Mapping the Inferno: Using computer vision to map wildfires
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Mapping the Inferno: Using computer vision to map wildfires

An AI-powered eye in the sky is helping firefighters control woodland blazes. California used maps drawn by neural networks to fight fires that threatened Yosemite National Park earlier this year.

October 14, 20202 min read
Mapping the Inferno: Using computer vision to map wildfires
Environment

Mapping the Inferno: Using computer vision to map wildfires

An AI-powered eye in the sky is helping firefighters control woodland blazes. California used maps drawn by neural networks to fight fires that threatened Yosemite National Park earlier this year.

October 14, 20202 min read
U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.
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U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.

The White House called for new funding for AI research including a constellation of research centers. Nonetheless, the U.S. government’s annual spending on the technology still would lag behind that of several other...

September 2, 20202 min read
U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.
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U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.

The White House called for new funding for AI research including a constellation of research centers. Nonetheless, the U.S. government’s annual spending on the technology still would lag behind that of several other...

September 2, 20202 min read
Birdwatching With AI: A computer vision system recognizes individual birds.
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Birdwatching With AI: A computer vision system recognizes individual birds.

Neural networks learned to tell one bird from another, enabling scientists to study their behavior in greater detail. Researchers from universities in Europe and Africa trained eural networks to recognize individual birds with up to 90 percent accuracy.

August 12, 20201 min read
Birdwatching With AI: A computer vision system recognizes individual birds.
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Birdwatching With AI: A computer vision system recognizes individual birds.

Neural networks learned to tell one bird from another, enabling scientists to study their behavior in greater detail. Researchers from universities in Europe and Africa trained eural networks to recognize individual birds with up to 90 percent accuracy.

August 12, 20201 min read
Underwater Atlas: Deep learning helps scientists map undersea ecosystems.
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Underwater Atlas: Deep learning helps scientists map undersea ecosystems.

The ocean contains distinct ecosystems, but they’re much harder to see than terrestrial forests or savannas. A new model helps scientists better understand patterns of undersea life, which is threatened by pollution, invasive species, and warming temperatures.

June 10, 20201 min read
Underwater Atlas: Deep learning helps scientists map undersea ecosystems.
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Underwater Atlas: Deep learning helps scientists map undersea ecosystems.

The ocean contains distinct ecosystems, but they’re much harder to see than terrestrial forests or savannas. A new model helps scientists better understand patterns of undersea life, which is threatened by pollution, invasive species, and warming temperatures.

June 10, 20201 min read
Do Oil and Algorithms Mix?: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft built AI tools for big oil.
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Do Oil and Algorithms Mix?: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft built AI tools for big oil.

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are developing machine learning tools for the fossil fuel industry even as they pledge to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

May 27, 20202 min read
Do Oil and Algorithms Mix?: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft built AI tools for big oil.
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Do Oil and Algorithms Mix?: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft built AI tools for big oil.

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are developing machine learning tools for the fossil fuel industry even as they pledge to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

May 27, 20202 min read
Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.
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Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.

A machine learning model is scanning the oceans for the glint of garbage. Researchers from the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory trained a model to identify ocean-borne refuse.

May 6, 20201 min read
Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.
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Seeing Sea Plastic: Computer vision spots ocean trash from satellite imagery.

A machine learning model is scanning the oceans for the glint of garbage. Researchers from the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory trained a model to identify ocean-borne refuse.

May 6, 20201 min read
Roads to Recovery: AI maps the route through disaster zones
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Roads to Recovery: AI maps the route through disaster zones

Deep learning promises to help emergency responders find their way through disaster zones. MIT researchers developed a tool that maps where hurricanes and other calamities have wiped out roads, helping to show aid workers the fastest ways to get to people in need.

April 29, 20201 min read
Roads to Recovery: AI maps the route through disaster zones
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Roads to Recovery: AI maps the route through disaster zones

Deep learning promises to help emergency responders find their way through disaster zones. MIT researchers developed a tool that maps where hurricanes and other calamities have wiped out roads, helping to show aid workers the fastest ways to get to people in need.

April 29, 20201 min read
Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size
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Optimize Your Training Parameters: Research on finding a neural net's optimal batch size

Last week we reported on a formula to determine model width and dataset size for optimal performance. A new paper contributes equations that optimize some training parameters.

April 1, 20202 min read

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