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Explore our technical findings, market research and general thoughts here. As of March 2021, CosmiQ Works has been folded into IQT Labs. An archive of our blogs will remain to showcase historical work that took place July 2016 — March 2021.

Closing Time: CosmiQ Works is Closing Down and Ending its Leadership of SpaceNet

Closing Time: CosmiQ Works is Closing Down and Ending its Leadership of SpaceNet

After a run of nearly six years, CosmiQ Works (and The DownLinQ here on Medium) is shutting down. CosmiQ Works is being folded into the…
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Adam Van Etten
Mar 11, 2021
SpaceNet 7 Results: arXiv Paper and Winning Model Release

SpaceNet 7 Results: arXiv Paper and Winning Model Release

Preface: SpaceNet LLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, artificial intelligence applied research for…
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Adam Van Etten
Feb 16, 2021
A Closer Look at the SpaceNet Change and Object Tracking (SCOT) Metric

A Closer Look at the SpaceNet Change and Object Tracking (SCOT) Metric

Preface: SpaceNet LLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, artificial intelligence applied research for…
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Daniel Hogan
Feb 8, 2021
SpaceNet 7 Results: Overachieving Pixels

SpaceNet 7 Results: Overachieving Pixels

Preface: SpaceNet LLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, artificial intelligence applied research for…
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Adam Van Etten
Jan 29, 2021
SpaceNet 7 Results: ‘Tis the Season

SpaceNet 7 Results: ‘Tis the Season

Preface: SpaceNet LLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, artificial intelligence applied research for…
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Adam Van Etten
Dec 17, 2020
The SpaceNet 7 Multi-Temporal Urban Development Challenge: Announcing the Winners

The SpaceNet 7 Multi-Temporal Urban Development Challenge: Announcing the Winners

Preface: SpaceNet LLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, artificial intelligence applied research for…
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Adam Van Etten
Dec 2, 2020
Deploying the SpaceNet 7 Baseline on AWS

Deploying the SpaceNet 7 Baseline on AWS

Adapted by Daniel Hogan from a post by Adam Van Etten and Nick Weir
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Daniel Hogan
Sep 25, 2020
SpaceNet 6: Expanded Dataset Release

SpaceNet 6: Expanded Dataset Release

By Jake Shermeyer and Daniel Hogan
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Jake Shermeyer
Sep 23, 2020
The SpaceNet 7 Multi-Temporal Urban Development Challenge Algorithmic Baseline

The SpaceNet 7 Multi-Temporal Urban Development Challenge Algorithmic Baseline

Preface: SpaceNet LLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, artificial intelligence applied research for…
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Adam Van Etten
Aug 27, 2020
You Only Look Once — Multi-Faceted Object Detection w/ RarePlanes

You Only Look Once — Multi-Faceted Object Detection w/ RarePlanes

Performing complex object detection using YOLOv5 on CosmiQ Works’ RarePlanes Dataset
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Ari Chadda
Aug 21, 2020
Solaris Model Deployment: From Start to Finish

Solaris Model Deployment: From Start to Finish

Demystifying geospatial deep learning with In-Q-Tel CosmiQ Works’ Solaris
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Roshan Ram
Aug 14, 2020
The SpaceNet Change and Object Tracking (SCOT) Metric

The SpaceNet Change and Object Tracking (SCOT) Metric

Daniel Hogan and Adam Van Etten
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Daniel Hogan
Aug 13, 2020
The Machine Learning Utility Manifold for Satellite Imagery

The Machine Learning Utility Manifold for Satellite Imagery

Preface: The work summarized here stems from research conducted by Ryan Lewis, Jake Shermeyer, Daniel Hogan, Nick Weir, Dave Lindenbaum…
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Adam Van Etten
Aug 12, 2020
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