April 10, 2025
12:00 PM (EST) | 9:00 AM (PT)
About the Seminar: Game Theory, Data Analytics, and Disaster Management
Society faces increasing property damage and casualties from both man-made and natural disasters. Developing societal resilience to these threats is both critical and challenging. This resilience depends on multiple stakeholders, including federal and local governments, the private and nonprofit sectors, individual citizens, and even adversaries. This research will employ a game-theoretical framework to identify more effective disaster management strategies, focusing on balancing efficiency with equity, private versus public investment, and economic development versus security. In addition, recent studies on social media misinformation management, fire management, public safety, border security, and Arctic security will be discussed.
Dr. Jun Zhuang
Dr. Jun Zhuang is the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Morton C. Frank Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo. His primary research integrates operations research, big data analytics, game theory, and decision analysis to improve mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts for both natural and man-made disasters. As a principal investigator, Dr. Zhuang has led more than 40 funded research projects supported by organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and the Society for Risk Analysis.umanlike understanding entails, and discuss what methods can be used to fairly evaluate understanding and intelligence in AI systems.
Dr. Zhuang is a researcher with the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE), a DHS Center of Excellence. The CAOE director, Ross Maciejewski, invited him to speak, and the CAOE executive director, Ron Askin, will host him.
About the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE)
The Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE), led by Arizona State University, develops and applies advanced analytical tools and technologies to enhance planning, information sharing and real-time decision-making in homeland security operations. The research at CAOE will help the Department of Homeland Security improve efficiency and security at our national borders, ports and airports through better prediction and response to emergencies.
Event Location
Attend:
Virtual via Zoom Webinar
In person:
Brickyard Engineering Building
699 S. Mill Avenue
Suite 210
Tempe, Arizona 85281-3673
