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Detecting and responding to incidents with images

Artificial intelligence computer vision model images social media MIT

2020-08-31

Abstract At the upcoming European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) conference, researchers from MIT and QCRI are presenting a ...
Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service Platform Released Scientific Data Catalog

Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service scientific data

2020-08-28

Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service Platform has released 184 scientific data sets. Its catalog can be accessed on https://...
Statement on the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon

Hazards Technical Disaster

2020-08-11

Abstract Geneva, 6 August 2020 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori exp...
Field work for land degradation along China-Mongolia railway (Mongolian section)

Mongolian

2020-08-10

Land degradation is an important ecological and environmental problem facing the whole world. It is also one of the indicators of ...
AI taught to rapidly assess disaster damage so humans know where help is needed most

Artificial intelligence disaster damage assessment convolutional neural network model post-disaster aerial images

2020-07-28

This photo shows the distribution of damage estimated by the convolutional neural network model for Mashiki town in the 2016 Kum...
COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity for cities resilience

Hazards Epidemic & Pandemic

2020-06-30

Abstract The spread of COVID-19 around the world has placed cities at center stage in the response to the virus and its unpreceden...
First round Notice of International Training Workshop on Resource & Environment Scientific Data Sharing along the Belt and Road

International Training Workshop the Belt and Road

2020-06-05

Time：October or November, 2020 Location: Beijing, China (Participate online or on-site mixed) Co-sponsor： ● Bureau of Internatio...
Global Consultation on Open Science

UNESCO Global Consultation Open Science

2020-05-29

UNESCO has launched a Global Consultation on Open Science with a view to developing a standard-setting instrument in the form of...
Spatiotemporal evolution and regional differences of public opinion in the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in China from Jan. 9 to Mar. 10, 2020

public opinion regional differences China COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control

2020-05-29

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is an urgent global public health crisis. During the outbreak, China actively organized anti-e...
Professor Juanle Wang Was appointed as A Member of WDS-SC

WDS-SC Juanle Wang

2020-03-26

Introduction Prof. Juanle Wang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Scie...

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