AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Life On Land
KEYWORDS
AI, natural disasters, machine learning
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Ahmad Wani, Nicole Hu, Timothy Frank
WEBSITE
https://www.oneconcern.com/product/
One Concern
machine learning to help predict earthquake damage
One Concern is an AI company with a mission to save lives and livelihoods before, during, and after disasters. One Concern enables cities, corporations and citizens to embrace a disaster-free future, through AI-enabled technology, policy, and finance.
The One Concern software pulls geological and structural data from a variety of public and private sources and uses machine learning to predict the impact of an earthquake down to individual city blocks and buildings. Real-time information input during an earthquake improves how the system responds. And earthquakes represent just the start for the company, which plans to launch a similar program for floods and eventually other natural disasters.
The technology also integrates information from many sources and makes it easy to parse in an emergency situation. The instant damage evaluations mean fast and actionable information, so first responders can prioritize search and rescue.