Detect-Waste with AI course

Abstract

In recent years, the Western Balkans region has faced numerous environmental challenges, ranging from air and water pollution to biodiversity loss and climate change impacts. This workshop provides a platform to discuss how AI technologies can be leveraged to address these pressing issues and empower eco-activists in the region. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to - AI applications for environmental monitoring and conservation, Data-driven approaches to assess environmental impacts, Appling Computer vision and neural networks in environment protection, Use of drones in detection environmental problems, AI-supported activism strategies for climate change mitigation, Ethics and challenges of using AI in eco-activism, AI supported crowdsourcing in the eco-activism, Collaborative efforts between academia, civil society, and government in utilizing AI for environmental protection.