Student Hemant Purohit Spoke at the 5th ICCM Conference United Nations – Nairobi

January 15, 2014

In November 2013 PhD. Student Hemant Purohit spoke at the 5th ICCM Conference United Nations – Nairobi as one of eight international fellows. His Ignite Talk covered his research into “Leveraging Social Media Communities to Assist Coordination” and focused on crisis response coordination.

PhD student Hemant Purohit spoke at the 5th ICCM Conference United Nations – Nairobi on "How to Leverage Social Media Communities for Crisis Response Coordination' using Human+Machine computing." Online social networks and always-connected mobile devices have created an immense opportunity that empowers