A friendly introduction to remote sensing and how-to guide on handling and visualizing geospatial data using Rasterio and Folium. Applying all code on Uganda, Africa, by using WorldPop data. Authors:  Johnny Lau, Albert Um   Prerequisites ❌ Limited knowle

Tags: Data Analysis, Remote Sensing

  In the Omdena-ACET challenge, we turned to online information sources, such as social media, newspapers, scientific articles, and websites of institutions involved with infrastructure. Each source provides an abundance of information that’s not possible to anal

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Applying AI to identify causal factors of the digital divide and their impact on human development. By Salil Kumar and Harshita Chopra   “Technology is changing the world” is something we read and experience every day. The Internet of Things (IoT), cloud storag

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This article is written by Harshita Chopra along with collaborators Arpan Mishra, Precioso Gabrillo, and Raghunath Pal.   Economic well-being is a broad concept that goes beyond statistical metrics. When you plan on moving to another place, do you primarily check c

Tags: India, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Satellite Imagery, World Resource Institute

By Laisha Wadhwa   Each day, there are news stories about the college tuition crisis. But what is the crisis we are seeking to solve? Is it the staggering amount of student debt? The rapidly rising cost of higher education? Is the interest being collected on studen

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Steps towards building an ethical credit scoring AI system for individuals without a previous bank account.     The background With traditional credit scoring system, it is essential to have a bank account and have regular transactions, but there are a few gro

Tags: Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning