PalmProbNet: A Probabilistic Approach to Understanding Palm Distributions in Ecuadorian Tropical Forest via Transfer Learning

no code implementations • 5 Mar 2024 • Kangning Cui, Zishan Shao, Gregory Larsen, Victor Pauca, Sarra Alqahtani, David Segurado, João Pinheiro, Manqi Wang, David Lutz, Robert Plemmons, Miles Silman

This heatmap effectively visualizes the distribution of palms, showcasing the scalability and adaptability of our approach in various forest densities.

Transfer Learning

Semi-supervised Change Detection of Small Water Bodies Using RGB and Multispectral Images in Peruvian Rainforests

1 code implementation • 19 Jun 2022 • Kangning Cui, Seda Camalan, Ruoning Li, Victor P. Pauca, Sarra Alqahtani, Robert J. Plemmons, Miles Silman, Evan N. Dethier, David Lutz, Raymond H. Chan

Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) is an important source of income for many households, but it can have large social and environmental effects, especially in rainforests of developing countries.

Semi-supervised Change Detection

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Exploration of Unknown Environments

1 code implementation • 4 May 2021 • Ashley Peake, Joe McCalmon, Yixin Zhang, Daniel Myers, Sarra Alqahtani, Paul Pauca

Often, these missions start with building a map for the environment via pure exploration and subsequently using (i. e. exploiting) the generated map for downstream navigation tasks.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Robustness-Driven Exploration with Probabilistic Metric Temporal Logic

no code implementations • 3 Dec 2019 • Xiaotian Liu, Pengyi Shi, Sarra Alqahtani, Victor Paúl Pauca, Miles Silman

However, algorithms for autonomous exploration often focus on optimizing time and coverage in a greedy fashion.