AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting

This paper presents the Open-Source Intelligence Disaster Event Tracker (ODET), a modular platform that provides customizable endpoints and agents for each processing step. ODET enables the implementation of AI-enhanced algorithms to respond to various complex disaster scenarios. To evaluate ODET, w...

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Main Authors: Klaus Schwarz, Kendrick Bollens, Daniel Arias Aranda, Michael Hartmann
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/23/11165
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description This paper presents the Open-Source Intelligence Disaster Event Tracker (ODET), a modular platform that provides customizable endpoints and agents for each processing step. ODET enables the implementation of AI-enhanced algorithms to respond to various complex disaster scenarios. To evaluate ODET, we conducted two case studies using unmodified AI models to demonstrate its base performance and potential applications. Through our case studies on Hurricane Harvey and the 2023 Turkey earthquake, we show how complex tasks can be quickly broken down with ODET while achieving a score of up to 89% using the AlignScore metric. ODET enables compliance with Berkeley protocol requirements by ensuring data privacy and using privacy-preserving processing methods. Our results demonstrate that ODET is a robust platform for the long-term monitoring and analysis of dynamic environments and can improve the efficiency and accuracy of situational awareness reports in disaster management.
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spelling doaj-art-e8fd1e6bf568455da1e6729cfb9880b22025-08-20T02:38:43ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-11-0114231116510.3390/app142311165AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated ReportingKlaus Schwarz0Kendrick Bollens1Daniel Arias Aranda2Michael Hartmann3Department of Business and Economics, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainSchool of Technology and Architecture, SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, 12059 Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Business and Economics, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainSchool of Technology and Architecture, SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, 12059 Berlin, GermanyThis paper presents the Open-Source Intelligence Disaster Event Tracker (ODET), a modular platform that provides customizable endpoints and agents for each processing step. ODET enables the implementation of AI-enhanced algorithms to respond to various complex disaster scenarios. To evaluate ODET, we conducted two case studies using unmodified AI models to demonstrate its base performance and potential applications. Through our case studies on Hurricane Harvey and the 2023 Turkey earthquake, we show how complex tasks can be quickly broken down with ODET while achieving a score of up to 89% using the AlignScore metric. ODET enables compliance with Berkeley protocol requirements by ensuring data privacy and using privacy-preserving processing methods. Our results demonstrate that ODET is a robust platform for the long-term monitoring and analysis of dynamic environments and can improve the efficiency and accuracy of situational awareness reports in disaster management.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/23/11165open-source intelligence (OSINT)artificial intelligencedisaster managementzero-shot classificationsituational awareness reportingautomated intelligence extraction
spellingShingle Klaus Schwarz
Kendrick Bollens
Daniel Arias Aranda
Michael Hartmann
AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting
Applied Sciences
open-source intelligence (OSINT)
artificial intelligence
disaster management
zero-shot classification
situational awareness reporting
automated intelligence extraction
title AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting
title_full AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting
title_fullStr AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting
title_full_unstemmed AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting
title_short AI-Enhanced Disaster Management: A Modular OSINT System for Rapid Automated Reporting
title_sort ai enhanced disaster management a modular osint system for rapid automated reporting
topic open-source intelligence (OSINT)
artificial intelligence
disaster management
zero-shot classification
situational awareness reporting
automated intelligence extraction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/23/11165
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