Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)

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3 Questions: How AI is helping us monitor and support vulnerable ecosystems

Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), Algorithms, Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Computer vision, data, Ecology, Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), Environment, Graduate, postdoctoral, Interview, Machine Learning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, National Science Foundation (NSF), Pollution, Research, School of Engineering, Students, Sustainability

A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because of factors including habitat alterations, natural resources being overexploited, and climate change.To better understand these changes and protect vulnerable wildlife, conservationists like MIT PhD student and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researcher Justin Kay […]

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Optimizing food subsidies: Applying digital platforms to maximize nutrition

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Oct. 16 is World Food Day, a global campaign to celebrate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization 80 years ago, and to work toward a healthy, sustainable, food-secure future. More than 670 million people in the world are facing hunger. Millions of others are facing rising obesity rates and struggle to get healthy

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