We present the design and evaluation of a lightweight mobile SOS system that facilitates ad-
hoc communication between first responders and victims in emergency situations. Our …

Reliable communication and emergency services are crucial for the success of crisis
response and management. However, today's emergency technologies used by rescuers …

Today, the work of disaster response teams is being increasingly supported and coordinated
by using portable computing devices. Connected to mobile ad-hoc networks, these devices …

In this paper, we present a system that enables people to post and receive tweets despite
disruptions of existing network infrastructure. Our system opportunistically deploys mobile ad …

Smart mobile phones are a widely available class of computing platforms with rich internal
devices and a communications infrastructure that can be appropriated and exploited to …

Experiences with past major disasters tell us that people with wireless devices and social
network services can be effective mobile human sensors. Eye-witness reports taken at right …

In this paper, we investigate how to network smartphones for providing communications in
disaster recovery. By bridging the gaps among different kinds of wireless networks, we have …

Smart environments based on Internet of Things (IoT) are very active area of research.
Another task highly relevant in today's world is emergency management and situation …

TwiddleNet uses smartphones as personal servers to enable instant content capture and
dissemination for first-responders. It supports the information sharing needs of first …

The increasingly sophisticated sensors supported by modern smartphones open up novel
research opportunities, such as mobile phone sensing. One of the most challenging of these …