AI for Disaster Relief

9/25: Contribution to the CDG Science Slam on efficient aid in flood disasters

Floods can be vary dangerous and cause human displacement, loss of life and damage to properties.

So mapping them quickly and accurately is extremly important for planning and executing humanitarian action.

In this contribution to the CDG Science Slam 2025, Bruno Menini Matosak explains how AI can be used to enable Médecins Sans Frontières to provide even more efficient aid during flood disasters.

Many thanks to Bruno Menini Matosak and Head of Laboratory Stefan Lang from the CD Laboratory for Geospatial and EO-based humanitarian technologies at Universität Salzburg.

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CD Laboratory for Geospatial and EO-based humanitarian technologies

Head of research unit

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Stefan Lang

Universität Salzburg

Duration

01.07.2020 - 30.06.2027

Commercial Partner

Ärzte ohne Grenzen - Médecins Sans Frontières österreichische Sektion

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AI for Disaster Relief

CD Laboratory for Geospatial and EO-based humanitarian technologies

Head of research unit

Duration

Commercial Partner

Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft