The Smart Connected Systems Division of NIST is launching a research project to define technology applications, analyses, key performance indicators, and decision systems for public safety planning to more effectively respond to and recover from large-scale disasters and emergencies. The project will develop an AI-enhanced information sharing and analysis capability to enable collaborative decision-making between civil authorities, emergency managers, and a community’s population., This multi-agency, cross-disciplinary capability will allow communities, cities, and regions to respond to and recover from large-scale disasters and emergencies more effectively and evaluate alternative approaches to managing local risks and potential disaster impacts.

NIST will host this Workshop on August 27^th and 28^that the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Policy in Washington DC to explore the concept and preliminary design for a technology application—a cyber-physical-social system—directed at enhancing public safety, health, and community resilience for Smart Cities and Communities.