Pubblicazione scientifica

The Role of Social Media Surveillance in Search and Rescue Missions

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità

RIASSUNTO

Many researchers have extensively studied the importance of social media in every aspect of human life in recent years. There are several instances in which information collected from social media can help not only companies and political parties to design their strategy, but also can save human lives if appropriately analyzed and used. There are numerous cases in which information posted to social media in emergencies and natural disasters was used by the emergency responders to get immediate access to the areas in need or by authorities to acquire a better understanding of the affected areas. In our work, we attempt to test whether information from social media can improve the effectiveness of first responders in the areas of refugee crisis and especially in the Mediterranean Sea. Hundreds of thousands of people attempt to cross the Mediterranean sea and enter Europe but several of them lose their lives because of the dangerous boats that smugglers use. We simulated a Search and Rescue (SAR) mission in a virtual environment which takes place in the 3D world of a real Greek island and we tested our hypothesis that social media can help rescuers to locate people in need by applying the visual search theory. The experimental results were very promising for the specific application of social media surveillance.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 01/08/2019

AUTORI

DIMITRIOS LAPPAS
PANAGIOTIS KARAMPELAS
GEORGE FESSAKIS

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

LEARNING TECH & EDUCATION ENG LAB UNIV AEGEANRHODESGREECE
HELLENIC AIR FORCE ACADEMYDIVISION OF INFORMATICS & COMPUTERDEKELIAGREECE

RIVISTA

2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM) (Page(s): 1105-1111)

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