On the opportunities and challenges of foundation models for geospatial artificial intelligence

G Mai, W Huang, J Sun, S Song, D Mishra… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Large pre-trained models, also known as foundation models (FMs), are trained in a task-
agnostic manner on large-scale data and can be adapted to a wide range of downstream …

Using satellite imagery to understand and promote sustainable development

M Burke, A Driscoll, DB Lobell, S Ermon - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Accurate and comprehensive measurements of a range of sustainable
development outcomes are fundamental inputs into both research and policy. For instance …

Cross-prediction-powered inference

T Zrnic, EJ Candès - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
While reliable data-driven decision-making hinges on high-quality labeled data, the
acquisition of quality labels often involves laborious human annotations or slow and …

Towards a foundation model for geospatial artificial intelligence (vision paper)

G Mai, C Cundy, K Choi, Y Hu, N Lao… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Large pre-trained models, also known as foundation models (FMs), are trained in a task-
agnostic manner on large-scale data and can be adapted to a wide range of downstream …

Artificial intelligence and internet of things (AI-IoT) technologies in response to COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

JI Khan, J Khan, F Ali, F Ullah, J Bacha, S Lee - Ieee Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has given overture to redirection, as well as
innovation to many digital technologies. Even after the progression of vaccination efforts …

Machine–learning-enabled metasurface for direction of arrival estimation

M Huang, B Zheng, T Cai, X Li, J Liu, C Qian… - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Metasurfaces, interacted with artificial intelligence, have now been motivating many
contemporary research studies to revisit established fields, eg, direction of arrival (DOA) …

Lightweight, pre-trained transformers for remote sensing timeseries

G Tseng, R Cartuyvels, I Zvonkov, M Purohit… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Machine learning methods for satellite data have a range of societally relevant applications,
but labels used to train models can be difficult or impossible to acquire. Self-supervision is a …

Artificial intelligence to advance Earth observation: a perspective

D Tuia, K Schindler, B Demir, G Camps-Valls… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Earth observation (EO) is a prime instrument for monitoring land and ocean processes,
studying the dynamics at work, and taking the pulse of our planet. This article gives a bird's …

Torchgeo: deep learning with geospatial data

AJ Stewart, C Robinson, IA Corley, A Ortiz… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Remotely sensed geospatial data are critical for applications including precision agriculture,
urban planning, disaster monitoring and response, and climate change research, among …

Spatial machine learning: new opportunities for regional science

K Kopczewska - The Annals of Regional Science, 2022 - Springer
This paper is a methodological guide to using machine learning in the spatial context. It
provides an overview of the existing spatial toolbox proposed in the literature: unsupervised …