How can artificial intelligence help residents monitor air quality? On Monday evening 16 September, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Waag Futurelab are inviting IJmond residents and other interested parties to give feedback on an AI tool that automatically detects suspicious clouds coming from Tata Steel.
On behalf of UvA researchers Yen-Chia Hsu, Katja Rogers and Tycho Stam will be conducting this study, together with Annabel Thomas and Jikke van den Ende of Waag Futurelab.
This event will be in Dutch.
Community-driven AI tool
Waag Futurelab and the UvA are developing a 'community-driven AI tool': an AI tool that helps residents to collect data-driven evidence of air pollution. This AI tool will be trained to detect smoke with yellow, black, orange or brown undertones. It will use footage from three cameras, that were installed by the activist group Frisse Wind to film the Tata Steel Factory.
About the meeting
There are several ways in which an AI tool could be used by residents to monitor air quality. To ensure that the AI tool works according to the wishes and values of residents, the UvA and Waag are organising a series of meetings. During this meeting, UvA scientists and experts from Waag Futurelab will discuss the improvements that were made to the AI tool after the last meeting. After this, attendees will try out the AI tool in groups.