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Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires

  • Written by David Wild, Associate Professor of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University
Data science could help Californians battle future wildfiresA firefighter walks along a containment line while battling a 2018 wildfire in Redding, California.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours locating shelters, identifying evacuation routes and piecing together satellite imagery.

As the Fourmile Canyon Fire devastated areas to the west of Boulder,...

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