OREANDA-NEWS  Novosibirsk scientists will teach artificial intelligence (AI) to predict tsunamis and epidemics. Young specialists will work in the innovative youth laboratory of the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS, which is preparing to open. This was reported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

Scientists will train AI to collect and analyze information about processes in nature, society and the economy. This can create programs to predict climate change, environmental stress, and the spread of pollution from infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, and COVID-19.

Olga Krivorotko, head of the laboratory, noted that in solving inverse problems, everything boils down to accurately setting mathematics and finding fast algorithms. The specialist noted that this is important, because in hours the semantic meaning can be lost.

"Take, for example, a tsunami: if you can predict it earlier, you can save lives. By training the system on historical data, for example, about tsunamis or earthquakes, you can create a model that can quickly make predictions," she explained.

She also expressed the hope that thanks to the work of the Novosibirsk laboratory, machine learning methods will arouse more confidence.

Earlier it was reported that scientists from the Ural State Mining University (UGSU) have found a way to restore flooded quarries and mining mines. According to the plan developed by experts, mining in such places in Russia will be carried out using unmanned technologies based on the use of drones, robotic systems and artificial intelligence algorithms.