
OpinionOctober 9, 2019
Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response
It can help decision makers answer questions such as “When?” and “How bad?”—and “How many people are in harm’s way?”
Seth Guikema, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Safety, Economics and Planning at the University of Stavanger in Norway, and a Data Science Research Fellow at One Concern, Inc.

Why Machine Learning Is Critical for Disaster Response
It can help decision makers answer questions such as “When?” and “How bad?”—and “How many people are in harm’s way?”