Disaster Response with ML and SageMaker Studio Lab

Both the frequency and severity of natural disasters are increasing. This year alone, we have seen significant wildfires across the Western United States and in countries like Greece and Turkey; major floods across Europe; a 7.2 earthquake in Haiti, and Hurricane Ida’s impact to the coast of Louisiana. In response, governments, businesses, nonprofits, and international organizations are placing more emphasis on disaster preparedness and response than ever before. Many of these same entities are accelerating their efforts to make their data publicly available for others to use. Repositories such as the Registry of Open Data on AWS and Humanitarian Data Exchange contain treasure troves of data that is ripe for use by developers, data scientists, and machine learning practitioners.

We believe that technology has the power to solve the world’s most pressing issues. As we build and improve new services such as Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab, we take pride in supporting the new and innovative ways our customers are using these technologies to deliver social impact.