Designing Context-Aware HCI for Collaborative Emergency Management
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چکیده
When a disaster strikes the management and coordination of available resources becomes a crucial and challenging task. Hereby, availability of information and effective communication is of utmost importance. Efficient support for first responders and decision makers, coordinating the assignments, is necessary to save time and lives, as many victims might not survive long without appropriate assistance. Context-aware computing and adequate HCI can be key factors, supporting first responders as well as decision makers in their difficult tasks. This position paper discusses preliminary thoughts on basic questions relevant to the design of HCI for emergency management. A short overview of the challenges of HCI in emergency scenarios is given. Some implications of these challenges, the need for context-aware user interfaces as well as the careful design of interaction methods and devices are discussed briefly.
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