Overview
Topic status: We're looking for students to study this topic.
For disaster management and emergency services such as fire protection, timely report and responses are exceptionally significant for reducing the number of casualties, injuries, and property damages from incidents. However, existing report and response systems are passive, implying that the incident is not known to the disaster management or emergency services centre until it is reported.
In the worst case of such an incident, the communication infrastructure that we are using today may not function well. This makes it difficult to acquire, even rough, information about the incident, and then to respond to the incident quickly and appropriately. Sensor/actuator networks can provide a good solution to these problems through actively monitoring and timely reporting emergency incidents. While wireless devices have become an essential part of Australia's infrastructure, disaster management and emergency services have not taken full advantage of wireless technologies.
Our projects on this topic aim to resolve some key technical difficulties in this area, thus promoting the wireless technologies for significant improvement of disaster management and emergency services.
- Study level
- PhD, Masters, Honours
- Supervisors
- QUT
- Organisational unit
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Research area
- Contact
- Glen Tian ( y.tian@qut.edu.au )
Professor Glen Tian
