November 2025 Fellows' Update: Leanne Werner - The Churchill Fellowship

November 2025 Fellows' Update: Leanne Werner

A project that Leanne was working on that began with a simple question “How can we green one square mile in Central London?” has been published in Elsevier’s Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment.

Mask R-CNN algorithm on detecting plantable urban roofs from aerial photography images in Central London, UK,” demonstrates how deep-learning tools can help cities identify new opportunities for rooftop greening.

This work was made possible thanks to King's College London - including Dr Yijing Li and MA students Rongsheng Zheng and 林芝希, with guidance from Dr. Amin Karami. Dr. Nicola Hogan, the King’s Sustainability team, and the Education for Sustainability community.

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