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Satellite Data and Conservation: Gracie Ermi on Land Use, AI, and Protecting the Planet


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Gracie Ermi, Machine Learning Scientist at Impact Observatory, highlights how AI and satellite data transform land use mapping and environmental protection. By analyzing satellite imagery with machine learning, she improves data analysis efficiency and accuracy. Gracie discusses AI's impact on wildlife conservation, interdisciplinary challenges, and the importance of trust with environmental experts. She also shares her career journey into satellite data and encourages women to explore computer science and AI in conservation.

Takeaways:
๐Ÿคฏ AI is enabling the geospatial field and environmental protection to expand in ways that weren't possible before.
๐ŸŒ Creating land use maps once took years. With AI we can produce global maps in weeks!
๐ŸŒฒ Find datasets and play with them to get involved with conservation and AI!

Resources Mentioned:
๐ŸŒŸ wildlife.ai
๐ŸŒŸ fruitpunch.ai
๐ŸŒŸ opensustain.tech
๐ŸŒŸ Conservation Tech Directory
๐ŸŒŸ AI for Conservation Slack
๐ŸŒŸ Wild Labs
๐ŸŒŸ Zooniverse

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About Gracie:
Gracie Ermi is a machine learning scientist specializing in building machine learning & AI applications to support wildlife research and inform environmental policy. She uses aerial imagery, remote sensing, bioacoustics and more to study marine and terrestrial specie

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