Find below SWIFTT’s news articles, press releases, digests of scientific papers, as well as other outreach materials.

SWIFTT partners co-organize the Hackathon ER IPT HACK_2023

SWIFTT partners co-organize the Hackathon ER IPT HACK_2023

05 May 2023

Three tasks are proposed by the partners: determination of diseased forest using satellite data (within the SWIFTT project), optimization of CPU power consumption during big calculations, and analysis of chats using AI.

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Students win Black Sea Science competition with work on the SWIFTT project.

Students win Black Sea Science competition with work on the SWIFTT project.

07 April 2023

In their work “Machine learning models and technology for classification of forest on satellite data” the team developed a deep learning algorithm for forest classification map creation based on satellite data using existing historical datasets as training data.

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SWIFTT project presented at DeepLearn 2023 in Bari, Italy

SWIFTT project presented at DeepLearn 2023 in Bari, Italy

07 April 2023

DeepLearn 2023 Spring is a research training event on the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of deep learning which took place from April 3rd to 7th.

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SWIFTT partner Rīgas Meži presents project to city officials

SWIFTT partner Rīgas Meži presents project to city officials

06 April 2023

Partners introduced the project goals and activities to specialists from the Riga planning region, as well as Riga City's development department, and housing and environment department.

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[Blog] SWIFTT celebrates the International Day Of Forests 2023

[Blog] SWIFTT celebrates the International Day Of Forests 2023

21 March 2023

The SWIFTT project will equip forest managers with affordable, simple and effective remote sensing tools backed up by satellite imagery and powerful machine learning models, providing a next-generation solution to ensure the longevity of this precious environmental resource.

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[In the Media] BFMTV: AI, quantum and synthetic biology under development at Da Vinci Labs

[In the Media] BFMTV: AI, quantum and synthetic biology under development at Da Vinci Labs

18 March 2023

Project partner Xavier Aubry, from Da Vinci Labs, presents the SWIFTT Project in the French TV channel BFMTV.

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SWIFTT partners organize PhD-level course “GiS Methods and Technologies for Satellite Image Analysis”

SWIFTT partners organize PhD-level course “GiS Methods and Technologies for Satellite Image Analysis”

15 March 2023

During the course, the possibilities of geospatial intelligence and its development, as well as existing global land cover maps and how artificial intelligence is used to obtain them will be considered.

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SWIFTT partners get together

SWIFTT partners get together

23 February 2023

Nataliia Kussul, from the Space Research Institute of Ukraine, visited the Institute for Information Processing of the Leibniz Universität Hannover.

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[In the Media] Labs of Latvia: Riga Forests involved in developing digital tool for monitoring and managing forest risks

[In the Media] Labs of Latvia: Riga Forests involved in developing digital tool for monitoring and managing forest risks

10 February 2023

The SWIFTT Project was highlighted by the Latvian website Labs of Latvia.

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