Insider’s view in AI applications for a sustainable, resilient environment in Flanders

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of our daily lives, from looking up recipes to assistance with writing texts. This raises the question of what impact the use of AI has on the climate. Fortunately, AI can also be used to conduct research into sustainability, something we are fully committed to at VITO. ATMOSYS experts Stijn Vranckx and Tess Ysebaert wrote a blog for VAIA – Flanders AI Academy about some successful applications of AI research in Flanders.

The blog offers an insider’s view of what VITO is doing within the Flanders AI Research Programme, where VITO is leading the research into the use case on the living environment. Among other things, the blog explains that at ATMOSYS, we want to improve the AI-based models currently in use in order to predict air quality even more accurately and comprehensively. The blog covers everything about these neural networks. It also focuses on research within VITO into the use of AI for drought monitoring, waste detection and mapping land use over the years.

If this introduction has sparked your interest, read the full blog on the website of VAIA – Flanders AI Academy or contact us for a chat.

 

Neural network used to predict air quality in Belgium by ATMOSYS - Picture by David Frost Cruz
Neural network to predict air quality in Belgium, method developed by ATMOSYS - Picture by David Frost Cruz.