15 citations · 25 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for
5 papers
Detecting Environmental Violations with Satellite Imagery in Near Real Time: Land Application under the Clean Water Act
Ben Chugg, Nicolas Rothbacher, Alex Feng +2
This paper introduces a new, highly consequential setting for the use of computer vision for environmental sustainability. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) (aka inten…
Mapping industrial poultry operations at scale with deep learning and aerial imagery
Caleb Robinson, Ben Chugg, Brandon Anderson +2
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) pose serious risks to air, water, and public health, but have proven to be challenging to regulate. The U.S. Government Accountabilit…
Reconciling Risk Allocation and Prevalence Estimation in Public Health Using Batched Bandits
Ben Chugg, Daniel E. Ho
In many public health settings, there is a perceived tension between allocating resources to known vulnerable areas and learning about the overall prevalence of the problem. Inspir…
Enhancing Environmental Enforcement with Near Real-Time Monitoring: Likelihood-Based Detection of Structural Expansion of Intensive Livestock Farms
Ben Chugg, Brandon Anderson, Seiji Eicher +2
Much environmental enforcement in the United States has historically relied on either self-reported data or physical, resource-intensive, infrequent inspections. Advances in remote…
Temporal Cluster Matching for Change Detection of Structures from Satellite Imagery
Caleb Robinson, Anthony Ortiz, Juan M. Lavista Ferres +2
Longitudinal studies are vital to understanding dynamic changes of the planet, but labels (e.g., buildings, facilities, roads) are often available only for a single point in time.…