BBC "People fixing the world", June 2020: How tech is tackling wildlife trafficking

June 23, 2020

New technology is helping in the fight against wildlife poaching. Computer scientists have created a programme that uses artificial intelligence to predict where poachers are going to strike; a new generation of smart cameras is catching the criminals red-handed; and the latest police forensic techniques are being adapted to investigate these crimes.

The aim is to put a stop to the illegal trade of wildlife trafficking, which is worth billions of dollars and is threatening the survival of species such as elephants, rhinos and tigers. Each year 20,000...

Forbes, June 2020: 10 Wonderful Examples Of Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Good

June 22, 2020

Bernard Marr, Contributor

One of the many benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) is to help us view societal problems from a different perspective. While there's been much hubbub about how AI might be misused, we must not overlook the many ways AI can be...

Tambe and Xu speak with with Ly Bora, Deputy Director of Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia.

Preventing Poaching

June 16, 2020

Rangers working in hundreds of wildlife parks in Africa, Asia, and South America will soon have a new tool in the fight against poachers: an artificial intelligence software package.

AI software that predicts poaching hotspots now being deployed to wildlife parks

By Adam Zewe | Press contact

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KNX 1070, Los Angeles, News Radio Interview, May 2020 (4 minutes): What is the right strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19?

May 18, 2020

Agent based modeling & simulation for COVID-19: KNX 1070 Los Angeles News Radio Interview Prof Tambe

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Harvard University news and Events, May 1 2020: What is the right strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19?

May 1, 2020

Model simulates the impact of different physical distancing policies on the spread of disease

By Leah Burrows | Press contact

[This research has not yet been peer-reviewed]

Even as the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise around the world, many cities and states in the U.S. and other countries are beginning to ease restrictions and develop policies to re-open economies and communities. The question is, which policy will best facilitate people’s safe return to work and limit the spread of the virus?

Researchers...

ABC7 WJLA interview: COVID-19 modeling

April 30, 2020

Interview on ABC-7 WJLA about our work developing agent-based models of the spread of COVID-19

New Model Shows How Deadly Lifting Georgia’s Lockdown May Be

April 28, 2020

Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi are veering toward a terrifyingly premature end to their COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a new pandemic analysis.

The Daily Beast

By William Bredderman, Researcher and Olivia Messer, Reporter

Gov. Brian Kemp’s ...

Model finds 'middle ground' for India's lockdown exit

April 27, 2020

Alternate weeks of strict restrictions and milder physical distancing may be a good way for parts of India to exit the lockdown after 3 May 2020, predicts a new model that also bears at heart the socio-economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Subhra Priyadarshini, Nature Asia

As Indian public health policy makers draft region-specific lockdown exit policies, a new computer-based model suggests that a combination of strict and mild restrictions imposed...

Coding for uncertainty increases security

February 20, 2020

Researchers develop algorithm to protect against poaching and other “green” security challenges.

Harvard University news and Events

A real introduction to artificial intelligence

January 8, 2020

Computer science graduate student organizes AI outreach event for teens.