INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE. SQC & OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

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1 Organized by: INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Symposium on Disaster Management & Risk Analytics under Big Data Paradigm February 20, 2016 SQC & OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Scope and Objective of the Symposium: Disasters affect almost every country on Earth either in the form of natural calamity, hazards; mishaps due to accidents or through terror strike and even by war. It is evident that Disaster Management is an important global issue to be referred with critical interdisciplinary components. This is particularly the case of large-scale disasters that affect many countries (e.g., the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami) and multi-hazards such as the Tohoku Earthquake and landslides, or Nepal earthquake, to mention a few. Tools that can be used by many countries will have significant broad impact in helping the world population as well as many government agencies and non-governmental organizations. At the same time, we recognize the importance of cultural, social and linguistic differences among countries in emergency response and recovery, which will have impact on the volume and varieties of data used, their assurance of quality, reliability towards significant means of disaster management. Big Data can help in all four phases of disaster management: prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. However, significant big data research challenges arise because of disaster management requirements or quality of service (e.g., highly available real-time response) and quality of information (e.g., reliable communications on resource availability for the victim). To accomplish the potential benefits of applying big data to disaster management, there is an urgent need to bring together the overlapping domains and people from various national level organizations of the country. Following the disaster management view point, the crucial technological niche is expected from big data researchers to tackle the challenges mentioned above by applying big data techniques and tools to solve real world problems of national importance and beyond. Considering these important paradigms, this one day symposium will primarily focus on Harnessing the big data associated with disasters and disaster prevention to advance analytic, modelling, and computational capabilities. Improving the resilience and responsiveness of information technology to enable real time data sensing, visualization, analysis, experimentation and prediction - all critical for time sensitive decision making.

2 CHIEF PATRON Professor Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, ISI, Kolkata PATRON Professor Santosh Kumar, Executive Director, NIDM, New Delhi TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Amitava Bandyopadhyay, ISI, Kolkata Md. Zafar Anis, ISI, Kolkata Soumya Banerjee, BIT, Mesra Anil Kumar Gupta, NIDM, New Delhi Mihir Bhat, AIDMI, Ahemadabd Gupinath Bhandari, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Md. Abdul Gani, ATI, Govt. of W.B. LIST OF SPEAKERS (Tentative) 1. Dr. Anil Kr. Gupta, NIDM, New Delhi 2. Prof. J. Maity, IIT, Kharagpur 3. Prof. G. Bhandari, Jadavpur University 4. Mr. Mihir Bhatt, AIDMI, Ahmedabad 5. Dr. G.S. Dangayach, MNIT, Jaipur 6. Prof. Md Abdul Gani, ATI, Govt. of W.B.

3 Participation: Persons having experience in disaster risk assessment, hazards, mitigation and management, humanitarian logistics. Registration Fee: Individual Delegates: Rs. 500/- Payment is to be made by A/c. payee cheque/dd only in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata payable at Kolkata. Accommodation: NOT available. Important Dates: Last date of sending Filled-in Registration Form: 1 st Feb 2016 Symposium Dates: 20 th Feb 2016 Symposium Duration: 09:00 hrs 18:00 hrs Venue: Platinum Jubilee Auditorium / NAB-1 Lecture Hall, ISI, Kolkata Address for Correspondence: Dr. Prasun Das Convener SQC & OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata , W.B., INDIA Fax: Phone: Mobile: prasun@isical.ac.in; dasprasun10@gmail.com dasprasun@rediffmail.com Website:

4 About Indian Statistical Institute: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a premier institute involved in carrying out research, teaching, training and consultancy in Statistics, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Computer and Communication, Biological Sciences, Physics and Earth Sciences and Statistical Quality Control & Operations Research. The institute has been declared by the Government of India as an institution of national importance by an act of the parliament in This act was amended by the Parliament in 1995 to empower the Institute to award Degrees/Diplomas not only in Statistics, but also in Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, Computer Science and Quality, Reliability and Operations Research. The institute has considerable experience in carrying out applied / empirical research as well as development of mathematical / statistical models for different technical / business systems. "Unity in Diversity" is the motto of the Institute. The diversity within the Institute is evident through plethora of scientific endeavors. The unity has been the unity of purpose - furthering of the discipline of statistics. It may be worthwhile to mention here that Professor P.C. Mahalanobis, the founder of Indian Statistical Institute, rightly deserves the credit not only for the birth of Statistics in India but also for its overwhelming development over the years. For more details, please visit About SQC & OR Division, ISI: The Institute also pioneered the development of Statistical Quality Control (SQC) in India. As early as in 1935, the Institute had recommended that the Government should take appropriate measures to initiate SQC methods in Indian industries. Walter A. Shewhart (the originator of SQC) came to India at the invitation of the Institute in , toured the country, held conferences and stimulated interest among Indian industrialists. The follow-up work done by the Institute led to the recognition of SQC as a useful technique in the industry and resulted in the formation of a network of SQC Units in India. The SQC & OR Division, set up in 1953, now operates with 8 units. The basic objective of the Division is to propagate the use of SQC & OR and allied management techniques for improving quality, enhancing productivity, reducing manufacturing cost and losses in industries. During the last four decades of its existence, this is realized through academic programmes, consultancy services, in-plant and general training course for industrial personnel, systems and software development, organizing conference, seminars and research in the methods and procedures of quality control, operations research and allied techniques. The Division runs a full-time PhD programme and its Kolkata Unit runs a two-year M.Tech programme in Quality, Reliability and Operations Research.

5 Symposium on Disaster Management & Risk Analytics under Big Data Paradigm February 20, 2016 SQC & OR Unit, ISI, Kolkata REGISTRATION FORM (Please fill up in BLOCK CAPITALS) 1. Name: 2. Job Title: 3. Affiliation: 4. Educational Qualification: 5. Professional Experience (if any): 6. Postal Address: 7. Pin Code: 8. id: 9. Phone (land/mob or both): 10. Registration Fee Details*: Bank (with Branch) DD/Cheque No. Date: Amount (Rs.): *DD/Cheque to be drawn in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata payable at Kolkata. Signature and Seal of the Concerned Authority Signature of the Participant with Date ** Please fill up the registration form along with a recommendation letter from the relevant Head of the Institute/Organization and send it to the Convener.