Opportunity for collaboration between the INSIGHT and COBACORE research projects

15th January 2015

The COBACORE project was recently presented to INSIGHT (Intelligent Synthesis and Real-tIme Response using Massive Streaming of Heterogeneous Data) consortium members at their plenary meeting in Dublin, Ireland on the 9^th January 2015. The INSIGHT project www.insight-ict.eu seeks to facilitate better societal management of the overall cycle of disaster monitoring and response by optimising the instrumentation of heterogeneous data derived from sensors, smart phones and social networks.

Both the INSIGHT and COBACORE projects seek to enable improved citizen involvement in disaster/emergency management planning, decision making and real-time data acquisition using the practical application of an online tool or platform, currently in the process of development.

It is recognized that significant potential exists for further research and technical collaboration between the two research projects and both consortia are fully committed to facilitating this.