Using AI to identify unmapped schools and increase the accuracy of schools’ geo-location

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  • Date
    31 May 2024
    Timeframe
    15:30 - 15:45
    Duration
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    Giga uses AI to identify previously unmapped schools and to increase the accuracy of school’s geo-location. More precise school locations are pivotal to make decisions about how to connect schools to the internet – from selecting appropriate connectivity technologies, to decisions on how to aggregate and pool demand, to identify infrastructure gaps for further investment. Giga uses a blend of convolutional neural networks (ConvNext) and model interpretability methods (GradCAM) on top of high-resolution satellite images in its AI-assisted school mapping efforts. Giga also uses AI to find the lowest cost network configuration to connect schools to the internet, considering different technologies and the existing infrastructure within a country (School Price Calculator).

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