operations/special resources, executive lieutenant of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team, special projects/long-range planning lieutenant, and narcotics sergeant. He has also been involved in several major projects, including the 2003 Super Bowl, the Republican National Convention, the Presidential Debate, development of the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team, and the development of the Homeless Outreach Team.
Read the entire page →
From page 24...
... in 1980, 1989, and 1992, respectively, from Georgia Tech, where she was a Rockwell International Doctoral Fellow. Robert Neches is director of Information Sciences Institute's Distributed Scalable Systems Division and a research faculty member of the University of Southern California Computer Science Department.
Read the entire page →
From page 25...
... and is on the Emergency Services Committee of the American Red Cross Los Angeles chapter. The city council has also appointed him to the Emergency Preparedness Commission for the county and city of Los Angeles, and he is a member of the city's Emergency Operations Board.
Read the entire page →
From page 26...
... Prior to his academic career he spent 16 years in the software industry. His career followed computer technologies, starting with numerical analysis applied to rocket fuel, FORTRAN and PL/1 compilers, real-time data acquisition, and a time-oriented database system; eventually he became a corporate software architect.
Read the entire page →
From page 27...
... Her other work experience includes maintaining the police records database for the City of Ithaca, designing customized hospitality industry performance reports for a research firm, and freelance publication design. She is a visual artist working in oil and mixed media.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • enhance disaster
  • emergency management
  • electrical engineering
  • computer engineering
  • emergency preparedness

  • emergency managers
  • crisis management
  • telecommunications board
  • information sciences
  • technology research

  • emergency services
  • public safety
  • wireless communications
  • american red
  • maritime safety

  • science department
  • diego division
  • interoperability executive
  • artificial intelligence
  • red cross

  • police department
  • multiple antennas
  • distributed scalable
  • response team
  • joint appointment

  • machine learning
  • decision support
  • currently involved
  • signal processing
  • wireless research


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.