Wednesday May 14th
Confirmed Technology Exhibits include:
From development to deployment … and everything in between. IBM’s BlueMix and DevOps Services allow you to collaborate with others to plan, develop, track and deploy software. read more
Luminoso is a cloud-based multilingual text analytics solution spun out of MIT’s Media Lab that provides researchers and decision-makers with the ability to quickly analyze and derive insights from large amounts of unstructured text, especially survey responses and social media. With Luminoso, organizations can identify clusters of interesting data and act upon them. Luminoso is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enhance their disease-tracking systems using social media, and with other not-for-profit groups. read more
Skybox Imaging
In today’s connected world, every organization is deeply impacted by events across the globe on a daily basis. Skybox Imaging was founded on the premise that an ability to better understand these phenomena could fundamentally change the way humanity makes decisions on a daily basis — increasing the profitability of businesses and improving the welfare of societies worldwide. read more
KoBoToolbox is a collection of free/open source software solutions for robust data collection and analysis in demanding field settings and disaster zones.
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Signal Program on Human Security and Technology
The Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative utilizes the latest information and satellite technologies to conduct research and education projects that seek to understand how these technologies can be employed to protect vulnerable populations affected by both human and natural disasters. read more
The Little Devices group at MIT develops empowerment technologies for health and explores the design, invention, and policy spaces for DIY health technologies around the world. read more
SocialAI: Real-time Social Analytics for
Disaster Response & Emergency Management
SocialAI is a computational framework and dashboard tool for deriving disaster response and emergency management analytics for information discovery and decision support. Through the integration of multiple data streams, including real-time social media, the SocialAI Dashboard provides visualizations and advanced data analytics. The framework demonstrates Georgia Tech Research Institute’s basic and applied research in the fields of graph analytics, natural language processing, machine learning, and behavioral modeling. read more
Harnessing the Power of Technology to Improve Accountability for Sexual Violence
MediCapt is a mobile application, under development by the Program on
Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), to help
clinicians more effectively collect, document, and preserve forensic medical
evidence of sexual violence to support the prosecution of these crimes. This
critical tool converts a standardized medical intake form for forensic documentation to a digital platform and combines it with a secure mobile camera to facilitate forensic photography. read more
Sponsored By:
We truly appreciate the support of our sponsors. Sponsorship is available at all levels. Please contact chair@humanitariantechnology.org for more information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities.
