<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I hope you all had a great weekend! Thanks to those who attended our AI-Ready data session on Tuesday last week during the ESIP January Meeting. I will have a follow-up email when the session recordings are available for public viewing in case you are not able to attend the session.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Meanwhile, I would like to reshare this AI for Good event shared by Stephen in ESIP Slack (you can join <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/esip-all/shared_invite/zt-11w51pfev-c2TfBpWL17AxXruC7tPmVw">using this link</a>).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><i>What it will take for AI to work with geospatial data?</i></b></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/what-it-will-take-for-ai-to-work-with-geospatial-data/">https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/what-it-will-take-for-ai-to-work-with-geospatial-data/</a><br>Geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) is the amalgamation of AI with spatial computing to develop a better understanding, using geospatial data, of the physical world around us at the levels of an individual, communities, cities, nations, and the planet. This tech-talk will cover the differences between geospatial and typical AI problems from computer vision and language processing. It will explain why most of those AI algorithms do not work well with geospatial data highlighting its unique geospatial features like autocorrelation, geometric nature, and multiple modalities. GeoAI can bring significant benefits to drive the next generation of service innovation in applications from autonomous transportation to sustainable smart cities to soil sustainability, and others. The talk will present a few use cases that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. </blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Douglas</div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas Rao (he/him/his)</div></div><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="http://www.ncics.org" target="_blank">Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)</a><br><a href="http://www.ncei.noaa.gov" target="_blank">NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</a><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801</div></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:douglas.rao@noaa.gov" target="_blank">douglas.rao@noaa.gov</a></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">+1.828.271.4903</div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Phone is currently not monitored during teleworking.</div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inheri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