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Hidden Layers: Exploring the People and Technology Behind AI

Episode 8: How AI is Helping Map the Coastline

Feb 14, 2024
23:10

In episode 8, Ron sits down with Jeff Perry, a prominent engineering scientist in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin. Together Ron and Jeff talk about how AI is used in mapping coastlines, using data from the ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite 2) satellite to map the ocean’s floor and much more.

Resources: 

3D Geospatial Laboratory website: https://magruder3dgl.com/

UT Austin's Center for Space Research: https://www.csr.utexas.edu/

SlideRule Earth: https://www.slideruleearth.io/web/

SlideRule Earth's GitHub repositories: https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule

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