

Publications
We are dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge in our respective fields and sharing our findings with the broader research community. We regularly publish our research and insights in a variety of formats, including academic journals, conference proceedings, books, and reports.
Publication List
2023
Algiriyage, N., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2023). DEES: a real-time system for event extraction from disaster-related web text. Social Network Analysis and Mining. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-022-01007-2
Gober, M., Christel, I., Hoffman, D., Mooney, C.J., Rodriquez, L., Becker, N., Ebert, E.E., Fearnley, C., Fundel, V.J., Grieger, T., Golding, B., Jeurig, J., Kelman, I., Kox, T., Magro, F-A., Perrels, A., Postigo, J.C., Potter, S.H., Robbins, J., Rust, H., Schoster, D., Tan, M.L., Taylor, A., and William, H. (2023). Enhancing the value of weather and climate services in society - identified gaps and needs as outcomes of the 1st WMO WWRP/SERA “Weather and Society” Conference. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0199.1
2022
Algiriyage, N., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2022). Multi-source Multimodal Data and Deep Learning for Disaster Response: A Systematic Review. SN Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00971-4
Becker, J.S., Vinnell, L.J., McBride, S.K., Nakayachi, K., Doyle, E.E.H., Potter, S.H., and Bostrom, A. (2022). The effects of earthquake experience on intentions to respond to earthquake early warnings. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.857004
Chandrakumar, C., Prasanna, R., Stephens, M. (2022). An ecosystem of low-cost sensors toward earthquake early Warning: An earthquake early warning system with multi-sensor capability. QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_OimNeIpfWkE1M16cXN97qIQ3lGzPD_3/view
Chandrakumar, C., Prasanna, R., Stephens, M., Tan, M.L. (2022). Earthquake early warning systems based on low-cost ground motion sensors: A systematic literature review. Frontiers in Sensors. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsens.2022.1020202
Chandrakumar, C., Prasanna, R., Stephens, M., Tan, M.L., Holden, H., Punchihewa, A., Becker, J.S., Jeong, S., Ravishan, D. (2022). Algorithms for Detecting P-Waves and Earthquake Magnitude Estimation: Initial Literature Review Findings. Proceedings of the ISCRAM Asia Pacific Conference 2022. https://idl.iscram.org/files/chanthujanchandrakumar/2023/2488_ChanthujanChandrakumar_etal2023.pdf
Dassanayake, S.M., Mahakalanda, I., Sanjula, D.M.R., Dissanayake, R., Pasan, M., Gunathunga, I., Thilina, N.K.G., Jayasooriya, P., Prageeth, R.M., Rathnayake, S., Jayawardena, C.L., Prasanna, R. (2022). Geospatial Impact Analytics of Hydrometeorological Hazards: A Study on Urban and Suburban Floods in Sri Lanka using Online Textual Data. Proceedings of the ISCRAM Asia Pacific Conference 2022. https://idl.iscram.org/files/smdassanayake/2023/2489_S.M.Dassanayake_etal2023.pdf
Harrison, S., Potter, S., Prasanna, R., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2022). Identifying the Impact-Related Data Uses and Gaps for Hydrometeorological Impact Forecasts and Warnings. Weather, Climate, and Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0093.1
Harrison, S., Potter, S., Prasanna, R., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2022). ‘Sharing is caring’: A socio-technical analysis of the sharing and governing of hydrometeorological hazard, impact, vulnerability, and exposure data in Aotearoa New Zealand. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100213
Holden, C. (2022). Engaging with end-users towards an earthquake early warning system for New Zealand. QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rwfvZAwWFksDHN3FDUN4GslHfO_zEZ6k/view?usp=share_link
Hong, B., Chandrakumar, C., Ravishan, D., Prasanna, R., (2022). A Peer-to-Peer Communication Method for Distributed Earthquake Early Warning Networks: Preliminary Findings. Proceedings of the ISCRAM Asia Pacific Conference 2022. https://idl.iscram.org/files/benjaminhong/2023/2485_BenjaminHong_etal2023.pdf
Huggins, T.J., Tan, M. L., Kuo, Y., Prasanna, R., Rea, D.D. (2022). Online learning adoption by Chinese university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. https://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2022-IS/AJDTS_26_IS_Huggins.pdf
Jayasinghe, K., Wijesinghe, C., Wijethilake, C., Prasanna, R. (2022). Collaborative public service provision archetypes in healthcare emergencies: a case of COVID-19 administration in Sri Lanka. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-12-2020-0191
Jayasiri, G.P., & Prasanna, R. (2022). Citizen Science for supporting Disaster Management Institutions in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the ISCRAM Asia Pacific Conference 2022. https://idl.iscram.org/files/gpjayasiri/2023/2482_G.P.Jayasiri+RajPrasanna2023.pdf
