Publications

• Nikolai, C., Njoroge, S., and Madey, G. (2018, April). Integrating Agent-based Simulation into Emergency Operations Center Training Command and Control Systems. Proceedings of the Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS '18), Baltimore, MD.
• Nikolai, C., Njoroge, S., and Madey, G. (2017, April). SimEOC: A Virtual Emergency Operations Center Simulator for Training and Research. Poster & Presentation, Preparedness Summit 2017, Atlanta, GA.
• Nikolai, C., Treboniak, C., Heller, P., & Madey G. (2016). About Emergency Managers And Their Tools: What Emergency Managers Want From A Business Perspective. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 8(4), p1-16.
• Nikolai, C., Wright, T., Johnson, T., and Prietula, M., & Madey, G. (2015, April). Ensayo: A Virtual Emergency Operations Center Simulator for Training and Research. Poster & Presentation, Preparedness Summit, Atlanta, GA.
• Nikolai, C., Johnson, T., Prietula, M., Becerra-Fernandez, I., & Madey G. (2015). SimEOC: a distributed web-based virtual emergency operations center simulator for training and research. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 7(1), p1-21.
• Nikolai, C., Johnson, T., Prietula, M., Becerra-Fernandez, I., & Madey G. (2015). Design principles for crisis information management systems: from closed local systems to the web and beyond. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 7(4), p26-45.
• Nikolai, C. (2014, December). SimEOC: A virtual emergency operations center (vEOC) simulator for training and research. PhD Dissertation, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
• Nikolai, C., Johnson, T., Becerra-Fernandez, I., & Madey, G. (2010). Leveraging WebEOC in support of the haitian relief effort: insights and recommendations. The 7th International Community on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) Conference, Seattle, WA.
• Nikolai, C., Madey, G., Becerra-Fernandez, I., & Prietula, M. (2010). Ensayo: a distributed, web-based virtual emergency operations center for training and research. The 7th International Community on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Conference PhD Colloquium and Poster Session, Seattle, WA.
• Nikolai, C., Madey, G., Becerra-Fernandez, I., and M. Prietula (2010). Ensayo: a virtual emergency operations center simulator for training and research. Winter Simulation Conference, Ph.D. Colloquium and Poster Session, Baltimore, MD.
• Nikolai, C. (2010, June). Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center Field Research Report. Field Research Report, University of Notre Dame Zahm Grant.
• Madey, G., Becerra-Fernandez, I., Nikolai, C., & Prietula, M. (2010). A training and research simulator for emergency management. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Austin, Texas.
• Nikolai, C., and Madey, G. (2009, March). Tools of the trade: a survey of various agent based modeling platforms, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 12(2)2.
• Nikolai, C., Becerra-Fernandez, I., Prietula, M., & Madey, G. (2009). Project ensayo: designing a virtual emergency operations center. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas.