LIDAR 2018 Workshop

November 22, 2013
CICCADA Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:
Mitchell Erickson, DHS, mitchell.erickson@ at q.dhs.gov
Jie Gong, Rutgers University, jg931 at rci.rutgers.ed
Hank Mayer, Rutgers University, hmayer at ejb.rutgers.edu
Fred Roberts, Rutgers University, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Jennifer Rovito, Rutgers University, jrovito at ejb.rutgers.edu
Presented under the auspices of the The Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA), the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, and the US Department of Homeland Security.

Attendance by invitation (see call for participation).

Program

This is a draft program. 

Friday, November 22, 2013

 8:30 -  9:00  Coffee and Registration

 9:00  - 9:30  Welcome and Introductions

 9:30 - 10:10  Session 1: LiDAR technology and applications

 9:30 -  9:50  Introduction to LiDAR Technologies: 
	       - Technology overview 
	       - Wide area mapping, specific target mapping
               Presenter: Richard Lathrop, Rutgers CRSSA

 9:50 - 10:10  LiDAR Technology for Disaster Management Applications:   
               - Resilience visualization
               - Vulnerability assessment
               - Debris quantification
               - Post-disaster assessment
               Presenter: Jie Gong, Rutgers

10:10 - 10:50  Session 2: Sandy lessons learned where we "could have done better"

10:10 - 10:30  New York City
               Presenter: Alan Leidner, US DHS/NPPD

10:30 - 10:50  New Jersey
               Presenter: Andy Rowan, NJOGIS

10:50 - 11:10  Break

11:10 - 11:50  Session 3: Research status and what might be available to users by 2018

11:10 - 11:30  Government Data Collection Initiatives
               Presenter: Roger Barlow, USGS LiDAR Liaison for NJ 

11:30 - 11:50  Topic: Technology imperatives and potential for future LIDAR
               Presenter: Ted Woodward, Applied Communication Sciences

11:50 -  1:00  Lunch

 1:00 -  2:00  Session 4: Structured discussions on future (parallel breakouts)

 1:00 -  2:00  LiDAR Sensing Capabilities:
	       - Real-time LiDAR; 
	       - Monitoring "movement" - infrastructure subsidence, road and rail change detection; 
	       - wide area surveillance (search + rescue)
               Facilitator:  Mitch Erickson
               Notes: James Wojtowicz, CCICADA	

               LiDAR Data Analytics:
	       - LiDAR contributions to GIS
	       - LiDAR ⇒ Big Data?
	       - Integration with other data
	       - Privacy Issues
               Facilitator: TBD
               Notes: Jennifer Rovito, Bloustein School

 2:00 -  2:30  Panel report out and next steps

 2:30 -  2:40  Closing remarks
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