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How can Android devices be used to map the Ionosphere?
This research project delves into how Android phones are being utilized as a scientific instrument to create more accurate and detailed maps of the Ionosphere, a critical part of Earth's upper atmosphere. Changing concentrations of charged particles that make up the ionosphere affect the transmission of radio waves that enable radio communications, including GPS systems. That’s why accurately mapping the ionosphere is so crucial for industries that rely on GPS, such as aviation, emergency response, and agriculture.
Privacy protections ensure that no individual device can be identified. Our ionosphere maps are created using aggregated, de-identified measurements of the radio signals between satellites and the receivers in Android devices. These measurements come from a subset of Android devices that already have location and relevant settings enabled and that are using satellite signals to determine location.You can read more about how Android uses this data in our privacy policy (https://goo.gle/location-data).
While scientific monitoring stations provide more precise ionosphere measurements than what we get from phones, combining measurements from many phones over a large area reduces the noise and can extend coverage to locations with few or no monitoring stations. The enhanced ability to map the ionosphere could lead to improved GPS accuracy, as well as a more comprehensive understanding of the ionosphere's structure and behavior.
What are the benefits?
We are actively working to translate these technological improvements into better location accuracy. Our goal is for Android users to be equipped with even better location-based services for navigation and maps, ride-sharing, and other apps that benefit from precision location.
The impact of this research extends beyond personal device use; better understanding the ionosphere can shed light on and perhaps help better predict space weather events, such as solar storms, helping to prevent disruption to our critical global communication systems and unlock opportunities in emergency response, aviation, and agriculture.
Overall, this research highlights the growing role of Android technology in advancing our understanding of the Ionosphere and enhancing the performance of GPS and other location-based services.
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Join Yossi Matias, Head of Google Research, and Dr. R Kim, Chief Medical Officer of Aravind Eye Care System, in a fireside chat discussing their collaboration in developing, validating, and implementing ARDA (Automated Retinal Disease Assessment).
This insightful conversation covers:
Improving quality of care with AI: Learn how ARDA empowers clinicians to detect diabetic retinopathy earlier and more accurately, leading to better patient outcomes.
Addressing barriers in healthcare: Understand how AI can bridge gaps in access to eye care, particularly in underserved communities.
The future of AI in healthcare: Discover the potential for AI to transform the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases beyond diabetic retinopathy.
Gain valuable insights into the groundbreaking partnership between Google Research and Aravind, and how AI is revolutionizing eye care and improving lives.
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Researchers at Google have created an innovative AI model called Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR), designed to identify acoustic biomarkers for diseases like tuberculosis. This groundbreaking technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by simplifying disease diagnosis using sound. This video delves into the development of HeAR, exploring how it leverages machine learning to analyze coughs and breathing patterns, potentially leading to faster and more accessible disease detection. Learn how HeAR could transform healthcare by enabling early diagnosis and treatment, particularly in areas with limited access to advanced medical tools. Discover the future of healthcare with HeAR and its potential to improve lives around the world.
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Learn more about NeuralGCM in Nature!
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Stephan Hoyer, PhD, AI weather/climate lead at Google Research
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The Challenge of Climate Prediction
Accurate climate predictions are a matter of urgency because they could allow us to prepare and adapt to climate change. NeuralGCM tackles the limitations of current physics-based models by combining them with machine learning. This allows for faster simulations and more accurate results.
How Does NeuralGCM Work?
Traditional climate models divide the world into large cubes, simulating the climate in each and sometimes making approximations about small-scale phenomena like clouds. NeuralGCM uses AI to make better approximations by learning about these phenomena from past data patterns, ultimately leading to a more accurate prediction engine.
A Game-Changer for Climate Science
We’ll dive into the revolutionary potential of NeuralGCM. It is more accurate than traditional models, reduces bias, and achieves supercomputer-level accuracy while using a fraction of the computational power. This allows researchers to simulate thousands of days in the same amount of time it would take them to simulate just one day using a high-resolution physics model, significantly improving our understanding of future climate scenarios.
Benefits for Humanity
NeuralGCM is a groundbreaking step toward a new approach of building climate models that could make them faster and more accurate. Improving climate models would empower us to understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change. We can mitigate global warming by reducing carbon emissions and adapt to its effects through regional planning and infrastructure development.
Open-source research like NeuralGCM supports Google's commitment to making this technology universally accessible.
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Madeline Di Nonno, President & CEO, Geena Davis Institute
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Krishna Somandepalli, Sr. Software Engineer, Google Research
The Challenge of Media Representation
Given how influential entertainment media can be, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has partnered with Google Research to leverage AI to analyze various modalities within media—Visuals, Sound Design, and Language—to understand perceived age, gender, skin tones, and the natural language of actors and the characters they portray, to enhance our understanding of representation.
What is Project MUSE?
In collaboration with The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, The University of Southern California, and the International Advertising Association India Chapter, Google Research conducted an extensive longitudinal study on representation in the most popular scripted TV series in America and India over the past five years. This study utilized advanced insights and analysis, cutting-edge machine learning technology, and expert advisement to understand media portrayal and its impact on viewers.
