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Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award\u00a0<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"Members](\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ai-geospatial-team-award.jpg?w=2048\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nRahul Ramachandran of NASA IMPACT, left, Elizabeth Fancher of NASA IMPACT, Ankur Kumar of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Sujit Roy of UAH, Raghu Ganti of IBM Research, David McKenzie of NASA, Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian of UAH, Iksha Gurung of UAH, and Manil Maskey of NASA IMPACT, right, accept the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Group Achievement Award on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at NASA Marshall.<\/div>\nNASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNASA\u2019s science efforts aim to empower scientists with the tools to perform research into our planet and universe. To this end, a collaborative effort between NASA and IBM created an AI geospatial foundation model,<\/a> which was released as an open-source application in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\nTrained on vast amounts of NASA Earth science data, the foundation model can be adapted for Earth science applications such as flood, burn scar, and cropland studies. Tailoring the model for a specific task takes far less data than the original training set, providing an easy path for researchers to perform AI-powered studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For their groundbreaking work on this project, the development team behind the foundation model has received the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Group Achievement Award. Their success with the model showcases their commitment to advancing AI and scientific research and will inspire progress in this field for years to come.<\/p>\n
The team members from NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Fight Center \/IMPACT (Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team) are:<\/p>\n
\n- Rahul Ramachandran\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Manil Maskey\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Elizabeth Fancher\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The team members from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n- Sujit Roy\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Ankur Kumar\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Christopher Phillips\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Iksha Gurung\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The team members from IBM are:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n- Ranjini Bangalore\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Juan Bernabe-Moreno\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Dario Augusto Borges Oliveira\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Linsong Chu\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Blair Edwards\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Paolo Fraccaro\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Carlos Gomes\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Raghu Ganti\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Adnan Hoque\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Johannes Jakubik\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Levente Klein\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Devyani Lambhate\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Gabby Nyirjesy\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Naomi Simumba\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Johannes Schmude\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Mudhakar Srivatsa\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Harini Srinivasan\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Daniela Szwarcman\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Rob Parkin\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Kommy Weldemariam\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Campbell Watson\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Bianca Zadrozny\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The team members from Clark University are:<\/p>\n
\n- Hamed Alemohammad\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Michael Cecil\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Steve Li\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Sam Khallaghi\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Denys Godwin\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Maryam Ahmadi\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Fatemeh Kordi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To learn more about the NASA projects improving accessible science discovery for the benefit of all, visit the Open Science at NASA page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>NASA\u2019s science efforts aim to empower scientists with the tools to perform research into our planet and universe. To this end, a collaborative effort between NASA and IBM created an AI geospatial foundation model,<\/a> which was released as an open-source application in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trained on vast amounts of NASA Earth science data, the foundation model can be adapted for Earth science applications such as flood, burn scar, and cropland studies. Tailoring the model for a specific task takes far less data than the original training set, providing an easy path for researchers to perform AI-powered studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n For their groundbreaking work on this project, the development team behind the foundation model has received the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Group Achievement Award. Their success with the model showcases their commitment to advancing AI and scientific research and will inspire progress in this field for years to come.<\/p>\n The team members from NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Fight Center \/IMPACT (Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team) are:<\/p>\n The team members from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are:\u00a0<\/p>\n The team members from IBM are:\u00a0<\/p>\n The team members from Clark University are:<\/p>\n To learn more about the NASA projects improving accessible science discovery for the benefit of all, visit the Open Science at NASA page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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