Introduction to Digital Humanitarians
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Be a Digital Humanitarian In Qatar Event co-hosted by the Qatar Computing Research Institute and Qatar Red Crescent. October 7, 2015 Doha Qatar Presented by Heather Leson See more at textontechs.com
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Introduction to Digital Humanitarians
- 1. Learn new skills: Introduction October 7, 2015
- 3. P o s t H a i t i “Haiti showed everyone that it is going to be crucial to adopt and use these technologies to make humanitarian work better, faster and more efficient.” - Adele Waugaman, senior director of technology for United Nations and Vodafone
- 6. Learning and building over time Haiti Earthquake 2010 Typhoon Haiyan Philippines 2013 Indonesian Preparedness 2012 - 2015 West African Ebola Response 2014
- 9. MicroMappers Curate Damage Assessment Data
- 10. Timeline 2010 QCRI Created 2012 QCRI’s Social Innovation Programme 2013 AIDR Development starts MicroMappers Development starts Uaviators Created Typhoon Haiyan Response with UN OCHA 2014 MicroMappers - Coconuts for Computer Vision UNICEF AIDR SMS - Zambia Typhoon Hagupit Response 2015 WoRDE prototype with Translators without Borders Cyclone Pam (Vanuatu Response) Nepal Earthquake Response
- 12. Kathmandu Living Labs – civic tech hubs/labs support
- 15. Young Mappers in Indonesia, Bangladesh and the United States of America
- 16. #DigiHumsQA
- 17. Exercise The purpose of the session is to build a common language. Our goal is to have geeks, humanitarians, researchers and residents learn some of the basic words for emergencies. This type of tasks is one of the first things that digital humanitarians do when there is an activation. We will use these keywords for future events. (We’ll share the notes on the #digihumsQA mailing list.) 1. Scenario 1: There is a large explosion in Doha. What types of keywords and social media tools/accounts will you use to track this? How can we organize to support the local responders and affected communities? 2. Scenario 2: There is an earthquake/tsunami in Indonesia. It is high on the Richter scale . What are the keywords and social media tools/accounts that you would use to track this?
- 18. How to stay involved Join MicroMappers.org for future global emergency activations. Join and keep learning every week via: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digitalhumanitarians-qatar Watch for more announcements via #digihumsQA #digihums, @heatherleson @qatarcomputing and textontechs.com
- 19. Next Steps Data Collection and Social Media for Emergencies (October 2015) Maps and Data Visualization (November 2015) Crisis Computing (Machine and Human Computing) (December 2015)
Editor's Notes
- Thank you to the Qatar Red Crescent, guests and my colleagues from Qatar Computing Research Institute. This is the first in a series of workshops on ways you can join various Digital Humanitarian communities. Today we will focus on the general concepts and then do a quick exercise to build a common language between humanitarians techs and researchers. Our goal is to connect you to the global Digital Humanitarian research. QCRI has a number of staff focused on crisis computing research. We aim to share these skills and help connect local humanitarians, researchers, technologists and residents to do some good in their world. This is the first in a series of workshops. Today I will provide an overdue of the digital community and types of skills. Then, we will build on it over the coming months. Here are some key resources on Digital Humanitarians The Digital Humanitarian Network http://digitalhumanitarians.com/ The book about Digital Humanitarians - http://www.digital-humanitarians.com/ Images includes OSM, infogr.am, Wikipedia free image and photo of Ji Lucas training. Made with Canva.com - More details about this programme - http://textontechs.com/2015/08/digital-humanitarians-in-qatar/ (First Workshop is in October) http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/305095#map=8/25.428/50.916&layers=H
- The Crisismappers Network is informal, self-organized and global. Member include citizens, governments, research/academic, companies, open source organizations and almost every sector related to conflict and crisis informatics. The community often uses open source culture, tools and methodology. If you join the network, you will find that there are many videos about the skills and use cases on the community site. Crisismappers.net http://crisismappers.net/page/intro-to-crisismapping
- The Haiti earthquake was a watershed moment in information management. People used phones and the internet to connect. Humanitarians have always practices information management, but these new tools added a complexity. This is key because the affected communities have always been first responders. Now they can work with emergency managers, humanitarians and remote helpers. You can read this report here - http://www.unfoundation.org/what-we-do/legacy-of-impact/technology/disaster-report.html
- These are some of the skills that happen across the various communities. Each person has a specialty or learning journey. This workshop series will provide you with an introduction to these concepts. There are many tasks to be done on the digital teams. What is important is that we each coordinate and work together. Each of you might be interested in one or more of these topics. Over the course of the next months, we will provide some introductions to these topics. Then, it is our hope that you might elect to join the respectful global community that can provide more expertise and training. We will keep honing our local community skills.