What is the Scully Effect?
The Scully Effect is a phenomenon where the fictional FBI agent Dana Scully from the TV show The X-Files inspires women to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). According to a 2018 report by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, 63% of women in STEM who grew up watching The X-Files stated that Scully, portrayed by Gillian Anderson, was a role model who boosted their confidence to succeed in a male-dominated field.
Benefits for Society
With Google Research’s machine learning innovations, MUSE can infer human-centric signals at scale, including perceived gender expression, age, and skin tone. This advanced technology allows us to process large volumes of data efficiently, significantly reducing time and costs compared to manual methods.
The speed of automation enabled us to extend the study across five languages—Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada—over a five-year period, providing valuable insights into historical trends across these Indian languages.
This video is perfect for anyone interested in:
- Artificial intelligence applications
- Building in better representation for media
- Technological solutions for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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You’ll hear from:
Madeline Di Nonno, President & CEO, Geena Davis Institute
Komal Singh, Sr. Product Manager, Google Research
Krishna Somandepalli, Sr. Software Engineer, Google Research
The Challenge of Media Representation
Given how influential entertainment media can be, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has partnered with Google Research to leverage AI to analyze various modalities within media—Visuals, Sound Design, and Language—to understand perceived age, gender, skin tones, and the natural language of actors and the characters they portray, to enhance our understanding of representation.
What is Project MUSE?
In collaboration with The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, The University of Southern California, and the International Advertising Association India Chapter, Google Research conducted an extensive longitudinal study on representation in the most popular scripted TV series in America and India over the past five years. This study utilized advanced insights and analysis, cutting-edge machine learning technology, and expert advisement to understand media portrayal and its impact on viewers.
What is the Scully Effect?
The Scully Effect is a phenomenon where the fictional FBI agent Dana Scully from the TV show The X-Files inspires women to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). According to a 2018 report by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, 63% of women in STEM who grew up watching The X-Files stated that Scully, portrayed by Gillian Anderson, was a role model who boosted their confidence to succeed in a male-dominated field.
Benefits for Society
With Google Research’s machine learning innovations, MUSE can infer human-centric signals at scale, including perceived gender expression, age, and skin tone. This advanced technology allows us to process large volumes of data efficiently, significantly reducing time and costs compared to manual methods.
The speed of automation enabled us to extend the study across five languages—Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada—over a five-year period, providing valuable insights into historical trends across these Indian languages.
This video is perfect for anyone interested in:
- Artificial intelligence applications
- Building in better representation for media
- Technological solutions for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Products Mentioned: Google AI
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The Significance of Quantum Resource Estimation: Discover why accurately estimating quantum resources is essential for understanding the overhead of error correction and ensuring that quantum hardware can handle the applications we envision.
Fusion Energy: A Perfect Use Case: Learn how quantum resource estimation is being applied to inertial confinement fusion, a promising avenue for clean energy generation. We'll discuss how quantum algorithms can enhance
simulations and contribute to a sustainable future.
The Estimation Process: Get a behind-the-scenes look at how researchers compile quantum simulations, make tradeoffs in algorithm development, and compare quantum operations with classical supercomputer operations.
The Road Ahead: Explore the exciting future of quantum resource estimation, including the development of a language to automate the process and open up research to a wider community.
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Nick Rubin, Research Scientist, Google
Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights into the cutting-edge research that is shaping the future of quantum computing and its potential to revolutionize fields like energy production.
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Julianne DeMars-Smith, Software Engineer on Google Colab
Key Jung Lee, Ph.D. User Experience Researcher on Google Colab
What is Colab?
Colab notebooks allow you to combine executable code and rich text in a single document, along with images, HTML, LaTeX and more. When you create your own Colab notebooks, they are stored in your Google Drive account. You can easily share your Colab notebooks with co-workers or friends, allowing them to comment on your notebooks or even edit them.
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In “Global prediction of extreme floods in ungauged watersheds”, published in Nature, we demonstrate how Google Research technologies can significantly improve global-scale flood forecasting relative to the current state-of-the-art for countries where flood-related data is scarce. With these AI-based technologies we extended, on average, the reliability of currently-available global nowcasts from zero to five days, and improved forecasts across regions in Africa and Asia to be similar to what are currently available in Europe.
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We launched Tree Canopy Insights on Google's Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) to help fight extreme heat. EIE is our flagship solution for cities looking to reduce carbon emissions and improve climate resilience. Developed by Google Research and Google Earth, Tree Canopy Insights empowers cities to see information about their tree canopy coverage to inform areas of priority for future planting projects.
Learn more about how Google Research is working to address climate change by using aerial imagery and AI paired with Environmental Insights Explorer data analysis capabilities.
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We visited the HausaNLP team in Kano, Nigeria to discuss how they use Colab with the goal of democratizing access to AI. The team is focused on increasing the representation of the 300+ languages spoken in Nigeria in the datasets that train AI systems. Without this improved language representation, it’s impossible to build effective & inclusive AI.
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