{"id":8205,"date":"2023-05-04T07:43:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conas.sua.ac.tz\/informatics\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2023-05-04T07:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:43:17","slug":"yeesi-lab-weekend-weekend-of-satellite-machine-vision-hackathon-5th-6th-and-7th-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conas.sua.ac.tz\/informatics\/yeesi-lab-weekend-weekend-of-satellite-machine-vision-hackathon-5th-6th-and-7th-may-2023","title":{"rendered":"YEESI LAB WEEKEND: Weekend of Satellite Machine Vision Hackathon [5th, 6th And 7th May, 2023]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>An AI Hackathon Invite for members of YEESI Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Register for this Machine Vision Hackathon that will be held in-person on 5th, 6th and 7th of May 2023 at SUA Mazimbu Campus &#8212; Video Conference Lab. SUA YEESI Lab is going to award best YEESI Lab students who places the best on the Zindi\u00a0\u00a0Africa Biomass Challenge\u00a0that can be accessed here\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/zindi.africa\/competitions\/africa-biomass-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">https:\/\/zindi.africa\/competitions\/africa-biomass-challenge<\/a>. You can start attempting the problem ASAP but we shall conclude on Sunday the 7th of May 2023 by 5:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\">Cocoa farming has driven massive deforestation in West Africa: Cote d\u2019Ivoire, the world\u2019s leading exporter, has seen a\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/jp.reuters.com\/article\/us-ivorycoast-forests-cocoa-idUSKCN11C0IB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">loss of 80%<\/a>\u00a0of its forests since its independence in 1960. While cocoa is traditionally grown in monoculture, it can thrive under the shade of tall trees. To restore some of the lost tree cover, the planting of shade trees is a high priority for the country as well as the private sector, to reverse the impacts of deforestation and improve\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/faqs\/what-carbon-sequestration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">carbon sequestration<\/a>\u00a0by African tropical forests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\">In this challenge, your objective is to predict biomass in shaded regions in Cote d\u2019Ivoire based on\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/gedi.umd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">GEDI<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"ext broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/sentinel.esa.int\/web\/sentinel\/missions\/sentinel-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" extlink=\"\">Sentinel-2<\/a>\u00a0and ground truth biomass data. Remote monitoring of the increase of biomass will help measure the impact of reforestation efforts in Cote d\u2019Ivoire as well as detect degradation of forests due to cocoa, without requiring expensive and labor-intensive biomass estimates on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is the Purpose of this challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\">The purpose of this challenge is to encourage YEESI Lab members to prepare for machine learning hackathons that will be conducted by the YEESI Lab later this year. You may use our GPU node:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yeesi.sua.ac.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/yeesi.sua.ac.tz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\">The best model is $100 (TShs 250,000). The next two runners&#8217; up will take home $50 (TShs 120,000) each. The top ten will go home with the active participation certificate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>You are warmly welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An AI Hackathon Invite for members of YEESI Lab Register for this Machine Vision Hackathon that will be held in-person on 5th, 6th and 7th of May 2023 at SUA Mazimbu Campus &#8212; Video Conference Lab. 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