Prasanna, R., Chandrakumar, C., Nandana, R., Holden, C., Punchihewa, A., Becker, J.S., Jeong, S., Liyanage, N., Ravishan, D., Sampath, R., Tan, M.L. (2022). Saving precious seconds: A low-cost earthquake early warning system for Aotearoa, New Zealand. QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NYgNJudFwF-pzElWJjY1x4SyPF7O8FTQ/view?usp=share_link
Prasanna, R., Chandrakumar, C., Nandana, R., Holden, C., Punchihewa, A., Becker, J.S., Jeong, S., Liyanage, N., Ravishan, D., Sampath, R., Tan, M.L. (2022). “Saving precious seconds”—A novel approach to implementing a low-cost earthquake early warning system with node-level detection and alert generation. Informatics. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics9010025
Tan M.L., Prasanna, R., Cui, A., Chandrakumar, C., Imtiaz, S.Y., Hong, B., Viggers, Z. (2022). CRISiSLab Challenge: Hands-on learning with Raspberry Shake seismometers. QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XIsFHNMy9Sr6-A8VJY6myGPwATjQcuYo/view?usp=share_link
Tan M.L., Vinnell, L., Prasanna, R., Becker, J.S. (2022). The public’s initial insights on the Android Earthquake Alerts in Aotearoa New Zealand. QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZJ8KSGO7oPqbE-x_eDngC-LhWg7vRkY/view?usp=share_link
Tan, M.L., Becker, J.S., Stock, K., Prasanna, R., Brown. A., Kenney, C., Cui, A., Lambie, E. (2022). Understanding the social aspects of earthquake early warning: A literature review. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.939242
Tan, M.L., Hoffmann, D., Ebert, E., Cui, A., Johnston, D., (2022). Exploring the potential role of citizen science in the warning value chain for high impact weather. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.949949
Tan, M.L., Senaweera, O., Gunwardana, A., Rasith, M., Suaib, M., Shanthakumar, T., Hisham, M. (2022). New Zealand COVID Tracer App: Understanding Usage and User Sentiments. Proceedings of the ISCRAM Asia Pacific Conference 2022. https://idl.iscram.org/files/marionlaratan/2023/2483_MarionLaraTan_etal2023.pdf
Velivela, V., Raj, C., Tiwana, M.S., Prasanna, R., Samarawickrama, M., Prasad, M. (2022). The Effectiveness of Social Media Engagement Strategy on Disaster Fundraising. Proceedings of the ISCRAM Asia Pacific Conference 2022. https://idl.iscram.org/files/vivekvelivela/2023/2496_VivekVelivela_etal2023.pdf
Vinnell, L.J., Doyle, E.E.H., Inch, P., Tan, M.L., Becker, J.S., Johnston, D.J. (2022). Evacuation behavior and information needs of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand residents Following the 5 March 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210286
2021
Ahangama, N., & Prasanna, R (2021). Micro-theory on knowledge transfer to foster disaster resilience: A grounded theory approach. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102569
Algiriyage, N., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D., Punchihewa, M., Jayawardhana, S. (2021). Towards Real-time Traffic Flow Estimation using YOLO and SORT from Surveillance Video Footage. ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. https://idl.iscram.org/files/nilanialgiriyage/2021/2311_NilaniAlgiriyage_etal2021.pdf
Algiriyage, N., Sampath, R., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2021). Identifying Disaster-related Tweets: A Large-Scale Detection Model Comparison. ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. https://idl.iscram.org/files/nilanialgiriyage/2021/2368_NilaniAlgiriyage_etal2021.pdf
Brown, A., Parkin, T., Tan, M. L., Prasanna, R., Becker, J., Stock, K., Kenney, C., & Lambie, E. (2021). An earthquake early warning system for Aotearoa New Zealand? Community engagement findings 2020–2021. Massey University Online Repository. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/16735
Goded, T., Tan, M. L., Becker, J. S., Horspool, N., Canessa, S., Huso, R., Johnston, D. M. (2021). Using citizen data to understand earthquake impacts: Aotearoa New Zealand's earthquake Felt Reports. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. https://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2021-3/AJDTS_25_3_Goded.pdf
Harrison, S., Potter, S., Prasanna, R., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2021). ‘Where oh where is the data?‘: Identifying data sources for hydrometeorological impact forecasts and warnings in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102619
Huggins, T. J., Yang, L., Zhang, J., Tan, M. L., Prasanna, R. (2021). Psychological Effects of Dominant Responses to Early Warning Alerts. International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJACI.2021070101
Imtiaz, SY., Uma, SR., Prasanna, R., Wotherspoon, LM. (2021). ‘End to end’ linkage structure for integrated impact assessment of infrastructure networks under natural hazards. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.54.2.153-162
