Launch of the ITU GeoAI Challenge

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ITU is launching the GeoAI Challenge! Students and professionals from around the globe are invited to solve real-world geospatial problems with real-world data by applying artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The first edition of the GeoAI Challenge features three problem statements:

“School mapping with big data”, curated by UNICEF, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.
“Cropland mapping with satellite imagery”, curated by FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in cooperation with the UN Open GIS Initiative.
“Location Mention Recognition (LMR) from Social Media Crisis-related Text”, curated by Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and Qatar University

ITU provides a state-of-the-art, free-of-charge compute platform to participants of the Challenge who do not have adequate access to compute in their respective institutions. The compute platform will provide participants with access to:

Free GPUs and CPUs
Hosted Jupyter notebook server
Python kernel
Pre-installed machine learning packages, e.g. PyTorch and Tensorflow

In some of the problem statements, a baseline or reference solution may be offered which may include implementations using Jupyter notebooks.

Webinars, roundtables and hands-on sessions accompany the GeoAI Challenge.

Winners receive cash prizes and certificates.

To register for the GeoAI Challenge, please go to https://aiforgood.itu.int/about-ai-for-good/geoai-challenge/.

Agenda:

Presentation of the ITU GeoAI Challenge: goals, objectives and outlook. Andrea Manara, ITU
Presentations of problem statements
- School Mapping with Big Data, Do-Hyung Kim
  - Q&A
- Cropland mapping with satellite imagery
  - UN Open GIS Initiative WG on GeoAI, Tomaz Logar
  - Cropland mapping problem statement, Pengyu Hao, Zhongxin Chen
  - Q&A
- Location Mention Recognition from Social Media Crisis-related Text, Reem Ali Suwaileh
  - Q&A
Q&A general
Interactive session in the Neural Network

This live event includes a 20-minute networking event hosted on the AI for Good Neural Network. This is your opportunity to ask questions, interact with the panelists and participants and build connections with the AI for Good community.

Panelists
Resources

Location Mention Recognition from Social Media Crisis-related Text by Reem Ali Suwaileh

AI Applications for School Location Mapping using Big Data for Giga Initiative by Dohyung Kim

AI For Good GeoAI Challenge - Applying machine learning to geospatial analysis by Andrea Manara

GEO-AI Challenge on Cropland mapping with satellite imagery by Zhongxin Chen, Pengyu Hao and Tomaz Logar

