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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Characterizing disaster risk and developing strategies for resilience and response to natural event hazards is core to the mission of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The science of event simulation and emergency response is based broadly on physics and earth science for climate simulations.

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How to detect wildfire smoke using Amazon Rekognition

AWS Public Sector Blog

Disaster response teams can use the cloud to create wildfire detection workflows that automatically deploy rapid notifications to fire incident response teams, so disaster response teams are alerted to the first signs of wildfire formation.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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Understanding wildfire risk in a changing climate with open data and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

As part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) , Amazon Web Services (AWS) invited Dr. Ed Kearns, the Chief Data Officer of First Street Foundation, to share how AWS technologies and open data are supporting their mission to provide accurate and up-to-date information on climate related risks.

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Student training program tackles Thailand’s air pollution with help from AirGradient, AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

million Thai citizens seeking treatment for pollution-related illnesses at the start of 2024 ( up 23 percent from 2023, according to data from the country’s National Economic and Social Development Council). In parts of the country, air pollution reached some of the world’s deadliest levels in recent years, with 1.6

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What we learned at Amazon re:MARS 2022 for the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, scientists and visionaries around the world are working hard to develop the next-generation technologies that will shape our future. Streamlining access to sustainability data and hackathons to help grow your startup. The progress we have made is impressive. However, there is still so much to discover.

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AI governance: Ensuring artificial intelligence is a force for good

Open Access Government - Technology News

We created the summit to identify practical applications of AI to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goals and scale those solutions for global impact. Part of what underpins this practical approach is our role in the international standard-setting system, which provides guidelines for the development and application of technology.