14/02/2025
Landslides
AI is helping us better understand how landslides occur – so that we can reduce risks.
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology examined aerial views and elevation data of landslide sites, and used machine learning to achieve 80-94 percent accuracy in identifying landslide movements in diverse locations around the world. Specifically, the study introduces a method of examining slides, flows, and fails, finding distinct patterns.
“Our algorithm is not predicting landslides,” explained researcher Nishant Malik. “But the people who are in the business of predicting landslides need to know more information about them, like what caused them and what mechanisms they were.”
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