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Humanitarian Informatics Lab

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During a crisis, useful information can be buried in a flood of online messages. Hemant Purohit develops human-centered AI systems for analyzing behavior and managing unstructured, multi-source data in real time. His Humanitarian Informatics Lab combines natural-language processing, semantic computing, and machine learning with social and cognitive theories. Applications include emergency preparedness and response, public safety, and cybersecurity. The research emphasizes human control and collaboration with intelligent systems, offering an intersection of data science, public services, and crisis informatics.

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Human-centered AICrisis informaticsNatural-language processingEmergency management

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