In this course, you will be introduced to the four phases of the disaster management cycle; mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery. You’ll work through two case studies in this course. In the first, you will use computer vision to analyze satellite imagery from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 to identify damage in affected areas. In the second, you will use natural language processing techniques to explore trends in aid requests in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
AI and Disaster Management
AI and Disaster Management
This course is part of AI for Good Specialization
Instructor: Robert Monarch
Sponsored by Barbados NTI
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11 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
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Skills you'll gain
- Computer Science
- Business Continuity Planning
- Geospatial Information and Technology
- Geospatial Mapping
- Public Safety and National Security
- Data Analysis
- Business Continuity
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Image Analysis
- Emergency Services
- Natural Language Processing
- Unstructured Data
- Artificial Intelligence
- Text Mining
- Data Ethics
- Geographic Information Systems
- Data Science
- Disaster Recovery
- Contingency Planning
- Emergency Response
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FF
5
Reviewed on Jul 8, 2023
Great course. Excellent presentation and very motivational
CP
5
Reviewed on Oct 23, 2023
Very informative walk-through some of the basics of Disaster Management and some of the AI techniques that are used. Labs are set up well to get an initial feel for applications. Great presentation.
AB
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Reviewed on May 23, 2024
The course actually teaches a lot of techniques that are interesting to ALL future users of AI. It teaches the approach and the process of applying AI in a very understandable yet technical form.
Recommended if you're interested in Data Science
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