Carleton Experts Available – California Wildfires
As wildfires continue to burn in California, Carleton experts are available to comment.
If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to contact them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
For other experts, please visit the Carleton Experts Database: https://experts.carleton.ca/
Marzieh Amini
Professor, School of Information Technology at Carleton University
Email: marziehamini@cunet.carleton.ca
Amini is pioneering a solution to extract important information that can save lives from the sea of social media posts during disasters.
During a disaster, social media offers a wealth of information, ranging from posts detailing first responder actions and evacuee routes to reports of damaged infrastructure and affected areas. This data can aid first responders and utility crews. However, important insights are often mixed with irrelevant information.
This has the potential to provide first responders with real-time, actionable insights to help them figure out where to go, who’s been affected and what barriers exist for providing help. More on this project here.
For more on Amini, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/marzieh-amini
Chris Russill
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University
Email: Chris.Russill@carleton.ca
Russill is an academic director at Re.Climate, a centre for climate communication and public engagement at Carleton. His current work focuses on problems of disinformation and denial in their relevance to climate action.
Russill is publishing a new study on climate misinformation that took place during the wildfires of 2023. The study will be published on June 10.
For more on Russill, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/chris-russill
Gabriel Wainer
Professor, Systems and Computing Engineering at Carleton University
Email: Gabriel.Wainer@sce.carleton.ca
Wainer works on modelling methods with various real-world applications – including wildfires and the spread of smoke from fires. He is available to discuss how wildfires are modeled for prediction and prevention. Wainer is the head of the Advanced Real-Time Simulation lab, located at Carleton’s Centre for Advanced Simulation and Visualization (V-Sim).
For more on Wainer, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/gabriel-wainer
Media Contact
Steven Reid (he/him)
Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
613-265-6613
Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca
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