Artificial Intelligence Helps Improve NASA’s Eyes on the Sun
A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA’s images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar research. The new …
DOD Announces AI Competition to Detect, Defeat Illegal Fishing
The Defense Innovation Unit and Global Fishing Watch, a nonprofit that uses satellites to provide a view of global fishing activities, announced today a new xView3 Challenge to combat illegal, …
Machine learning and earthquake risk prediction
Homes and offices are only as solid as the ground beneath them. When that solid ground turns to liquid — as sometimes happens during earthquakes — it can topple buildings …
New VA tool uses artificial intelligence to predict COVID-19 patient mortality
Tim Strebel is no stranger to the spirit of innovation. Currently a computer programmer focusing on health informatics at the Washington DC VA Medical Center, Strebel has been recognized by …
Army program introduces new software for robot autonomy
Army researchers successfully developed a suite of new software capabilities for the Army’s future robots. The Scalable, Adaptive and Resilient Autonomy, or SARA, program, which started in the midst of …
Artificial Intelligence Patent Dataset
To assist researchers and policymakers focusing on the determinants and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) invention, OCE released two data files, collectively called the Artificial Intelligence Patent Dataset (AIPD). The …
Disaster Response and Mitigation in an AI World
After the destructive California wildfires of 2019, the U.S. government put together a White House Executive forum to develop better ways of protecting the nation and key infrastructure, such as …
Adding Predictability to Fleet Communications During Solar Flares
A U.S. Navy destroyer is operating in the Western Pacific and is impacted by the effects of a massive solar flare. This event has caused a ripple affect across the …
Machine Learning Model Doubles Accuracy of Global Landslide ‘Nowcasts’
Every year, landslides – the movement of rock, soil, and debris down a slope – cause thousands of deaths, billions of dollars in damages, and disruptions to roads and power …
International coalition classifies 25 subtypes of uveitis, an inflammatory eye disease
An international coalition of eye researchers used machine learning to develop classification criteria for 25 of the most common types of uveitis, a collection of over 30 diseases characterized by …