L. Yeghiazarian
University of Cincinnati; Data2Action Inc, Ohio, United States
Keywords: Knowledge Networks, AI, real-time flood forecasting, resilience, water-energy nexus, cascading failures
Floods increasingly threaten U.S. military installations world-wide, causing $ billions in losses. In addition to physical damage to strategic assets, floods trigger chains of cascading failures that disrupt critical services such as water, power, transportation, supply chains, and communications. Our AI-enabled Knowledge Network technology (i) integrates diverse data, (ii) generates real-time flood forecasts at high resolution (asset and neighborhood level) across continental U.S., (iii) predicts cascading failures, and (iv) supports queries at the nexus of water and energy. This actionable intelligence supports: (1). Real-time flood mitigation and response: Will this air base flood? Which critical services will be disrupted? In what sequence? Which roads will be flooded first? (2). Long-term design and planning: What is the total socioeconomic impact of this flood? Which critical infrastructures will likely fail in a future flood? Which assets are most vulnerable to cascading failures? (3). Increasing resilience of water-energy nexus: What are the current and future threats to water availability to meet water and energy needs of this base? What is the water and energy supply and demand? What are the current and future threats to water and energy infrastructure? This technology is funded by the NSF Convergence Accelerator and Proto-OKN Programs.