Track: Collaboration Systems and Technology
Minitrack: Emergency Response Information Systems (ERS)
 

As an emerging area of research, we welcome any innovative research work on any aspect of the design, development, deployment, operation, or evaluation of emergency response systems. We are interested in research papers that focus on the tools, functionality, and/or interface the system provides to human users involved with emergency and crisis response. Also papers that focus on requirements for this environment and/or the impact or relationship of such systems to the behavior of the individuals or organizations involved are equally welcome. As new systems are being developed and tested, we also encourage empirical and experimental studies that assess the efficiency and effectiveness of ERS.

For 2010, we actively solicit papers that emphasize the theoretical foundations of decision-making under crisis situation (e.g., cognition and organizational behavior; decision-making under uncertainty and risk management).

Thanks to the networking effort at the conference this year, at throughout the submission and reviewing process, we will seek more international participation as well for HICSS-43.

Papers that deal with the underlying technology or hardware of computers, networks, sensors, mobile devices and their improvements in such areas as throughput, accuracy, and security, should be directed to other appropriate sessions. An exception might be any
special purpose input/output device for use by respondents to a crisis situation.


Suggested topics:

This mini-track is concerned with the functionality that Emergency Response Information
System provides for those involved in:
• Decision making theory under crisis situation
• Risk management
• Psychological and sociological perspective of emergency management
• Preparedness (analysis, planning, and evaluation)
• Analysis of the threats
• Analysis and evaluation of performance (and errors)
• Planning for training
• Planning for mitigation
• Planning for detection and intelligence
• Planning for response
• Planning for recovery and/or normalization
• Training and simulation
• Mitigation and detection
• Response, recovery and normalization
• Use of ephemeral groups in emergency response



Minitrack Co-Chairs:

Tung X. Bui (Primary Contact)
Shidler College of Business
University of Hawaii-Manoa
2404 Maile Way, E303a
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-5565
Fax: 808-956-9889
Email: Tung.Bui@hawaii.edu

Murray Turoff
Information Systems Department
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-596-3366
Fax: 973-596-5777
Email: turoff@njit.edu

Bartel Van de Walle
Information Systems and Management Department
Tilburg University
Warandelaan 2 - Postbus 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-13-466-2016
Fax: +31-13-466-3069
Email: bartel@uvt.nl