Deadline: 30-Jun-20
The ESA Digital Twin Earth (DTE) Challenge seeks to stimulate applications which combine Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data from Copernicus Sentinels and other Earth observation (EO) data to provide forecasting on the impact of climate change and responding to societal challenges.
The ESA Digital Twin Earth Challenge (ESA DTE Challenge) aims to create an interactive model of the Earth, which arises from the integration of individual models that accurately reflect diverse physical aspects of our planet.
Thus, ever more reliable information about past, present and future changes in the Earth system can be obtained. With this information numerous societal challenges can be addressed.
The underlying models are based on measurements and observations, while being complemented with state-of-the-art analytical techniques such as AI.
Submissions are welcome addressing key societal challenges, including:
- Smart Cities
- Food Security
- Health Issues
- Tourism/Leisure
- Coastal Monitoring
The ESA DTE Challenge aims to increase the exposure and understanding of EO data combined with AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things) and Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Data Analytics. Those tasked with evaluating the submissions to this challenge will therefore focus on the potential for technological feasibility, rather than its maturity.
Prize Information
- EUR 10,000 cash prize
- 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 EC)
- Extra EUR 10,000 Cash Prize if your concept gets selected as Copernicus Masters 2020 Overall Winner
Criteria
Submissions to ESA Copernicus Digital Twin Earth Challenge will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Innovation: How innovative is the idea and its proposed expansion within the market?
- Copernicus Relevance: Does Copernicus data significantly contribute to the application solution or does it also work without?
- Technological Feasibility: Does the technical implementation of Earth observation data allow for future scalability that will answer business needs?
- Commercial Viability Index: Does the solution have real market potential? How many users you may reach?
- Impact index: How significant is the participant’s problem for society / the environment / business / EU policy?
For more information, visit Copernicus Masters.
For more information, visit https://copernicus-masters.com/prize/esa-challenge/