Adam S. Norige

Adam Norige is the group leader of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Systems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. In this role, Norige is responsible for the group’s management, strategic planning, and technical execution. As one of the founding members of this group, Norige leads the Laboratory’s effort to develop advanced technologies to solve complex HADR challenges. He has a wide range of technical expertise and currently leads research and development programs within the areas of remote-sensing for post-disaster damage assessments, games for complex decisions, and HADR analytics. Notable innovations in this area include the development of an analytical decision support tool for hurricane response, "Hurrevac-Extended," and the development of a novel system for measuring widescale power outages in real-time, which has been deployed for numerous disasters; both of these innovations were awarded R&D 100 awards. Norige also lead the development of a decentralized communication platform that enables multiple distrusting parties to communicate in a secure and accountable manner, improving operational processes such as humanitarian notification.

Other research interests include the application of open, distributed blockchains, augmented and virtual reality visualizations, and artificial intelligence. In addition to research, Norige has taught courses on advanced technology for disaster relief at MIT and the U.S. Naval War College.

Norige joined the Laboratory in 2005 and has held leadership roles within several research groups. His prior efforts at MIT consist of analysis of complex emergency management operations, architectures for composable software, and the development of distributed detection systems for chemical and biological threats. He received a BS degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in computer engineering and an MS degree in biomedical engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.