Data2Action is a data as a product company that provides meaningful and actionable information about impacts of flooding across the country in real time and for long-term planning.
Data2Action is a University of Cincinnati spinoff supported by the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator and Proto-OKN programs.
We bring to market products developed in decades of our research in water and energy resources, data and systems science, AI, infrastructure resilience, environmental engineering, policy, and user-centered design.
Human and economic losses from flooding are increasing — yet we still don’t fully understand the impact of urban flooding, or how to reduce it.
Why is that, and how do we solve it?
Cities are networks of networks: power grids, transit, water systems, navigation, dams—woven into the environment, economy, and public health.
We call this the Urban Multiplex.
While the Urban Multiplex is physically and functionally connected, the data produced within its individual sectors are not.
This prevents us from understanding how disruptions triggered by floods cascade across cities.
We integrate Urban Multiplex data in an intelligent, searchable Knowledge Network and connect it to our Real-time Flood Forecasts.
This way, we forecast when and where flooding is likely to happen and cause cascading disruptions — delivering actionable impact information in real time.