No. 336: Watching Armed Conflicts from Space

Author(s): Valerie Sticher, Oliver Dietrich, Birke Pfeifle, Jan Dirk Wegner
Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series Editor(s): Névine Schepers, Fabien Merz
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 336
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

Leveraging open-access satellite images with deep learning can help humanitarian and human rights organizations address violent conflicts more rapidly. To ensure the effectiveness of remote monitoring, organizations need to align their strategies with the technical constraints of deep learning-based monitoring systems.

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