A flood forecasting prototype developed as part of a collaboration between 小蝌蚪APP researchers and tech company CGI has earned a 2020 Government Innovation Award.
The awards are given by a group of media outlets affiliated with Public Sector 360, a company that provides information, analysis and news for government and IT sectors. The Government Innovation Awards recognize 小蝌蚪APP渢ransformative government projects, individual change agents and industry partners that are reimagining public-sector IT,小蝌蚪APP according to the .
UL Lafayette and CGI小蝌蚪APP檚 小蝌蚪APP淎rtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Flood Prevention and Forecasting小蝌蚪APP prototype was recognized in the Industry Innovator Category. The model uses artificial intelligence to more accurately 小蝌蚪APP and quickly 小蝌蚪APP forecast floods.
Dr. Emad Habib, a UL Lafayette professor of civil engineering who directs the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 , is leading the ongoing project. It implements a data mining prototype to discover and curate large amounts of data.
Rainfall records, river and surface water levels, soil moisture content and other information is culled from dozens of sources, including satellites, gauges and field sensors. The data is integrated and interpreted with machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence.
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Researchers from the , , , and are contributing to the project.
It is sponsored by through the National Science Foundation at UL Lafayette. CVDI is the only NSF center in the nation that focuses on data science, big data analytics and visual analytics.
Sumit Shah is chief data scientist at CGI, and a leader on CVDI小蝌蚪APP檚 industry advisory board. Shah said the flood forecasting research exemplifies the 小蝌蚪APP済reat value小蝌蚪APP offered by university and industry collaboration because it utilizes 小蝌蚪APP渃ross-disciplinary expertise to solve very complex problems."
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Photo caption: A flood forecasting prototype to help people and communities become more resilient during flooding events has earned a 2020 Government Innovation Award. UL Lafayette and tech company CGI developed the prototype. It discovers and curates large amounts of data that is integrated and interpreted with artificial intelligence. Photo credit: 小蝌蚪APP