Dr. Nigel Waters is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science and director of the Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence at George Mason University. His present research involves the use of GIS techniques and social media data for transportation and health research and is supported by the US Department of Transportation and the National Institutes of Health. He is the editor of Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, which is published by the University of Toronto

Dr. Guido Cervone is associate professor of geoinformatics in the Department of Geography and Institute for CyberScience at the Pennsylvania State University. He is also affiliate scientist with the Research Application Laboratory (RAL) at the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR). His research expertise is in machine learning and geoinformatics, and his main interest is mining of massive spatial and temporal databases of remote sensing, model and social media 'big data' associated with natural, man-made, and technological hazards. He worked on the theoretical development and implementation of symbolic and evolutionary machine learning systems. He sits on the advisory committee of the United Nation Environmental Programme, Division of Disasters and Early Warning Assessment.

Dr. Emily Schnebele is a Research Assistant in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science at George Mason University. Her research interests include the integration of data from non-authoritative sources with remote sensing data. She is particularly interested in potential applications for road assessment during natural disasters.