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Accelerating drug development with AI
University of Waterloo
09 Apr 2025
Waterloo researchers use machine learning to predict how new drugs could affect the body
Will AI revolutionize drug development? Researchers explain why it depends on how it’s used
The Conversation
09 Jan 2025
Why we should be cautious about ambitious claims regarding AI models for new drugs.
AI in cancer research & care: perspectives of three KU Leuven institutes
This story is a collaboration of three Institutes that are working at the intersection of cell research, cancer research and care, and artificial intelligence.
Air pollution in South Africa: affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time
The Conversation
28 Aug 2024
Creating a cost-effective air quality monitoring system based on sensors, Internet of Things and AI.
Machine learning-aided thermography for building heat loss detection
University of Waterloo
21 Jun 2024
Machine learning can automate building energy diagnostics using thermal imaging.
Machine learning accelerates discovery of solar-cell perovskites
EPFL
28 May 2024
An EPFL research project has developed a method based on machine-learning to quickly and accurately search large databases
Machine learning viability modelling of vertical-axis wind turbines
EPFL
22 Apr 2024
Researchers have used a genetic learning algorithm to identify optimal pitch profiles for the turbine blades.
Long-term monitoring of bird flocks in the wild – interview with Kshitiz
Lucy Smith
08 Feb 2024
Developing and applying computer vision techniques and datasets for non-invasive monitoring and analysis of migratory bird flocks in their natural habitats.
We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development
The Conversation
25 Jan 2024
A study combines satellite images, vessel GPS data and AI to reveal human industrial activities across the ocean
Deep learning model to help detect plastic in oceans
EPFL
15 Dec 2023
Researchers present a model that recognises floating plastics in satellite images. This could help to systematically remove plastic litter from the oceans with ships.
Deep learning model trained to identify least green homes
University of Cambridge
16 Nov 2023
AI model can help policymakers efficiently identify and prioritize houses for retrofitting and other decarbonizing measures.
A deep learning model for identifying disease and risk factor biomarkers
Linköping University
30 Oct 2023
A data-driven deep learning biomarker discovery workflow.
World’s biggest bat colony gathers in Zambia every year: we used artificial intelligence to count them
The Conversation
20 Oct 2023
How AI methods are helping shed light on bat numbers.
Which strategies for supporting pollinators?
Martine Barons
26 Sep 2023
How can Bayesian Networks be used to inform pollinator abundance strategies?
Studying plant-climate relationships using machine learning
University of New South Wales
19 Jul 2023
Machine learning can help extract important information from the huge number of plant specimens stored in herbaria.
AI in health care challenges us to define what better, people-centred care looks like
University of Waterloo
24 Apr 2023
Catherine Burns on thinking about future healthcare in the age of big data and AI.
UrbanTwin: seeing double for sustainability
EPFL
26 Jan 2023
A digital twin for urban infrastructure: assessing the effectiveness of climate-related policies and actions.
Applying AI to pathology reveals insights in endometrial cancer diagnostics
Universiteit Leiden
19 Jan 2023
Interpretable deep learning model to predict the molecular classification of endometrial cancer from slide images.
AI-powered BirdNET app makes citizen science easier
Cornell University
13 Jul 2022
The team behind BirdNET have published a paper about their work and what it means for citizen science.
Trainee teachers made sharper assessments about learning difficulties after receiving feedback from AI
University of Cambridge
26 Apr 2022
Using AI to help trainee teachers in their assessments of students.
AI can help doctors work faster – but trust is crucial
Linköping University
11 Mar 2022
If artificial intelligence is to be of help in healthcare, people and machines must be able to work effectively together.
Artificial intelligence and big data to help preserve wildlife
EPFL
25 Feb 2022
Research collaborators propose that animal ecologists can capitalize on large datasets generated by modern sensors by combining machine learning approaches with domain knowledge.
Beach bots, sea ‘raptors’ and marine toolsets mobilised to get rid of marine litter
Horizon
18 Feb 2022
Find out about the different EU research projects are concerned with reducing marine litter, including an autonomous litter-picking robot.
Artificial intelligence helps speed up ecological surveys
EPFL
24 Jan 2022
A deep-learning model for counting the number of seals in aerial photos that is considerably faster than doing it by hand.
Keeping one step ahead of earthquakes
Horizon
04 Jan 2022
Damaging earthquakes can strike at any time. While we can’t prevent them from occurring, we can make sure casualties, economic loss and disruption of essential services are kept to a minimum.
Some highlights from our focus on the UN SDGs
Lucy Smith
22 Dec 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, we pick some of our favourite interviews and articles from our focus series on the UN sustainable development goals.
Radical AI podcast: featuring Raziye Buse Çetin
The Radical AI Podcast
17 Dec 2021
In this episode, Dylan and Jess chat to Raziye Buse Çetin about decolonial AI.
Harnessing the power of AI to elucidate mobile traffic consumption at city scale
Paul Patras
15 Dec 2021
Mobile traffic analysis can provide many insights. Find out more about work on obtaining high-resolution traffic maps using AI methods and aggregate data.
Smart cities and AI
Beril Sirmacek
03 Dec 2021
In this video lecture, Beril Sirmacek talks about research using AI methods to help to make cities more environmentally friendly.
AIhub launches focus series on sustainable cities and communities
AIhub
03 Dec 2021
We are now publishing articles on the latest topic in our series on the UN sustainable development goals.
Natural language processing model for African languages
University of Waterloo
17 Nov 2021
AfriBERTa model enables computers to analyse text in African languages for many useful tasks.
Machine learning for climate science and Earth observation – a webinar from Climate Change AI
Lucy Smith
16 Nov 2021
Hear from Maike Sonnewald and Gustau Camps-Valls, as they talk about trustworthy AI for climate analysis and physics-aware machine learning.
Radical AI podcast: featuring Sasha Costanza-Chock
The Radical AI Podcast
10 Nov 2021
In this episode, Dylan and Jess chat to Sasha Costanza-Chock about design justice.
Focus on sustainable cities and communities: call for contributions
AIhub
09 Nov 2021
We are looking for AI researchers, users and stakeholders to write, or talk, about their work relating to sustainable cities and communities.
Using imaging and machine learning tools to analyse features of plant leaves
University of Illinois
29 Oct 2021
Scientists have developed tools to discover attributes that contribute to water-use efficiency in crop plants during photosynthesis.
Interview with Lily Xu – applying machine learning to the prevention of illegal wildlife poaching
Lucy Smith
20 Oct 2021
Lily Xu tells us about her work applying machine learning and game theory to wildlife conservation.
