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In the news | National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
Interactive Tool: Catalyzing Policing Reform with Data Interactive
Nationwide protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd have underscored the urgency for rethinking policing in the nation, and many of the changes will need to happen at the local level. Understanding patterns of policing through analysis…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
Mobilizing AI for Health to fight against COVID-19
Given the urgency the COVID-19 virus has created, we are mobilizing our AI for Health initiative to focus on helping those on the front lines of research of COVID-19. We’re focusing our efforts in five specific areas where we think…
In the news | NOAA Fisheries
Using Artificial Intelligence To Identify Endangered Beluga Whales
Scientists partnered with tech industry experts to develop the first machine learning application for acoustic monitoring of Alaskan beluga whales. An innovative machine learning application will help scientists collect information essential to protect and recover the endangered Cook Inlet beluga…
In the news | Microsoft On the Issues
Using AI to advance the health of people and communities around the world
The health of people and communities around the world has been improving over time. For example, the steep decline in child and maternal mortality is a key indicator of positive momentum. However, progress has not been equal across the globe, and…
In the news | Medium
Accelerating biodiversity surveys with Azure Machine Learning
Breaking the annotation logjam in wildlife surveys. Biodiversity is declining across the globe at a catastrophic rate. Conservation biologists are faced with the daunting — but urgent — task of surveying wildlife populations and making policy recommendations. What species need…
In the news | Healio
Study identifies two distinct subgroups of SUIDs that differ by age
Cases of sudden unexpected infant death, or SUID, that occur at 0 to 6 days differ significantly from cases that occur at days 7 to 364 in regard to factors like live birth order and marital status, according to study…
In the news | NOAA Fisheries
Developing Artificial Intelligence To Find Ice Seals And Polar Bears From The Sky
Scientists partnering with tech industry experts to create an innovative Artificial Intelligence application for Arctic marine mammal research. This series of events led NOAA Fisheries scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center to team up with tech industry talent to…
In the news | Microsoft On the Issues
Signs of progress on broadband mapping, but more work still to do
As the FCC is poised to deliver more than $20 billion in federal subsidies to internet service providers in the coming years aimed at expanding broadband access to unserved parts of the country, it’s critical the data that informs the…
In the news | 425 Business
Microsoft, Seattle Children’s Team Up for AI-Powered SIDS Research
Microsoft believes artificial intelligence, or AI, can be a force for good in the world. To prove the point, last September the company started its AI for Humanitarian Action initiative — a $40 million, five-year program to use AI to…