Three lessons from weather forecasting that will improve disease forecasting and outbreak prediction

The popularity and wide use of weather forecasts has been largely attributable to the dramatic improvement in forecast accuracy. Such improvements have been quantified in recent research showing that modern 5-day weather forecasts are as accurate as 1-day forecasts in 1980. Disease forecasts are not nearly as accurate as modern weather forecasts, as documented in ongoing evaluations …

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Language to rewards for robotic skill synthesis

Posted by Wenhao Yu and Fei Xia, Research Scientists, Google Empowering end-users to interactively teach robots to perform novel tasks is a crucial capability for their successful integration into real-world applications. For example, a user may want to teach a robot dog to perform a new trick, or teach a manipulator robot how to organize …

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Announcing Amazon S3 access point support for Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler

We’re excited to announce Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler support for Amazon S3 Access Points. With its visual point and click interface, SageMaker Data Wrangler simplifies the process of data preparation and feature engineering including data selection, cleansing, exploration, and visualization, while S3 Access Points simplifies data access by providing unique hostnames with specific access policies. …

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Built with BigQuery: How Atlas AI helps build a more resilient future

Editor’s note: The post is part of a series showcasing our partners and their solutions that are Built with BigQuery. The footprint of humanity is evolving substantially – from climate change alone scientists estimate that more than 600 million people on the planet have already been stranded outside of habitats that best support life. Other …