How AI is helping to fight wildfires

Some of the major repercussions of climate change is an increased risk of wildfires and a prolonged wildfire season. The number of these natural disasters have been increasing and endangering people’s lives, safety, and health in profound ways. So the question remains, how can we prevent and mitigate the damage they cause? In this episode of #MeetAGoogleResearcher, Drew Calcagno chats with Google Researchers Noam Loya and Omer Nevo about the creative AI models their teams have made to assist firefighters’ responses to wildfires. Moreover, we’ll dive deeper into this research, asking how these researchers work with fire departments, the influence of social impact on their research, and more! Resources: Follow Drew on Twitter → https://goo.gle/3BTvKR8 Follow Drew on YouTube → https://goo.gle/3PaLrGo Follow Omer on Twitter → https://goo.gle/3h6rOnO Follow Noam on Twitter → https://goo.gle/3DOiOfQ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - Researcher intros 1:27 - What has inspired Omer 2:16 - What has inspired Noam 3:55 - How does social impact influence your research? (Noam) 5:00 - What about social impact influences your research? (Omer) 7:11 - How do you work with fire authorities? What does that look like? 9:14 - How do you read these models? 11:34 - What else have you been inspired by? 12:18 - Recap Watch more episodes of Meet A Google Researcher → https://goo.gle/MeetAGoogleResearcher Subscribe to the Google Research Channel → https://goo.gle/GoogleResearch #MeetAGoogleResearcher