Streaming Video will be available as follows. First, run Windows Media Player. Next select the File/Open URL option, and enter http://205.253.57.202:8080. Note that the number of simultaneous users who can connect to this stream is limited, and once the maximum is reached no one else will be able to view the presentation.

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 (1:00 - 3:00 PM eastern)

Reception Immediately following 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Please RSVP to: dcrecept@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Multi-Sector Crisis Management Consortium Outreach Meeting

Alliance Center for Collaboration, Science, and Software (ACCESS)

Ballston Metro Center Tower

Suite 800

Arlington, VA 22205

703-248-0072

Agenda for Wednesday, March 19, 2003

1:00 - 3:00 PM (eastern time)

Reception Immediately following 3:00 - 5:00 PM

1:00  1:15 PM

Introductions and Welcome

Syed Qadir, MSCMC Chair

Executive Director, National Response Center

http://www.nrc.uscg.mil

Janet Thot-Thompson, MSCMC Executive Director

Director, NCSA ACCESS

http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/

1:15  2:45 PM

Robots, Rescue, and Reach-Back

Robin R. Murphy

Director, Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR)

Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida

On September 11, 2001, the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue responded within six hours to the WTC disaster; this is the first known use of robots for urban search and rescue (USAR). The robots were primarily used for technical search, structural inspection, and hazardous materials detection. Since 9/11, research at CRASAR has accelerated and expanded to cover other aspects of emergency functions, especially medical care and extrication of trapped victims. CRASAR was privileged to participate in ShadowBowl 2003, a simulated mass casualty reach-back exercise held in conjunction with the Super Bowl.

This talk will provide an overview of the use of robots for USAR and discuss what IT techniques were available at the WTC response and what was actually used and why. It will also summarize the key lessons learned from the robotics efforts at the WTC, follow-up studies, and the ShadowBowl. Extensive video footage of the site and "robot's eye" views will be shown.

Biosketch: Robin R. Murphy

Robin Roberson Murphy received a B.M.E. in mechanical engineering, an M.S. and Ph.D in computer science in 1980, 1989, and 1992, respectively, from Georgia Tech, where she was a Rockwell International Doctoral Fellow. Since 1998, she has been an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of South Florida with a joint appointment in Cognitive and Neural Sciences in the Department of Psychology. She is Director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at the University of South Florida, a technical search specialist with regional task force FL-TF-3, and recipient of a National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue (NIUSR) Eagle Award for her participation at the World Trade Center. She also serves on the USAF Scientific Advisory Board.

Her research interests include teams of heterogeneous multiple robots, sensor fusion, and human-robot interaction. Dr. Murphy is the author of over 70 publications in these areas as well as the textbook, Introduction to AI Robotics. She co-edited "AI and Mobile Robots," which was cited in Michael Crichton's latest thriller, Prey.

2:45  3:00 Closing Remarks

3:00  5:00 PM Reception

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Technical Information

NCSA AccessGrid Venue: Mosaic Room

NCSA AccessGrid Schedule: http://agschedule.ncsa.uiuc.edu/

AccessGrid www site: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid

Teleconference numbers: 1-866-337-0370 (toll free); 1-217-265-9181 (UIUC

local)

ACCESS Polycom Bridge server: 205.253.57.82 (Please mute local mic once joined--image dictated by voice activation.)

ACCESS contact: Tom Coffin (tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu; 703-248-0105)

ACCESS DPPT3 server: ball-ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu

Slide repository: http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/PPT/030319mscmc