disaster management

Development of a GPS-free localization system for disaster rescue

Development of a GPS-free localization system for disaster rescue

1 min read · Sun, Jun 23 2024

Wireless Communications Signal processing disaster management

Environmental disasters continue to present significant challenges to human society, causing millions of deaths annually. In response to this pressing issue, a research team from the Communication Theory Lab (CTL) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has studied in leveraging wireless localization techniques to aid in disaster rescue efforts. Led by Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, the CTL team, including Yingquan Li and Dr. Bodhibrata Mukhopadhyay, has developed a progressive study titled "Development of a GPS-free Localization System for Disaster Rescue." This innovative

Shaking up the landslide model

2 min read · Thu, Oct 24 2019

disaster management Environmental Statistics statistics

Areas without earthquake monitoring systems could model the tremors by using data from local landslides.