Anjani Prasad Atluri
Anjani Prasad Atluri is a Data Scientist in the Sustainability Software division of IBM, focusing on building AI solutions for businesses using remote-sensing Imagery and client related data sets. He graduated with Masters in Data Science from Columbia University in 2022. He has extensive experience working with satellite imagery (several resolutions) and lidar imagery. Currently, he is focused on building and deploying AI solutions in IBM Environment Intelligence Suite for Vegetation Management. Vegetation Management: uses 3D Imagery to determine where a Utility needs to trim trees that are closest to powerlines.

Sessions
The great majority (more than 2/3) of power outages are caused by contact from vegetation to an active power line, with the added risk of fire and public safety. The goal for utility companies is to manage the vegetation near their above-ground infrastructure in order to reduce these types of contact during inclement weather. This session will discuss an AI-driven vegetation management solution, using LiDAR and satellite imagery to determine the highest risk areas of a utility's service area. Our approach is able to give insights across a service territory, by line down to the foot level as far as how close a branch may be to a power line. This work will enable them to shift from cycle-based to condition-based trimming. We will go over the data used, the various technical challenges, and our approach to scale the solution.