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SDMI Supports the Louisiana National Guard Disaster Response Efforts

As Louisiana watches citizens helping citizens, as well as Federal, State and local agencies continue grueling recovery work in areas devastated by #Laura, SDMI is supporting the Louisiana National Guard (LANG)with a customized commodities tracking application and dashboard. The application - "COMTRAC" - was developed by computer science students and full time staff at SDMI. It has been put to the test with LANG delivering PPE throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, and now #Laura commodities can be tracked from mission start to mission complete. SDMI students are working closely with LANG personnel to provi..

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CYBER SECURITY LAB

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CENTER FOR BUSINESS PREPAREDNESS

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ANIMALS IN DISASTER

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SDMI DISASTER LAB

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New Report Investigates Hurricane Evacuation Behavior

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