AI A

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Egypt	EG	EGY	Developing
Libya	LY	LBY	Developing
Morocco	MA	MAR	Developing
Sudan	SD	SDN	Developing
Tunisia	TN	TUN	Developing
Western Sahara	EH	ESH	Developing
British Indian Ocean Territory	IO	IOT	Developing
Burundi	BI	BDI	Developing
Comoros	KM	COM	Developing
Djibouti	DJ	DJI	Developing
Eritrea	ER	ERI	Developing
Ethiopia	ET	ETH	Developing
French Southern Territories	TF	ATF	Developing
Kenya	KE	KEN	Developing
Madagascar	MG	MDG	Developing
Malawi	MW	MWI	Developing
Mauritius	MU	MUS	Developing
Mayotte	YT	MYT	Developing
Mozambique	MZ	MOZ	Developing
Réunion	RE	REU	Developing
Rwanda	RW	RWA	Developing
Seychelles	SC	SYC	Developing
Somalia	SO	SOM	Developing
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United Republic of Tanzania	TZ	TZA	Developing
Zambia	ZM	ZMB	Developing
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Angola	AO	AGO	Developing
Cameroon	CM	CMR	Developing
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Chad	TD	TCD	Developing
Congo	CG	COG	Developing
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Equatorial Guinea	GQ	GNQ	Developing
Gabon	GA	GAB	Developing
Sao Tome and Principe	ST	STP	Developing
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Eswatini	SZ	SWZ	Developing
Lesotho	LS	LSO	Developing
Namibia	NA	NAM	Developing
South Africa	ZA	ZAF	Developing
Benin	BJ	BEN	Developing
Burkina Faso	BF	BFA	Developing
Cabo Verde	CV	CPV	Developing
Côte d’Ivoire	CI	CIV	Developing
Gambia	GM	GMB	Developing
Ghana	GH	GHA	Developing
Guinea	GN	GIN	Developing
Guinea-Bissau	GW	GNB	Developing
Liberia	LR	LBR	Developing
Mali	ML	MLI	Developing
Mauritania	MR	MRT	Developing
Niger	NE	NER	Developing
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Senegal	SN	SEN	Developing
Sierra Leone	SL	SLE	Developing
Togo	TG	TGO	Developing
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Martinique	MQ	MTQ	Developing
Montserrat	MS	MSR	Developing
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Saint Barthélemy	BL	BLM	Developing
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Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SX	SXM	Developing
Trinidad and Tobago	TT	TTO	Developing
Turks and Caicos Islands	TC	TCA	Developing
United States Virgin Islands	VI	VIR	Developing
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Costa Rica	CR	CRI	Developing
El Salvador	SV	SLV	Developing
Guatemala	GT	GTM	Developing
Honduras	HN	HND	Developing
Mexico	MX	MEX	Developing
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Panama	PA	PAN	Developing
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Bouvet Island	BV	BVT	Developing
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Chile	CL	CHL	Developing
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Ecuador	EC	ECU	Developing
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Guyana	GY	GUY	Developing
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Suriname	SR	SUR	Developing
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Kazakhstan	KZ	KAZ	Developing
Kyrgyzstan	KG	KGZ	Developing
Tajikistan	TJ	TJK	Developing
Turkmenistan	TM	TKM	Developing
Uzbekistan	UZ	UZB	Developing
China	CN	CHN	Developing
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	HK	HKG	Developing
China, Macao Special Administrative Region	MO	MAC	Developing
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	KP	PRK	Developing
Mongolia	MN	MNG	Developing
Brunei Darussalam	BN	BRN	Developing
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic	LA	LAO	Developing
Malaysia	MY	MYS	Developing
Myanmar	MM	MMR	Developing
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Singapore	SG	SGP	Developing
Thailand	TH	THA	Developing
Timor-Leste	TL	TLS	Developing
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Afghanistan	AF	AFG	Developing
Bangladesh	BD	BGD	Developing
Bhutan	BT	BTN	Developing
India	IN	IND	Developing
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IR	IRN	Developing
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Pakistan	PK	PAK	Developing
Sri Lanka	LK	LKA	Developing
Armenia	AM	ARM	Developing
Azerbaijan	AZ	AZE	Developing
Bahrain	BH	BHR	Developing
Georgia	GE	GEO	Developing
Iraq	IQ	IRQ	Developing
Jordan	JO	JOR	Developing
Kuwait	KW	KWT	Developing
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Oman	OM	OMN	Developing
Qatar	QA	QAT	Developing
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Syrian Arab Republic	SY	SYR	Developing
Turkey	TR	TUR	Developing
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Yemen	YE	YEM	Developing
Fiji	FJ	FJI	Developing
New Caledonia	NC	NCL	Developing
Papua New Guinea	PG	PNG	Developing
Solomon Islands	SB	SLB	Developing
Vanuatu	VU	VUT	Developing
Guam	GU	GUM	Developing
Kiribati	KI	KIR	Developing
Marshall Islands	MH	MHL	Developing
Micronesia (Federated States of)	FM	FSM	Developing
Nauru	NR	NRU	Developing
Northern Mariana Islands	MP	MNP	Developing
Palau	PW	PLW	Developing
United States Minor Outlying Islands	UM	UMI	Developing
American Samoa	AS	ASM	Developing
Cook Islands	CK	COK	Developing
French Polynesia	PF	PYF	Developing
Niue	NU	NIU	Developing
Pitcairn	PN	PCN	Developing
Samoa	WS	WSM	Developing
Tokelau	TK	TKL	Developing
Tonga	TO	TON	Developing
Tuvalu	TV	TUV	Developing
Wallis and Futuna Islands	WF	WLF	Developing

Launch of the ITU GeoAI Challenge