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🌟𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 The flash floods in Central Texas over the weekend of 4 July 2025 were the deadliest in the U.S. in nearly 49 years. What can we do to prevent the next one from surpassing that tragic record? Prof.dr. Ali Mostafavi, Ph.D., PE, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Texas A&M University, will address this question during his keynote lecture “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴: 𝘈𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴”. Professor Mostafavi holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and is the director of UrbanResilience.AI Lab. His research focuses on creating advanced computational models and data science algorithms to reduce the social, economic, and physical impacts of disasters on communities. Mostafavi’s research addresses major questions: 🔗What are the fundamental characteristics in a human-infrastructure network that make a community resilient? 🖥️What new data science methods and algorithms could provide more intelligent ways for decision makers and residents to predict and respond to disasters? ⚖️How can we better address social equality in current urban resilience assessment models and methods? Interested in how his research is applied to real-world crises? Join us for his keynote lecture at the Congress on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness on October 2. 👉For more information about the program and registration, visit our congress website: https://lnkd.in/gpKPYPRt Marion Koopmans Thom Bogaard Anja Schreijer Tom Emery Jeannette de Boer Linda Jansen Schuyler Houser #PandemicPreparedness #DisasterPreparedness #PublicHealth #PDPC #PDPC2025 #KeynoteSpeaker