Space Daily: Frontier Development Lab transforms space and earth science for NASA with Google Cloud.I'm delighted to see what we've been able to accomplish together - and I am inspired for what we can achieve in the future. We at Google Cloud simply shared some of our AI tricks and tools, one engineer to another, and they ran with it.
"When I first met Bill Diamond and James Parr in 2017, they asked me a simple question: 'What could happen if we marry the best of Silicon Valley and the minds of NASA?'" said Scott Penberthy, director of Applied AI at Google Cloud.
Throughout this period, Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO (OCTO) has provided ongoing strategic guidance to FDL researchers on how to optimize AI / ML, and how to use compute resources most efficiently. With access to compute resources provided by Google Cloud, FDL has been able to increase the typical ML pipeline by more than 700 times in the last five years, facilitating new discoveries and improved understanding of our planet, solar system and the universe.
Google Cloud’s involvement with the Frontier Development Lab (FDL) helps optimize and increase the availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) in the sciences with access to immense super-computer resources.įDL tackles knowledge gaps in space science by pairing ML experts with researchers in physics, astronomy, astrobiology, planetary science, space medicine and Earth science. These researchers have utilized Google Cloud compute resources and expertise since 2018, specifically AI / ML technology, to address research challenges in areas like astronaut health, lunar exploration, exoplanets, heliophysics, climate change and disaster response. Frontier Development Lab Infuses Machine Learning into Science