Peter Anderson, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest funding

Visual analytics for emergency management
NSERC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$457,475
Emergency alerting at Canadian post-secondary educational institutions: a study of social, policy, and planning factors
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$123,040
Alberta SuperNet research alliance
SSHRC · 2002 · Co-investigator
$900,000

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Visual analytics for emergency management

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Fisher, Brian

$457,475

Emergency alerting at Canadian post-secondary educational institutions: a study of social, policy, and planning factors

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gow, Gordon A.

Keywords: public warning; emergency notification systems; mobile phones; Canadian post-secondary educational institutions; public safety communications; duty to warn; alerting; privacy and security; legal liability

$123,040

Alberta SuperNet research alliance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002INE Research Alliances

Principal investigators: Mitchell, David B.

Keywords: broadband networks; community economic and social development; Alberta SuperNet; economic and social impacts of information and communication technologies; public access; telehealth; distance learning; public policy consultation

$900,000

Telematics Research Laboratory

Principal investigatorCFI2000Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Anderson, Peter

Keywords: Telematics, telecommunications, high-speed data networks, Internet traffic, emergency communications, disaster management, space-based communications, broadband wireless technology, satellite networks, policy in information technology

$362,256

PolyLAB - A Rapid Development and Preproduction Delivery Environment of Distributed Network Technologies for Research, Education and Industry in the Mathematical Sciences

Principal investigatorCFI1998Innovation Fund: Institutional Innovation Fund under $350,000

Principal investigators: Anderson, Peter

Keywords: high-performance networking, collaborative mathematics, telelearning, emergency preparation, SatComm, digital publishing

$136,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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