Copernicus Masters invites you to apply for UP42 Airbus Challenge 2021! Apply now!
UP42 is changing the way geospatial data is accessed and analyzed. The platform and marketplace bring together multiple sources of data such as satellite imagery, weather data, and more—along with algorithms to identify objects, detect the change, and find patterns. Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. The Intelligence Programme Line within Airbus is the supplier of choice for commercial satellite imagery, C2ISR systems, and related services.
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UP42 Airbus Challenge 2021 is about Satellite Image Augmentation with Generative Adversarial Networks. UP42 is looking for algorithms that leverage generative models (GANs) in the context of Earth Observation (EO) to provide new ways of performing EO analytics. UP42 will provide access to very-high-resolution satellite imagery from Airbus via the OneAtlas Living Library, as well as to data for all the Sentinel missions via the Sobloo platform, to develop algorithms that address challenging problems in EO, namely:
- Unsupervised change detection. GANs can be used to generate better-coregistered images via synthetic image generation.
- Clouds and their associated shadows in optical satellite images are large obstacles for almost all land, water, and atmosphere applications.
- Super-resolution: Increasing the resolution of satellite imagery can widen the range of objects detected from a given data set.
UP42 is calling on researchers, companies and students to develop algorithms for these types of image augmentation.
Evaluation Criteria: A combination of scientific, product/business value, quality of implementation and ecological impact is taken into consideration:
- Scientific value
- Product/business value
- Quality of implementation
- Ecological impact
Location:
OnlineBenefits
- OneAtlas Prize: Voucher to access commercial satellite data from Airbus
- UP42 Prize: Voucher to access all types of geospatial data and algorithms from the UP42 marketplace
- Satellite Data: Possibility to access EUR 10,000 worth of commercial datasets from the Copernicus Contributing Missions in the Copernicus Data Warehouse (financial support by COM).
- Overall Winner: EUR 10,000 if your concept gets selected as Copernicus Masters 2021 Overall Winner
Eligibilities
- All innovators –Enterprises, scientific institutions
- Individuals of minimum 18 years of age, consortia or legal entities
- Universities, start-ups, SMEs and bigger companies, research organisations and associates from all around the globe are invited to join
Application Process
- Register to their secure database by clicking on Apply Now
- Choose your partner challenge and enter all your details into the database
- Choose a Copernicus Prize. You can pick the Prize that best supports your business case, even if that is not your country of residence.
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Application Deadline: July 19, 2021
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