AWS Public Sector Blog
Tag: Machine Learning
How to use data from the AWS Open Data program in HAQM Bedrock
Many government agencies, like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), participate in the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program. In this post, we discuss how to use NOAA datasets in the Registry of Open Data on AWS using HAQM Bedrock Knowledge Bases.
From vision to reality: Inspiring your educational institution’s first steps in AI with AWS
To support education leaders on their AI journey, we’ve developed a practical guide that maps real-world challenges to proven AI use cases. While not exhaustive, these examples serve as inspiration—highlighting what others have achieved and helping you explore how AI can address your institution’s priorities
Bahrain’s cloud-first success story
Cloud computing, automation, and AI are driving a new wave of modernization in public services. They’re helping to make them more accessible, responsive, and cost-effective. The Kingdom of Bahrain shows how this can be done. In this blog, we explore how, through a cloud-first strategy, the country has modernized its public services, boosted economic growth, and developed a culture of innovation.
The AWS Imagine Grant launches the 2025 cycle in six countries, expanding its global reach
Today, HAQM Web Services (AWS) launched the 2025 AWS Imagine Grant cycle in six countries. The AWS Imagine Grant is a public grant opportunity open to registered nonprofit organizations who are using cloud technology to accelerate their missions. Now in its eighth year, the AWS Imagine Grant is expanding to nonprofits beyond the US, UK, and Ireland, adding Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
How to safeguard healthcare data privacy using HAQM Bedrock Guardrails
As more and more healthcare companies use their data to remain competitive, protecting patient data is as critical than ever. With increasing adoption of AI/ML models in healthcare, making sure that these technologies comply with privacy regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR has become a top priority. HAQM Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides unified access to a diverse selection of high-performance foundation models from industry-leading AI companies. In this post, we walk you through the importance of healthcare data privacy and how to use HAQM Bedrock Guardrails to safeguard sensitive information in AI-driven healthcare solutions.
4 best practices to enhance research IT operations with AWS
Academic research IT departments around the world face the same challenge: how to balance their existing on-premises infrastructure with the opportunities of cloud computing. At the Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) conference, HAQM Web Services hosted a panel featuring two research IT leaders: Circe Tsui, associate director of solutions architecture at Emory University in the Office of Information Technology, and Dr. Robert Shen, director of the RMIT AWS Supercomputing Hub (RACE) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). During the panel, Tsui and Shen shared how their institutions use AWS to augment and enhance their research operations with more scalability, security, and collaboration alongside their on-premises infrastructure. Read this post to learn more.
How HAQM Redshift ML can help enhance outcomes for underperforming, at-risk students
Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the effectiveness of their programs and provide students with a clear path to degree completion. Data analytics can help these institutions proactively identify and support at-risk students, allowing them to develop personalized intervention strategies to improve student retention and graduation rates. In this post, we’ll explore how HAQM Redshift ML, a powerful machine learning (ML) capability within the HAQM Redshift data warehouse, can enable higher education leaders to quickly predict student outcomes and communicate insights to key stakeholders.
53 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS
The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on HAQM Web Services (AWS). AWS works with data providers to democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS; develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data; and encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets. The full list of publicly available datasets are on the Registry of Open Data on AWS and are now also discoverable on AWS Data Exchange. This quarter, AWS released 53 new or updated datasets and you can learn more about them in this post.
Securely running AI algorithms for 100,000 users on private data
This post explores the architectural design and security concepts employed by Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen (Radboudumc) to build a secure artificial intelligence (AI) runtime environment on HAQM Web Services (AWS). Business leaders dealing with sensitive or regulated data will find this post invaluable because it demonstrates a proven approach to using the power of AI while maintaining strict data privacy and security standards.
NATO’s march to multi-domain operations: Transforming the alliance with hyperscale cloud
Across NATO’s 32 member states, today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape requires continuous modernization of advanced technology solutions, underscoring the strategic importance of the alliance’s digital transformation. This modernization effort demands speed, scale, security, and global innovation capabilities to stay ahead. Collaborating with technology leaders like HAQM Web Services (AWS) can accelerate innovation and NATO’s ability to deliver mission-ready solutions to counter known and emerging threats.