Jens Pottebaum

Ontology-Based Rescue Operation Management

The focus of this paper is ontology-based knowledge management in the framework of a mobile communication and information system for rescue operation management. We present a novel ontology data service, combining prior domain knowledge about large-scale rescue operations with dynamic information about a developing operation. We also discuss the integration of such a data service into a service-oriented application framework to reach high performance and accessibility, and offer examples of SHARE applications to demonstrate the practical benefits of the approach chosen.

Additive Fertigungsverfahren im Kontext von Industrie 4.0

Additive Fertigungsverfahren haben sich seit den 80er-Jahren vom Rapid Prototyping zum Direct Manufacturing weiterentwickelt und gelten als Musterbeispiel fur die Anwendung von Industrie 4.0 : Die Prozesse basieren auf neuen Verfahren des Informationsmanagement s entlang einer durchgangig digitalen Prozesskette, die sowohl die horizontale als auch die vertikale Vernetzung ermoglicht. Mittlerweile konnen einsatzfertige Bauteile mit bekannten Eigenschaften erzeugt werden. In diese Bauteile konnen viele verschiedene Features integriert sein, die die Basis fur „smart products“ liefern.

Event processing for intelligent resource management

The need for intelligent resource management (IRM) spans across a multitude of applications. To address this requirement, we present EP-IRM, an event processing system recognising composite events given multiple sources of information in order to support IRM. EP-IRM has been deployed in two real-world applications. Moreover, with a small effort it may be used in a wide range of applications requiring IRM. We present an evaluation of the system, and discuss the lessons learnt during its development and deployment.

Rapid and precise mobile data processing for fire brigades and rescue services (SAFeR/GÜTER/SHARE)

The range of tasks for Search And Rescue (SAR) services is very comprehensive and requires extensive experience in addition to detailed knowledge. Actual and extended incident data, tactical information and technical knowledge are significant issues in this field. Within research projects information systems are designed to provide relevant information with the required/desired detail depth to the individual user groups. Mobile information processing instruments in combination with an internet based access to a modular knowledge database are predestined to improve the handling of emergencies as well as the data management for operation controls and fire-fighting forces. Emerging data transfer technologies like UMTS as well as WLAN are applied in order to access the database independent of the location. Semantic methods provide new possibilities to interlink information which accelerates the data preparation and retrieval. This paper describes the information and knowledge availability and adaptation.

Cloud-based semantic services for pan-European emergency preparation and planning

Todays emergency management especially in cross-border incidents is still underlying communication and interoperability barriers. By the introduction of a Common Information Space (CIS) as a socio-technical system, concepts for bridging between involved first responder and Police Authorities becomes evident. Within this paper technical elements of the concepts are described to also demonstrate the practical realization of a CIS.

Common information space for collaborative emergency management

Interoperability and lacks in communication and information sharing are amongst the most common flaws in nowadays emergency management. The socio-technical concept of a Common Information Space (CIS) enhances interoperability and communication even within an organization. In addition, cloud-based implementations of a CIS offer flexibility and adaptability to existing systems and processes. Even more, this allows the efficient integration of a CIS to existing systems and infrastructures. This paper presents a framework concept for cloud-based Common Information Space for emergency management with special regard to cross country use cases. We will present the SecInCoRe concept of a CIS, that somehow can be called a European version and extension of the Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS, now XChangeCore).

IT-Systeme für das Krisenmanagement

Informationstechnik unterstutzt den Menschen in allen Phasen des Krisenmanagements. Die Nutzung erfolgt in unterschiedlichen Umgebungen, durch unterschiedliche Personen und Gruppen sowie mittels unterschiedlicher Technologien. Der Markt fur solche IT-Systeme ist heterogen: Neben grosen Software- und Dienstleistungsanbietern vertreiben zahlreiche Kleinunternehmen individualisierte Losungen fur einzelne Organisationen. Daraus resultiert eine Vielzahl an IT-Systemen und -anbietern, deren Gemeinsamkeiten schwer zu identifizieren sind. Handlungsbedarf besteht unter anderem dann, wenn IT-Systeme fur bestimmte Anwendungsfalle ausgewahlt werden sollen. Studien zeigen, dass grundlegende Anforderungen an derartige IT-Systeme ebenso ubertragbar sind wie Funktionsstrukturen, die diese Anforderungen bedienen. Dies sollte bei einer Systemauswahl ausgenutzt werden: Systemalternativen mussen identifiziert und anhand von Kriterien beurteilt werden. Dabei ist haufig ein Einteilen der IT-Systeme in Kategorien hilfreich, um eine Vergleichbarkeit fur die Identifizierung herzustellen. Statt einer statischen Zuordnung in „Schubladen“ beschreibt dieser Artikel ein Ordnungsschema („Taxonomie“), das abhangig von Randbedingungen eine Einteilung und einen Vergleich ermoglicht.

User-Oriented Evaluation of Event-Based Decision Support Systems

Artificial Intelligence-based event recognition systems carry high potential for organisations to utilise their structured and unstructured data. The application of these systems as a backbone of decision support systems allows for effective and efficient information management. To sufficiently evaluate such kind of integrated systems recognising events for the benefit of decision makers, a holistic methodology is necessary. We propose a new methodology which complements existing approaches for technology-oriented verification and validation by user-oriented evaluation (user experience analysis). We illustrate the proposed methodology by evaluating EP-IRM, an event processing system for intelligent resource management. This case study shows that our methodology offers invaluable information about the performance and acceptance of an event based decision support system.