Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

CIMA Disaster Recovery Platform Over the summer, and now into this Fall semester, I have been working on an amazing project called CIMA (Convergence, Inventory, Matching & Assignment) . I would like to share my excitement for this project and bring attention to the problems it is working to solve. The frequency of disasters in the United States is increasing  year after year . When disasters occur, homes are damaged and many victims are often left displaced in the aftermath. With a lack of resources, Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) and medically fragile households tend to experience lengthy periods of displacement, much longer than other groups. Lengthy recovery periods are associated with increased pain and suffering and reduced longevity. These disparities in recovery times across population groups pose fundamental equity and injustice concerns. Getting displaced households quickly back on their feet through housing recovery not only helps lessen disparate health, educatio...