Manjunath – AI to Map Methane Emissions

Using AI to Map Methane EmissionsMethane emissions have been identified as being responsible for 30 percent of Earth’s warmingFrom the COE/CLS Convergence magazine (S23) article - "Focus On: The Rise of AI – 'Using AI to Map Methane Emissions'"At the 2022 World Climate Summit, methane emissions were identified as being responsible for 30 percent of Earth’s warming. Manjunath, a pioneer in the field of big-image-data management and director of the Center for Multimodal Big Data Science and Healthcare, was recently elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). To help address the methane problem, Kumar developed a computer-vision/AI model, called the MethaneMapper (the data and AI models are distributed through the BisQue software platform), to detect emissions from two key sources: the gas and oil sector, which make up 36 percent of total methane emissions in the U.S., and agriculture and dairy farms, which account for 26 percent. COE/CLS Convergence magazine (S23) article - Focus On: The Rise of AI "Using AI to Map Methane Emissions" (pg. 24)Manjunath's ECE ProfileKumar's Visition Research Lab ProfileManjunath's Center for Multimodal Big Data Science and HealthcareManjunath's Vision Research Lab