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Can AI tools help in an emergency? Research is guiding that question , redirectEmergency managers in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area are helping to inform a Virginia Tech research team’s ongoing analysis to determine the ways that artificial intelligence can help crisis and emergency managers do their work better.
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Integration and Implementation Insights: Setting up your team for knowledge integration , redirectThree PI-Tech Collaborative members, Shalini Misra, Megan Rippy, and Stanley Grant, were featured in the Integration and Implementation Insights community blog. Their work explores how to structure teams for effective knowledge integration, including whether to form large groups or smaller sub-groups, how to divide tasks, and which engagement processes foster collaboration. Drawing from their NSF project on freshwater salinization, which involved nine disciplines and 42 local experts, they offer key recommendations for designing inter- and transdisciplinary research initiatives.
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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Shalini Misra talks about AI and emergency management , redirectPI-Tech Lab Director Shalini Misra joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) might be used in the field of emergency management. She shared some of the different ways AI is currently being used and the concerns she’s heard from emergency managers. Misra also talks about the steps she believes will be necessary for the technology to reach its full potential in this field.
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Getting used to ‘cellphone-free education’ may be just as hard for parents as it is for teenagers , redirectPI-Tech Director Shalini Misra was recently featured in a Cardinal News article discussing the increasing concerns surrounding new regulations on children's and teens' cellphone and social media use during school hours, and how these changes could also affect their families.