AIR Centre shares AI-powered coastal monitoring expertise at UNESCO training in Côte d'Ivoire

On November 28, the AIR Centre took part in a training called Capacity Building on Remote Sensing Applied to Oceanography, presenting its work developed on Coastal monitoring using AI and multispectral optical imagery.

Promoted by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Regional Office for Eastern Africa and IOC’s Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA), the course was organized and hosted by CURAT, the Centre Universitaire de Recherche et d’Application en Télédétection of Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, featuring experts in oceanography and remote sensing from CURAT, and UNESCO IOC Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).

The AIR Centre delivered a presentation explaining how AI and machine-learning models can be used to detect floating marine plastic debris and other features like macroalgae in Sentinel-2 satellite images.

This training aims to strengthen the skills of researchers in marine remote sensing, deepen their knowledge on oceanographic data processing and analysis techniques and in the use of predictive models for managing marine resources for an effective resolution of coastal and marine issues.

This participation reflects the AIR Centre's commitment to knowledge sharing and capacity building in marine observation across the Atlantic basin and beyond, supporting the development of technical expertise in regions working to address critical ocean monitoring challenges.