Fujitsu leverages world’s fastest supercomputer Fugaku and AI to deliver tsunami prediction Feb. 17 05:50 am JST Feb. 17 | 06:38 am JST SENDAI/TOKYO/KAWASAKI
The International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, and Fujitsu Laboratories have announced the successful development of an AI model that will empower disaster management teams with the ability to predict tsunami flooding in coastal areas in near real-time, harnessing the computational power of the world’s fastest supercomputer, Fugaku, jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu.
As part of the joint initiative, several high-resolution tsunami simulations were carried out using Japan’s flagship supercomputer Fugaku. A new AI model was then created using simulated offshore tsunami waveforms and coastal flooding conditions as training data.
(2)
TOKYO, Feb 16, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - The International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, and Fujitsu Laboratories have today announced the successful development of an AI model that will empower disaster management teams with the ability to predict tsunami flooding in coastal areas in near real-time, harnessing the computational power of the world s fastest supercomputer(1), Fugaku, jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu.
Fig. 1: Overview of tsunami prediction with AI
Fig. 2: Comparison between anticipated flooding (tsunami source model created by Cabinet Office of Japan) of Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake and prediction results of newly developed AI