Fujitsu recently announced the development of a technology that draws on mathematical models built with limited data on rainfall and water levels to create flooding predictions for rivers.
The solution leverages Fujitsu Human Centric AI Zinrai, a comprehensive portfolio that encompasses Fujitsu's wide range of AI technologies and techniques, and utilizes a model that incorporates insights from hydrology to produce an AI that achieves predictions with greater precision. The new technology proves effective even for smaller rivers with limited measurement data or for areas where water level sensors have been newly installed and have yet to accumulate sufficient data. These predictions will offer authorities a vital tool for delivering faster response times and mitigating flood damage in the event of a natural disaster, including in dispatching personnel to affected areas and supporting appropriate decision-making in issuing evacuation advisories.
Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories will continue to work to further perfect this technology through a field trial with local governments across Japan with the aim of delivering a commercial solution during fiscal 2019. Fujitsu also anticipates that this technology can also be applied to help monitor flooding in rivers outside Japan and is conducting a variety of trials with customers with the aim of making it available as a commercial solution in fiscal 2019.
