In the past few weeks, we have experimented with different ways to improve the performance of our Unet model. We have tried different loss functions, different optimizers, and different input features. We have also explored the potential of using attention based Unet and residual connections. ...

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Published on November 05, 2023 | 2 min read

Useful Findings and Insights So FarAfter another week of exploring different ways to improve the performance of our model, we have found some useful insights and findings. So far, we have been able to achieve a PR-AUC of 0.31 ...

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Published on October 29, 2023 | 3 min read

This week, we continue to look for ways to improve the performance of our model, by adding additional features and using Unet with attention. We also discuss another loss function that we will try.Adding Additional FeaturesWhile we were able ...

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Published on October 22, 2023 | 3 min read

With the results from last week, it was clear that we were not approaching the problem correctly. For example, through examining the fire mask prediction results from the trained UNet model, we discovered that by using a loss function that was a combination of binary cross entropy and dice los...

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Published on October 14, 2023 | 2 min read

With the results from last week, it was clear that we were not approaching the problem correctly. For example, through examining the fire mask prediction results from the trained UNet model, we discovered that by using a loss function that was a combination of binary cross entropy and dice los...

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Published on October 02, 2023 | 3 min read

Now that we have our dataset ready, it is time to obtain some baseline results with the goal of 1/ evaluate the difficulty of the problem and 2/ determine if the problem is framed correctly. With that in mind, we will be using the Unet architecture as the starting architecture for this segment...

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Published on September 25, 2023 | 3 min read

This week, we will dive into the first step of the project: finding the right dataset. We will discuss the problem, potential solutions, and the dataset we will use for the project.For the first phase of the project, we focus on short-term predictions of wildfires. Concretely, this me...

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Published on September 18, 2023 | 3 min read

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our world today. Rising global temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and more extreme weather events are already impacting communities worldwide. Machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, offers new hope in the fight against ...

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Published on September 11, 2023 | 1 min read