- Digital Humanitarians provide online digital skills in times of crisis. They aim to provide support for humanitarians (eg. Information Officers) who manage all the data from multiple sources during a disaster. The Digital Humanitarian Network was formed a few years ago. This network of various communities collaborates directly with the United National Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). It is a global community network that use their digital skills to help Humanitarians get data, maps, insights and technology. They provide surge support capacity to manage the influx of so much information during times of crisis and emergencies. Each has their own community, skillsets and priorities. They work as a team and are ‘activated’ based on the needs assessment identified by the UN. http://digitalhumanitarians.com/ http://digitalhumanitarians.com/resources
- Time line of some previous emergency activations and some key examples of how digital humanitarians have responded. Each response and each mapping activity grows the collective knowledge. The digital communities work to build and support local capacity. And, the local communities change OpenStreetMap and any other digital community. The Core is that the map be used in the regions they are made. While Remote mappers can help, the key to growth is learning over time and training more people on the base skills.
- The Social and Data source ecosystem is expanding. Qatar Computing Research Institute’s Social Computing group aims to share insights across the various social media tools and dataset. Imagery, sensor and open data like OpenStreetMap provide the ability to see the data ecosystem to make decisions. Each of these datasets and networks provide thousands of data points during an emergency. While the infographic shows layers of data, it is actually a web of interconnected data points and communities. QCRI’s Social computing team has created tools to do microtask which can result in an aggregated, curated analysis to inform decision making. About qcri – qcri.org.qa Infographic Created with Infogr.am.
- QCRI has created AIDR and MicroMapppers to provide insights into these datasets. AIDR is Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response. The tool allows users to cite ‘keywords’ then search twitter or sms. Many keywords or ‘tags’ can formulate a ‘classifer’ It uses machine learning which means that users can train the tool to ‘learn’ which types of keywords are important. The goal is to have the algorithm learn ‘emergency keywords’. Reviewing thousands of tweets is not sustainable. We created MicroMappers which combines uses human computing to make quick decisions about the content. All the decisions are vetted by at least 3 people. Then, the data is aggregated into information insights.
- People can do small little things requiring no technical skills or larger more complex items. MicroMappers is a partnership of Qatar Computing Research Institute, UN OCHA and the Standby Task Force. We wanted to make it simple for people to contribute by making quick decisions about social media (text, pictures, videos) and aerial imagery. We defined keywords with official responders using AIDR – Artificial Intelligence of Disaster Response. This feeds into data insights which are shared with responders. In fact the Standby Task force shared this information with the UN OCHA and hundreds of other groups. They were part of an online network of digital responders who worked with Humanity Road and Kathmandu Living Labs to have items that needed action given to the right parties. More about QCRI’s work - http://www.slideshare.net/heatherleson/humanitarian-innovation-52253051
- QCRI has been researching and creating humanitarian software and new science since 2012. This is a brief overview of some of our key projects and some of the data from our activations with partners.
