Using satellites and AI to help fight poverty in Africa

Friday, May 22, 2020 - 09:01 in Mathematics & Economics

In combating poverty, like any fight, it’s good to know the locations of your targets. Stanford researchers have created a new powerful tool that can help estimate the level of poverty across African villages and changes in their development over time. (Image credit: Getty Images) That’s why Stanford scholars Marshall Burke, David Lobell and Stefano Ermon have spent the past five […]

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