Amanda Hughes

Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University studying and designing tools for how Emergency Managers communicate.

[Keri K. Stephens @keristephens]

Conducting research interviews fully online through Zoom? Join us T Jan. 5th 10am EST for best practices. Registration for #HICSS2021 is free, & here is a link to our paper: https://t.co/BBSU2Jzs04. First paper from our #NSF #AI grant. @PIOResearcher @hemant_pt @EmergencyComms

[BYU College of Engineering @byuengineering]

A project by BYU IT and Cybersecurity assistant professor Amanda Hughes in collaboration with @CockrellSchool & @VolgenauSchool has been awarded an @NSF Rapid grant to study Human-AI teaming in response to emergencies and disasters. Read more: https://t.co/ClEmXBEYYL

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

A great article and video on the NSF RAPID research I've been doing on social media and COVID-19 w/ @keristephens @hemant_pt @EmergencyComms #NSFStories https://t.co/l68MWaZxqB

[leysia palen @palen]

#crisisinformatics community members have produced a guided bibliography to support new pandemic research; this body of research conjoins computing & social science knowledge to investigate socio-behavioral, socio-technical crisis phenomena https://t.co/sP56djA81M

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

Even more thrilled to be working with amazing collaborators on the grant: Keri K. Stephens @keristephens (UT Austin), Hemant Purohit @hemant_pt (George Mason), & Steve Peterson @EmergencyComms (Montgomery County CERT)

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

Excited NSF has funded our timely research that looks at how humans and machines each add unique value to the decision-making process as we try to recognize and respond to patterns that emerge from social media data during the COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/BXOgqy6v84

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

@UtahEmergency Felt it in Mapleton

[Jeff Stern @SternJD]

Attending a @dhsscitech First Responders’ Group meeting for “Project Responder 6”. Our focus group is looking at human factors around a variety of homeland security & disaster management problems to inform DHS investments to support responders.

[ISCRAM 2020 @ISCRAM2020]

Submission deadline for Work In Progress (3000 - 6000 words) and Practitioner (500 - 3000 words) papers is January 28, 2020. For more information, regarding the conference templates and paper tracks, please visit: https://t.co/74QIFbWgDx

[ISCRAM 2020 @ISCRAM2020]

A big SHOUT OUT to @ISCRAM2020-

Conference Chair-
Christopher Zobel, Virginia Tech, USA

Program Chairs-
Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher, Brigham Young Univ, USA
Fiona McNeill @FionaMcNeill1, Heriot-Watt Univ, Scotland

[Steve Peterson @EmergencyComms]

Tomorrow 15 @montcocert vols will 1) Identify ESF keywords to validate a SM analysis framework 2) Analyze [& label] 7K+ natural disaster tweets. Their hard work will benefit both researchers & practitioners! @hemant_pt @PIOResearcher @keristephens @richardm_ @codybuntain

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

Excited about my newest article with some fantastic co-authors!

[Muhammad Imran @mimran15]

New article out "Exploring the usefulness and feasibility of software requirements for social media use in emergency management" w/@StarrRoxanne @PIOResearcher @lsplotnick, Robert Power (@CSIRO), and Murray Turoff. Get your free copy in the next 50 days: https://t.co/rCGFhq3Eix

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

@cfiesler Yes! I struggle with this all the time. I think you are amazing, both academically and as an awesome person to be around! I wish we could better see and appreciate ourselves the way others do.

[Keri K. Stephens @keristephens]

Social media sites created during a crisis fall in three main categories: info dissemination, offers of help, and expressions of solidarity during a wildfire. Similar to #hurricaneharvey #ISCRAM2018 thanks Apoorva Chatham and @PIOResearcher

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

My PhD student Apoorva Chauhan (@HCI_researcher) did a fantastic job presenting our paper today at ISCRAM 2018. It sparked some great conversation! #iscram2018

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

Lise St Denis (@LaSTdenis) presenting our paper “Crisis Cleanup: Creating a Virtual Command Post to Support Relief Organizations on the Ground” today at @iscram2018. Great work Lise!!!

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

Yajie Li did a great job presenting our paper “Communicating Crisis with Persuasion” @iscram2018!

[ISCRAM 2018 @iscram2018]

"Remember that each country is unique and will have its own customs, norms and laws. Make sure you abide by them. Don't blame others for mistakes, accept them, learn from them, and then move on!" Fantastic keynote by @andrejverity at ISCRAM 2018.

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

Great session! https://t.co/y4W134gRJ7

[Amanda Hughes @PIOResearcher]

@HCI_researcher @bangeo_brian @KimShearer16 @FBroderick @iscram2018 Great work Apoorva!!