The European Space Agency (ESA) and AI Sweden are establishing a space research lab, Φ-lab@Sweden, to accelerate the use of AI in new applications for Earth observation. The lab is the spearhead of a major European collaboration on space innovation. 

The Φ-lab@Sweden gathers industry, investors, and researchers to strengthen the European space research and space industry sector in Earth observation and AI. The work is complementing the efforts in the Swedish Space Data Lab, which includes the Swedish National Space Agency, Luleå University of Technology, RISE and AI Sweden.

Why edge learning in space? 
Edge learning as a technology has the potential to revolutionize the development of AI for space applications by solving these challenges. This would save both money and resources since there is no need for sending all the large amounts of data to the Earth. Possible use cases for AI and satellite data include identifying flooding, illegal fishing, deforestation, algal blooms, or environmental disasters.
Read more about it on AI Swedens website.

This network page for the Φ-lab@Sweden is created to facilitate a space for a community on Edge Learning in space and for networking.