An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .mil
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization.

Secure .mil websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Tracking the Industrial Growth of Modern China with High-Resolution Panchromatic Imagery and Deep Learning
Machine Learning

Tracking the Industrial Growth of Modern China with High-Resolution Panchromatic Imagery and Deep Learning

This study investigates the effectiveness of state-of-the-art deep learning models trained on high-resolution single-band satellite images in estimating site-level industrial development over time in the People's Republic of China.

Predicting Terrorism in Europe with Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Spatial Statistics
Machine Learning

Predicting Terrorism in Europe with Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Spatial Statistics

This study defines and parses the differences between territorial / separatist terrorism versus non-territorial seeking terrorism from a spatial and geographic perspective. This spatial/geographic component of the research is foundational due to prior research often focusing on the motivations of terrorism rather than spatial and geographic perspectives.