World Event
Research on "World Events" currently focuses on leveraging large datasets and advanced machine learning models to understand and predict various global phenomena. This includes using transformer-based architectures and graph neural networks to analyze multimodal data (images, text, sensor readings) for tasks such as predicting wildfire risk, optimizing traffic flow, and forecasting e-commerce demand. These efforts aim to improve the accuracy and robustness of predictions, particularly in handling anomalies and diverse geographical contexts, leading to more effective resource allocation and decision-making across various sectors. The ultimate goal is to develop more comprehensive and reliable models for understanding complex global systems and their interactions.
Papers
Around the World in 80 Timesteps: A Generative Approach to Global Visual Geolocation
Nicolas Dufour, David Picard, Vicky Kalogeiton, Loic Landrieu
World knowledge-enhanced Reasoning Using Instruction-guided Interactor in Autonomous Driving
Mingliang Zhai, Cheng Li, Zengyuan Guo, Ningrui Yang, Xiameng Qin, Yuwei Wu, Sanyuan Zhao, Junyu Han, Ji Tao, Yunde Jia
If Eleanor Rigby Had Met ChatGPT: A Study on Loneliness in a Post-LLM World
Adrian de Wynter
Understanding the World's Museums through Vision-Language Reasoning
Ada-Astrid Balauca, Sanjana Garai, Stefan Balauca, Rasesh Udayakumar Shetty, Naitik Agrawal, Dhwanil Subhashbhai Shah, Yuqian Fu, Xi Wang, Kristina Toutanova, Danda Pani Paudel, Luc Van Gool
Hierarchical Prompt Decision Transformer: Improving Few-Shot Policy Generalization with Global and Adaptive Guidance
Zhe Wang, Haozhu Wang, Yanjun Qi
Local vs. Global: Local Land-Use and Land-Cover Models Deliver Higher Quality Maps
Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Caleb Robinson, Charles Mwangi, Esther Maina, Joshua Nyakundi, Luana Marotti, Gilles Quentin Hacheme, Hamed Alemohammad, Rahul Dodhia, Juan M. Lavista Ferres
Global spatio-temporal downscaling of ERA5 precipitation through generative AI
Luca Glawion, Julius Polz, Harald Kunstmann, Benjamin Fersch, Christian Chwala
Cross-Modal Pre-Aligned Method with Global and Local Information for Remote-Sensing Image and Text Retrieval
Zengbao Sun, Ming Zhao, Gaorui Liu, André Kaup