Project 2000

Center for Really Neat Research
Strong Angel Project

Humanitarian Assistance Through
Civilian/Military Collaboration

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The Center for Really Neat Research and the Strong Angel Exercise

The Center for Really Neat Research (CRNR), in Syracuse, New York, has been invited to contribute to a project that will test and help enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance efforts.

The project, called Strong Angel, will take place in June of 2000 as part of the RIMPAC 2000 Military Exercise, an international event, being coordinated by the US Navy's 3rd Fleet. The main site for Strong Angel will be in the northwest region of the Big Island of Hawaii, in particular a barren lava field at Puu Paa that will house a mock refugee camp.

The World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, the United Nations, and many other international organizations are participating in Strong Angel. The exercise will encourage collaborative efforts between military forces and private-sector entities, with a goal of improving methods and matrices during disaster relief efforts.

What is the Strong Angel Project?

Strong Angel is an international exercise on the provision of humanitarian assistance through collaborative efforts between civil and military organizations.

The exercise is being conducted by RIMPAC, with US efforts being coordinated by LCDR Eric Rasmussen, Fleet Surgeon of the US Navy's 3rd Fleet.

RIMPAC is a collaborative effort of the following six Pacific Rim countries, as well as Great Britain: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Korea, and the United States, to promote joint and combined task forces between their military and civil agencies. This large scale exercise, which simulates a realistic event requiring rapid cooperative response, occurs every two years to test and measure the effectiveness of methods and matrices.

The Center for Really Neat Research

The Center for Really Neat Research is operated by the not-for-Profit Institute for Interventional Informatics (I3), and is home to the Pulsar Project.

The CRNR Mission

To improve quality of life by intelligent use of information and communication technologies in the fields of healthcare, communication, education, and recreation.

Methods and Goals of CRNR

To provide the knowledge and resources to empower people to make a positive difference with information technology.
To lead in the development of socially responsible applications of communication technology.
To guide and assist in the intelligent implementation of advanced communication technologies.
To identify, acquire and implement advanced information technology in exemplary applications.
To share information and experience with others who are willing to become involved in socially responsible applications of advanced information technologies.
To identify key areas where information technologies can be effectively applied to improve quality of life, for example in the areas of healthcare and education, and then to participate in the implementation and dissemination of such technological applications.

Projects at CRNR

We are currently performing research and development on the following:
Advanced instrumentation for acquisition and analysis of medically relevant biological signals.
Advanced informatic systems that augment the general flow of medical information and provide decision support for the health care professional.
Public access to health information databases designed to empower citizens to become more involved in their own health care.
Advanced training technologies that will allow the rapid dispersion of newly developed techniques.
Innovative interface devices for people with disabilities.
Educational systems that adapt according to the user's capacity to learn and to the user's preferred learning style.

Contributors

Institute for Interventional Informatics (I3)
East Carolina University (ECU)

Sponsors

MindTel, LLC
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