baseflow - AI & Engineering

We are a state-certified engineering company from Austria and are specialized in the intersection of AI / data science and engineering. Thereby we incorporate current research into practical solutions. Below, we would like to present our consulting services and software products. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Consulting

AI & Data Science

Decision and forecast models

Machine and deep learning models achieve the highest performance in most regression and classification tasks. With a sufficient amount of data, there is great potential for significantly more reliable forecast and decision models. Our services include the full range of the Data Science life cycle:

Initial consultations and analysis of potential
Data acquisition and pre-processing
Feature Engineering
Creation of efficient data pipelines
Model development based on state-of-the-art methods
Implementation of Explainable AI (XAI) methods
Setup of fail-safe operational systems
Automatic and event-based information by e-mail / SMS

Software development

Do you have recurring data processing tasks in your organization? We can develop customized software programs that automate tedious manual tasks. In addition, mandatory reports can be created (semi-) automatically if Large Language Models (LLMs) are integrated.

Statistical consulting

Statistical methods provide objective insights based on data and serve as a basis for answering economic and scientific questions. We have the necessary experience as well as hardware and software capacities to be able to carry out big data evaluations.

Engineering

Modeling and Designing

We have extensive experience in the field of hydrological and hydraulic modeling – from local to regional scale. Additionally, we offer the following services:

Inspections and measurements
Calculations in the field of Civil Engineering and Water Management
Dimensioning of hydraulic structures
Retention studies
Flood emergency plans
Variant studies and optimizations

Water Management

Water is one of the most important resources. However, it is often not available uniformly in time or space. Climate change is leading to further changes in this aspect. We are able to provide 1) a data-based evaluation of the current situation or the water footprint, 2) demand assessments, 3) event and risk analyses and 4) recommendations for necessary actions.

Geoinformation Systems (GIS)

In addition to the standard GIS work such as digitization, map creation and evaluations, we also offer to automatize workflows. This allows to perform many GIS applications significantly faster and in a standardized way.

Additional Services

Research

Are existing methods and approaches insufficient for solving your business prolems or scientific questions? We can conduct application-oriented research and development with a focus on the interface between data science and environmental technology. Our references contain a list of our scientific publications and contributions.

Workshops

You and your team would like to learn more about the background of the frequently used terms “AI” or “Big Data” in an understandable way? We offer customized workshops that include theoretical and practical elements. Opportunities for in-depth discussions and, if necessary, concept development regarding the use of AI for your applications emerge thereby as well.

Expert reports and contracting

Especially in the case of AI services, some providers often promise a lot. We can assist you in the tendering and awarding process to avoid unpleasant surprises. Furthermore, we are able to provide in-depth expert reports in all service areas listed above.

Products

baseflow:RapidFlow

Short-term Flood-Warning-System

We developed baseflow:RapidFlood for operational early flood warning especially in small catchments. Those basins usually are characterized by high runoff dynamics, especially in case of heavy rainfall. Conventional models are usually unable to adequately simulate such a runoff behavior.

Our warning approach is based on short-term precipitation forecasts, newly installed measuring stations with real-time data transfer, and a specially developed spatially distributed rainfall-runoff model. This model can be calibrated in real time based on the latest measurement data due to its extremely efficient programming approach and model architecture. This results in a more reliable flood warning system and reduced maintenance needs.

baseflow:hydroAI

AI-based spatially distributed Forecasting System

Our baseflow:hydroAI Forecasting System enables to predict high-resolution time series of discharge, hydropower generation, or water temperature based on spatially distributed input data. Through its innovative AI architecture, which optimally utilizes complete spatial information from the area and meteorological data, along with pre-training on extensive datasets, this model remains reliable even in challenging hydrological conditions.

baseflow:SpatialExtractor

Automatic extraction and aggregation of spatial characteristics

Spatially distributed information is essential for hydrological and hydraulic models, but also for other fields such as risk calculations. The determination or classification is often done manually and thus takes a lot of time.

With our tool baseflow:SpatialExtractor, the classification and aggregation of several properties for user-defined polygons can be done automatically. Examples of extractable properties are landuse type, degree of sealing, sea level or slope, SCS-CN or Manning values and “no-flow“ areas. We are planning to continuously expand the tool in order to further automate the preparation work for modeling and other applications.

Development

Customized AI solutions for your business

baseflow develops customized AI solutions, leveraging extensive expertise in engineering, hydrology, and water management. We offer flexible support—from solution discovery or enhancing your existing team, through to the complete implementation of your project. You receive a production-ready AI solution tailored precisely to your requirements, including comprehensive documentation and optional maintenance.

Do you have questions about our products? Feel free to contact us.

Computing infrastructure

We use our in-house Linux server with 24 CPU cores, GPUs with 64 GB VRAM and 210 TFLOPS (FP32) and 256 GB RAM as our development environment. For final training runs, we can access selected cloud providers with a scalable range of computational performance.