Humanitarian Open Source Research

Do a Google search for a humanitarian open-source software (H-FOSS) project. Then edit this page and provide link to the project. Alternatively, you may want to create a separate Wiki page and write a brief report and summary of the project and then simply link to that page. Check this page to make sure you are not duplicating a project that someone else is already reporting on.

To be considered humanitarian the project must benefit humanity in some way, such as in disaster relief, education, community health, and so on.

You will make an brief oral presentation about the project you've found (5 minutes max) in class on April 2.

H-FOSS Links

 * The Ubuntu Project BBC: Mark Shuttleworth, Founder Homepage Wikipedia entry (R. Morelli)
 * The GreenStone Digital Library Software Bach Dao
 * Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) Software (Glenn Marmon)
 * The Open Planning Project (Turner Hayes)
 * The project Humanitarian Supplies Management System (SUMA) (Kalin Gochev)
 * Martus (Tyler Santerre)
 * Humaninet - Powering ICT (Mark Canning)
 * CAISI - Client Access to Integrated Services and Information (Kumud Nepal)
 * OAN -Open Architecture Network(Christopher Klein)
 * Emergencies Personnel Information System (Giovanni Capalbo)
 * One Laptop per Child - Robert DeSimone
 * The open source green vehicle project David Whitley
 * Moodle - Online Education (Todd Klasik)
 * VistA and World VistA (Colin Gigl)
 * COMPAS Method (Stephen Bloom)
 * Open Tsunami Alert System (Kiyoki Nishio)
 * Human Rights Data Analysis Group HRDAG  (Stephen Kates)
 * Oxfam The Oxfam(Ernel Wint)
 * Honey Bee Network (Jason Braunstein)
 * UNJLC-United Nations Joint Logistics Center (Peter Smith)
 * medAL (Greg Fedynyshyn)