Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪

Software Engineer & PhD Geoinformatics Cand. @uni_muenster . 🌍 Geospatial AI/ML | Earth Observation. Repost ≠ Endorsement.

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

Another paper out: Interoperability in Earth Observation deep learning: A cross-language and cross-framework evaluation.

We present an eight-step protocol for evaluating ONNX interoperability in EO deep learning workflows.

https://t.co/v7hXSstwPL

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

New paper out: OpenEOcraft — a modular R framework bridging R's rich geospatial & ML ecosystem with the openEO standard, contributing to reproducible EO workflows across spatial data science languages.
https://t.co/vKaLbRgHiz

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

Link: https://t.co/Ah8E4cZbpQ

[Google Earth @googleearth]

Introducing a new way to see our planet! 🌍 🛰️ Using Google DeepMind’s new geospatial AI model, AlphaEarth Foundations, we’re making satellite data more analysis-ready, packing a year of info into each pixel. https://t.co/bxqV7bnXkG #EarthEngine #AIforGood

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

We just announced Geospatial Reasoning, a new research effort that will use generative AI (#Gemini) to help unlock novel insights about our world. 🌍

Imagine asking complex Qs about our planet & getting detailed answers w/ plans & visuals! https://t.co/iIzLRPjpBx

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

Our paper, Machine Learning Model Specification for Cataloging Spatio-Temporal Models, is now available online. It will be presented at the ACM SIGSPATIAL 2024 (GeoSearch'24) conference, which starts tomorrow in Atlanta, Georgia. #geoai

Link to paper: https://t.co/xbACOzQ821

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

Our paper at the 2024 Spatial Data Science Symposium. #geochat #geoai

https://t.co/3XF5hkcqmp

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@johnnjenga @johnnjenga , what is new? most of the content we can say existed plus the new opportunity card that came out this year. Kenyans have been coming to Deutschland for ausbildung, studies, and work as long as they meet the requirements.

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@WilliamsRuto If this materializes then it will be the better deal. I prefer talent like us to be in Kenya than in Germany. We need more local investments than labor export. Rais @WilliamsRuto

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@PierreSogar @SusanneBaessler @Bundeskanzler @WilliamsRuto @spdbt @spdde @PierreSogar, And you don't notice the descrepancy here? Not even looking at how outdated the data is. Different methodologies in different villages at different time frames. What methodology and time frame was used for USA, Germany, etc?

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@Feralyen @dw_politics @Feralyen, What method is used to calculate IQ? Read up on it & you will see why the data is favorable to Developed economies. FYI: I ain't an outlier. Actually even American big Tech are setting branches in Kenya.I would have loved a deal where more investors focus on Kenya.

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@PierreSogar @SusanneBaessler @Bundeskanzler @WilliamsRuto @spdbt @spdde @PierreSogar, Haha, how are these IQ tests carried out? I would like mine to be compared with yours.

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@Feralyen @dw_politics @Feralyen, You intentionally did selective reading. They also mentioned skilled labor. Many skilled Kenyan including me live in Germany. I am sure they didn't make uninformed decision without data. And most Kenyans in my cycle here are Medical doctors, Lawyers, Physicists,etc.

[Brian Pondi 🇰🇪 🇩🇪 @PondiB]

@ochieng_ogutu I agree. Most of the policies already existed on how to move for studies and work.

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

“We are killing our companies.”

💯

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Dear Mario Draghi, a year ago, I asked you to prepare a report on the future of Europe’s competitiveness.

No one was better placed than you to take up this challenge.

Now, we are eager to listen to your views ↓
https://t.co/aHjnX6Si5D

[Jakub Nowosad @jakub_nowosad]

My talk "Comparing spatial patterns in raster data using R" at #foss4ge2024 in Tartu:

📅 2024-07-04
🕥 10:30 local time (https://t.co/HrkziE5WRs)
📺 Watch live: https://t.co/MF588HW5jp

#rstats #rspatial #spatialpatterns

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

BREAKING: Kenya’s president William Ruto rejects and withdraws his own Finance Bill after nationwide protests against over-taxation.

“Members of the public insist on the need for us to make more concessions. The people have spoken"

[Hannah Kerner @hannah_kerner]

In this paper w/ co-lead @rolf_comma_e & co-authors @kklmmr @calebrob6, we explain
🛰 the unique nature of SatML
👩🏼‍💻 why we need specialized SatML methods
🌍 how satellite data enriches core ML
🦾 & what the ML community can do to realize SatML's potential
https://t.co/Vi553Loauq

[Bertrand Le Saux @blesa_ux]

Geospatial foundation models are all the rage now, but how good is yours? we release #PhilEOBench a huge 400Go dataset w/ 3 global downstream tasks to test it!

project: https://t.co/6XM3JLShq4
arxiv: https://t.co/EL3MJLo9k0
Join🤗community: https://t.co/W0zlhxlbxD

@ESA @ESA_EO