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Bridging Big Data Workshop: Bridge Health in Times of Crisis

This year the Bridging Big Data (BBD) workshop will be hosted virtually on Monday, November 9th, 2020. The theme of this year’s workshop is Bridge Health in Times of Crisis.

  • date: 11/09/20
  • time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Professors standing under a bridge.

Researchers from UNL and UNO working on the Bridging Big Data project.

BBD 2020: Bridge Health in Times of Crisis

The Bridging Big Data 2020 workshop (BBD 2020) will bring together bridge dataset owners, big data solution providers, and academics to discuss data-informed bridge infrastructure resilience in crisis times. Through this workshop, we seek to understand the pandemic’s impact on bridge infrastructure resilience from design, sensing, economic, and socio-political perspectives. As with prior workshops, we will continue to focus on smart big data pipelines for aging rural bridge transportation infrastructure - by showcasing sensing and big data technology applications, highlighting solutions to data discovery and controlled sharing challenges, and unveiling novel data-driven decision-making tools.

The one-day workshop will be conducted in a virtual format using a remote video-conferencing platform. Morning activities will focus on what has been done – how data, technology, and engineering are being used to improve built infrastructure management in turbulent times. A panel of leading experts will discuss how presented techniques could affect future bridge design, assessment, management, and policy decisions during and after a major crisis in the Midwest.

Afternoon activities will look at what needs to be done – national and international activities focused on better preparing for the effects of future crises on the built environment. Additionally, in lightning talks, researchers will feature SMARTI data products that improve rural bridge assessment and management during and between crises.

Professional Development Units/Continuing Education Credits will be provided to workshop attendees.

The NSF sponsored workshop is online and free to attend.

Please register in advance for this meeting to receive a Zoom Invite:
https://unomaha.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsfuCurDIjHNJM8kp7dPKBmN11xC1u1s7R

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the workshop.

Agenda: https://bridgingbigdata.github.io/pages/bbd2020agenda.html

Twitter: Use the hashtags #bbd2020 and #NebraskaSMARTI to talk about it and share ideas/pictures/feedback.Here are some past tweets.