David Rolnick
@david_rolnick
Assistant Professor in Computer Science, @mcgillu / @Mila_Quebec. Co-Founder and Chair, @ClimateChangeAI. MIT @techreview Innovator Under 35. he/him/his
Our remote sensing foundation model Galileo has been accepted to ICML 2025! Galileo outperforms state-of-the-art across different input data modalities and shapes, and using it requires only minimal data and compute. More at: arxiv.org/abs/2502.09356
Meet Galileo (Global And Local flexIbLe Earth Observation): our new family of remote sensing foundation models that 🥇 ranks highest on benchmarks & is 🛰️ pretrained on 11 remote sensing datasets, ⿺ flexible to any input data shape, & 📉 optimized for large & small-scale objects
Our paper on detecting abandoned oil wells with machine learning, led by @pratinavseth, is accepted at ICML 2025! These wells are a major source of emissions (and groundwater pollution). More details in the thread, and preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2410.09032
I’m happy to share that our paper on detecting oil & gas wells with AI has been accepted to ICML 2025! Millions of such wells exist, leaking methane & other toxins. We show how remote sensing can help find them, using high-resolution, multi-spectral satellite imagery. @icmlconf
Bichodatos y su tropa de bichodateros listos para una nueva expedición entomológica en Panamá, esta vez al bosque nebular del Monte Totumas. ¿Qué joyas entomologicas nos esperan? @MaximLarrivee @david_rolnick @eduardoanv @EspacePourLaVie
We have a new internship opportunity @Mila_Quebec in multimodal machine learning for forest monitoring using 3D point clouds. More details here: community.climatechange.ai/c/internships/…
To assist in that upskilling, and to foster a community in which those impacted can help each other build AI skills, the @cv4ecology program is organizing a two-week remote workshop in May of 2025 that will teach AI methods to former US public sector conservation scientists.
A new study from McGill University researchers, including Mila members Laura J. Pollock and @david_rolnick, shows that AI can accelerate species discovery, improve ecosystem tracking and help meet global conservation targets.
AI could revolutionize biodiversity conservation 🌱 A team of McGill researchers found untapped potential to accelerate species discovery, track ecosystems & help meet global conservation targets. Read more: mcgill.ca/x/iwo
Announcing our new paper (led by @ArthurOuaknine) compiling data on AI for forests, a fast-growing area important for land management, biodiversity preservation, and nature-based climate solutions.
New article! OpenForest: a data catalog for machine learning in forest monitoring 👉 bit.ly/41IK23B By @ArthurOuaknine, @TejaKattenborn, @etnlalib and @david_rolnick #MachineLearning #RemoteSensing #data #forests
Looking forward to speaking this Tuesday at the Sustainable AI Forum as part of the Paris AI Action Summit. Livestream available here (in English): youtube.com/live/1e3hojUNp… Merci aux @Ecologie_Gouv pour l'invitátion.
The AI Action summit in Paris is happening this week! CCAI will be represented by @LynnHKaack, @SashaMTL and @david_rolnick. Learn more about the event here: aiconference.ip-paris.fr
📢 The deadline for paper submissions to the Machine Learning for Remote Sensing workshop at #ICLR2025 has been extended to February 10!
We are excited to host the 3rd Machine Learning for Remote Sensing workshop 🛰️ at #ICLR2025 in Singapore! 📄 Submit your 4-page research papers or Tiny Papers by February 3 (<3 weeks away)! See the website for submission details and other info: ml-for-rs.github.io/iclr2025/
Internship in our group at @Mila_Quebec in reinforcement learning + graphs for reducing energy use in buildings. More info and submit an application by Jan 13 here: https://forms. gle/TCChXnvSAHqzPeMz5 (remove the space - added since Twitter now downweights posts with links)
We are excited to announce that we are receiving, virtually, to @david_rolnick! He will deliver inspiring ideas about tackling climate change, the greatest challenge of our time, using machine learning. It will happen on Tuesday, January 14, at 5:00 pm (CST). Join us!
Congratulations to @sarameghanbeery and @david_rolnick for being selected as 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellows! The ABC team is beyond excited to see all that you accomplish! Read more here: schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scienc…
We're excited to announce the next edition of our workshop "Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning" at #ICLR2025 in Singapore! ▶️ Mentorship program deadline: Dec 27, 2024 ▶️ Paper submission deadline: Jan 31, 2025 Learn more & submit: climatechange.ai/events/iclr2025
The Climate Change AI workshop at NeurIPS tomorrow will be livestreamed for free, even if you weren't able to register for NeurIPS (which was oversubscribed this year)!
Another highlight of our #NeurIPS2024 workshop on Sunday will be a panel discussion on small vs big models in ML for climate impact, featuring Chris Bretherton, Anamika Dubey & @BDilkina. Stream the whole workshop live & for free via our website: climatechange.ai/events/neurips…
I'm honored to be included in this year's list of AI2050 Fellows! Looking forward to engaging with this great cohort of researchers on AI for the benefit of humanity.
We're thrilled to welcome the 2024 cohort of AI2050 Senior and Early Career Fellows –– 25 visionary researchers tackling AI's toughest challenges to ensure it serves humanity for the better. Learn more about this year’s cohort of fellows: schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scienc…
Congrats to @ADuvalinho, @vict0rsch and the @entalpic_ai team!
📢 @entalpic_ai is a @Mila_Quebec startup ! After spending some fantastic research years in the lab of @david_rolnick and @Yoshua_Bengio -- with my cofounder @vict0rsch -- we are happy to preserve that link ! 🤩 mila.quebec/en/news/entalp…
ICLR reviewer: Thanks, you've addressed all my concerns and the paper's great! Same ICLR reviewer: I'm still going to keep my score at Borderline Accept.
Explore the intersection of Climate Change and AI with Dr. David Rolnick, McGill University & Mila expert, at our virtual convening on 25 November 2024. Register now: digitalindia-gov-in.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @GoI_MeitY @abhish18 @_DigitalIndia @david_rolnick #GPAI #AIForClimate
Le projet Antenna, dirigé par le lab de recherche de @david_rolnick en collaboration avec l’Insectarium de Montréal, utilise l’IA pour automatiser la surveillance des insectes à l’échelle mondiale. Visionner le reportage de Radio-Canada. ow.ly/6W4B50U8ekX @EspacePourLaVie