Jayawardene, V., Huggins, TJ., Prasanna, R., Fakhruddin, B. (2021). The role of data and information quality during disaster response decision-making. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100202
Squance, H., Macdonald, C., Stewart, C., Prasanna, R., Johnston, D.M. (2021). Strategies for implementing a one welfare framework into emergency management. Animals. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113141
Tan M.L., Brown, A., Prasanna, R., Becker, J., Stock, K., Kenney, C., Cui, A., Lambie, E., Parkin, T., Reade, A., Tobin, A., Law, M. (2021). An earthquake early warning system for Aotearoa New Zealand? QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Online, New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3MPzOkgGCizNwd5upt-jhhIWmygggmx/view?usp=share_link
Tan, M. L., Prasanna, R., Becker, J. S., Brown, A., Kenney, C., Lambie, E., Johnston, D. M., Stock, K., De Alwis, D. (2021). Outlook for earthquake early warning for Aotearoa New Zealand : Insights from initiating a community-of-practice. 2021 Annual Technical Conference for the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. https://repo.nzsee.org.nz/handle/nzsee/2350
Tan, M.L., Leonard, G.L., Johnston, D.M. (2021). Hawke's Bay Regional Alerting Systems Review. Disaster Research Science Report. https://www.hbemergency.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Reporting/Massey-University-Report-HB-Regional-Alerting-Systems-Review-DSR-Report-2021-4.pdf
Vinnell, L. J., Becker, J. S., Scolobig, A., Johnston, D. M., Tan, M. L., McLaren, L. (2021). Citizen science initiatives in high-impact weather and disaster risk reduction. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. https://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2021-3/AJDTS_25_3_Vinnell.pdf
2020
Algiriyage, N., Prasanna, R., Doyle, EEH., Stock, K., Johnston, D. (2020). Traffic Flow Estimation based on Deep Learning for Emergency Traffic Management using CCTV Images. ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. https://idl.iscram.org/files/nilanialgiriyage/2020/2211_NilaniAlgiriyage_etal2020.pdf
Becker, J. S., Potter, S. H., Prasanna, R., Tan, M. L., Payne, B. A., Holden, C., Horspool, N., Smith, R., Johnston, D. M. (2020). Scoping the potential for earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand: A sectoral analysis of perceived benefits and challenges. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101765
Harrison, S., Potter, S., Prasanna, R., Doyle, E.E.H., Johnston, D. (2020). Volunteered Geographic Information for people-centred severe weather early warning: A literature review. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. https://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2020-1/AJDTS_24_1_Harrison.pdf
Huggins, T. J., & Prasanna, R (2020). Information technologies supporting emergency management controllers in New Zealand. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093716
Jayasinghe, K., Kenney, C. M., Prasanna, R., Velasquez, J. (2020). Enacting “accountability in collaborative governance”: lessons in emergency management and earthquake recovery from the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquakes. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-09-2019-0143
Tan M.L., Prasanna, R., Becker, J., Holden, C., Waidyanatha, N., Punchihewa, A., Jeong, S., Stock, S., Brown, A., Kenney, C., Lambie, E., Nandana, R. (2020). An ongoing project for conceptualising a community-engaged network of low-cost sensors for earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand. QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting, Nelson, New Zealand. https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101476
Tan, M. L., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Doyle, E. E.H., Leonard, G., Johnston, D. (2020). Modified Usability Framework for Disaster Apps: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of User Reviews. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00282-x
Tan, M. L., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Hudson-Doyle, E., Leonard, G., Johnston, D. (2020). Understanding end-users’ perspectives: Towards developing usability guidelines for disaster apps. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100118
Tan, M.L., Harrison, S., Becker, J., Doyle, E.E.H, Prasanna, R (2020). Research Themes on Warnings in Information Systems Crisis Management Literature. ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. https://idl.iscram.org/files/marionlaratan/2020/2299_MarionLaraTan_etal2020.pdf
Tan, M.L., Prasanna, R., Stock, K., Doyle, E.E.H., Leonard, G., Johnston, D. (2020). Usability factors influencing the continuance intention of disaster apps: A mixed-methods study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101874
Uma, S.R., Syed, Y., Sapthala, K., Prasanna. R. (2020). Modelling interdependencies of critical infrastructure network recovery using a decision support system. GNS Science Report. https://shop.gns.cri.nz/sr_2020-18-pdf/