- The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team [HOT] applies the principles of open source and open data sharing for humanitarian response and economic development. Our staff and community have mapped in many conflict and post-crisis zones. As well they have active mapping projects in Indonesia, DRC, CAR, Haiti and this week Bosnia. In November 2013 HOT activated in response to the Typhoon Haiyan. This resulted in over 1000 participants (local and global), 1 million + edits, partners like American Red Cross, MSF, UN OCHA. And, a revised open map. http://andrew.cartodb.com/viz/c1c86204-4ba7-11e3-bfb4-3085a9a9563c/embed_map?title=true&description=true&search=false&shareable=false&cartodb_logo=true&layer_selector=false&legends=false&scrollwheel=false&sublayer_options=1&sql=SELECT%20*,%20abs%28osm_id%29%20as%20chrono%20FROM%20places&sw_lat=9.795677582829743&sw_lon=120.69580078125001&ne_lat=12.436576538380073&ne_lon=125.96923828125 http://vimeo.com/79199985 http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2014-04-01_a_week_in_lubumbashi_drc hotopenstreetmap.org http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan http://americanredcross.github.io/OSM-Assessment/ Amercian Red Cross and HOT member Dale Kunce presents on the Impact of HOT - http://vimeo.com/91926804 http://hot.openstreetmap.org/projects/typhoon_haiyan Photo source - http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2013-11-17_openstreetmap_response_to_typhoon_haiyan_yolanda_0
- Kathmandu Living Lab is a group of young people working to harness human potential and creativity by leveraging open data and civic technology. As community mappers, they have been leading community mapping activities throughout Nepal for a number of years. The civic tech response was lead by this mighty team after the Nepal Earthquake. They connected Digital Humanitarians, NGOs, responders, INGOs, civil society groups and ICT. They used maps, data, software and, most of all, inspired a global community by their ability to navigate some complex technical, personal and professional barriers, including losing their office space. See their blog. Photo courtesy of http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/ and Nepal Vote Monitor’s presentation on how they delivered actionable items to responders like the Nepal Red Crescent. https://prezi.com/yhxx6j5ifoky/quakemaporg/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
- To get involved in Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team : http://hotosm.org/get-involved
- The core success was the collaboration between Kathmandu Living Labs and various governments, organizations and NGOs. It shows a pathway for other responses. Plus, it speaks volumes about the need for all the best minds to solve questions together. Sindhupalchok District, Nepal. 5 May 2015 – Captain James Borer, a civil-military cooperation officer attached to the Canadian Armed Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team and Captain Animesh Adhikari, liaison officer for Nepalese National Army, discuss with local authorities about roads status, in Sindhupalchok District, Nepal during Operation RENAISSANCE 15-1 on May 5, 2015. (Photo: Corporal Kevin McMillan, Canadian Forces Combat Camera) Photo from: http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=finding-the-way-geomatic-support-team-creates-maps-in-nepal/i99x64lh
- Young Mappers from Indonesia are part of a preparedness program of UNESCO. They were trained by OpenStreetMap Indonesia. The students with the umbrella are field mapping in Bangladesh. While the two students in the the left corner are mapping Bangladesh while at a Stanford mapathon (USA) Thanks to Chad, Yantisa and Stace of HOT for providing the stories). More on the OSM Indonesia project: “The Establishment of Community-based Point of Interest in Flood Prone Areas in Jakarta” is part of the “UNESCO’ World POI” Map Project which is implemented through UNESCO Office in Nairobi, Windhoek, New Delhi and Jakarta. - https://www.flickr.com/photos/osm-id/11701826574/in/album-72157639296892364/ Background - http://openstreetmap.id/en/pelatihan-pembentukan-point-of-interest-berbasis-masyarakat-di-daerah-rawan-banjir-jakarta-di-smkn-56-pluit/
- At the Qatar Red Crescent Disaster Management Camp, I spent 10 days with new recruits and seasoned responders. This photo is from an earthquake simulation. They taught me so much about how digital information fits and does not fit in their work. I met a young Syrian refugee there. He was around 20 years old and could no longer continue his studies to be an engineer. We need to make serious changes to give people the opportunity to learn. Whole generations are displaced around the world. As Dr. El-Hanna mentioned yesterday in his words – we need to use these reminders to hold ourselves accountable to make the necessary changes. I hope he can return to school someday. (Photo by Heather Leson, April 2015. CCBY)
- The following are the workshops and the learning path. We will work with the local community to add more details in time.
- The following are the workshops and the learning path. We will work with the local community to add more details in time.
- The following are the workshops and the learning path. We will work with the local community to add more details in time.
- All photos by Heather Leson CCBY Join our mailing list for regular updates https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digitalhumanitarians-qatar