Andrew Preston

Zhu is a pioneer in bringing AI and data science together with earth observation for retrieving valuable geoinformation from satellite remote sensing and other data sources. Her big geodata analytics algorithms enable breakthroughs in geoscientific and environmental research. Her current endeavor is the fusion of petabytes of data from satellites…

The mission of OzGrav is to capitalise on the historic first detections of gravitational waves to understand the extreme physics of black holes and warped spacetime, and to inspire the next generation of Australian scientists and engineers through this new window on the Universe. The Centre brings together the Australian…

The science communication center creates customized content considering different audiences, through the lines: “learn” dedicated to general public, “update” oriented to professionals or specialized public of related areas, and “Apply” for decision makers. The interaction with the audience through social media, experiments, collaborations with national and international institutions guides them…

Data are not neutral facts, but rather relational objects whose meaning can only be discerned in relation to a specific context. This “relational view” of data means that the values of those who collect, process and analyse data affect what counts as data in the first place, and how data…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Arun Majumdar. He talked about his different roles which include Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University and holistic sustainability, his interdisciplinary approach to sustainability research. The interview series provided an…

To end poverty & joblessness through software development. Utilization of technology for development  TakenoLAB is an ICT Academy and Tech Hub, providing its communities with a wide range of technological platforms on which they can learn and practice software development. The introduction of online jobs is also allowing people to…

The world today is facing the greatest threat to our continuous survival as humanity. Last year was Code Red for Humanity, as the IPCC called it. The UN juxtaposes the three greatest threats facing the Globe and calls them The Triple Planetary Crisis – Climate Change, Pollution and Biodiversity loss.…

The WWF 2°Campus selects 20 participants from 15 to 19 years old every year to conduct joint research projects for climate change mitigation. In groups of 5 and supported by scientific mentors from our partner universities, the students work on problems regarding energy, mobility, food and housing. They consult literature,…

How Deep Learning Can Give Birth to General Artificial Intelligence From chessbots to chatbots and from search algorithms to industrial assembly machines – humanity has arrived at the age of machine intelligence; or at least machine work, if we take seriously a definition of intelligence as “the abilities to learn…

Hemanshi Galaiya is addressing the educational disparity in Kenya, where 95% of schools teach STEM subjects purely theoretically, negatively impacting young adults’ perceptions of STEM careers, particularly among women. Her solution involves implementing customised curriculums, hands-on STEM education, coding programs, and leadership workshops for students, funded through profits from high-income…