{"id":3780,"date":"2019-02-01T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/spatial-scientists-use-satellite-technology-to-detect-and-eventually-prevent-genocide\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:07:21","slug":"spatial-science-preventing-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/spatial-science-preventing-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Spatial scientists use satellite technology to detect and \u2014 eventually \u2014 prevent genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n            \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-2943-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-2943-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Spatial scientists use satellite technology to detect and \u2014 eventually \u2014 prevent genocide\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Andrew Marx and his team used smallsat imagery to analyze minority Rohingya villages in Myanmar such as the one burned in 2017 (top) while neighboring Rakhine villages (below) were left intact. Images courtesy of Andrew Marx.\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=dornsife-global\">Dornsife Global<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Spatial scientists use satellite technology to detect and \u2014 eventually \u2014 prevent genocide<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Through his pioneering use of small satellite technology to accurately detect and document evidence of human rights violations, Andrew Marx of the Spatial Sciences Institute at USC Dornsife works to prevent genocide. <strong>[3 \u00be min read]<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Susan Bell<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">February 1, 2019<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 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He was 22 years old. It was his first job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was appalled that mass atrocities like this were happening in Europe in the 1990s,&rdquo; he said of the genocide he observed being perpetrated by the Bosnian Serb army. &ldquo;Every time this happens, the international community says this will be the last time. And yet mass atrocities continue to occur.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Marx then served for eight years in the State Department, using similar technology to document Syrian government missile attacks on its own people. What he observed in Serbia and Syria had such a profound effect upon him that it has determined his subsequent career path.<\/p>\n<p>Now associate professor of the practice of spatial sciences and creative technologies at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, his research focuses on developing cutting-edge technological tools to quickly identify human rights violations; preventing isolated events from developing into genocide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once you work on something that powerful, you don&rsquo;t really have an appetite to do anything else,&rdquo; said Marx, a recognized expert on using satellites and other spatial data, such as crowd-sourced mapping to analyze and inform human migration and refugee policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeing into the dark corners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At USC Dornsife&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spatial.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spatial Sciences Institute<\/a> (SSI), Marx runs the <a href=\"http:\/\/hsgilab.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence Lab<\/a>, leveraging new, &ldquo;smallsat&rdquo; &mdash; short for small satellite &mdash; technology to detect human rights abuses and violations. The information collected by this technology &nbsp;provides evidence that can be used to corroborate refugee accounts of atrocities in international courts.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the world&rsquo;s worst human rights abuses, including genocides, occur in areas that are difficult to observe, Marx notes. Satellite technology is often all that&rsquo;s available to monitor what&rsquo;s happening on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>While smallsat technology can provide daily imagery of the entire Earth, the images are too fuzzy to visually identify details that can signal human rights abuses. Marx and his team, comprising several undergraduate research assistants, are overcoming this obstacle by designing algorithms to automatically detect potential human rights violations &mdash; such as villages that have been burned down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-image-landscape news-image-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/secondary-450x290-2943.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Andrew Marx (center) meeting with members of USC Dornsife&rsquo;s Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence Lab. Research assistants in the lab work from the USC campus as well as remotely from Washington, D.C., and The Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The spatial scientists are working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Human Rights Watch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/phr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Physicians for Human Rights<\/a> to monitor the situation in Myanmar, where the Rohingya Muslim minority is being persecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Huts in this region have roofs made of dried plant material that reflects infrared light. Marx and his team developed techniques that make it possible to detect changes in reflected light from one day to the next. When huts in a village are torched or otherwise destroyed, there is a corresponding drop in infrared reflectance that signals an attack on that village.<\/p>\n<p>The Myanmar army has denied not only the ethnic cleansing but the very existence of the Rohingya, and the Myanmar government has continuously denied abuses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Satellite imagery provides data that cannot be refuted when used in conjunction with geospatial intelligence and victim testimony,&rdquo; Marx said. &ldquo;We cannot stress enough the importance of refugee testimony; however, at times further evidence is required. Our methods strengthen the evidentiary power of victim accounts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early warning signs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marx&rsquo;s goal is to develop an early warning system to prevent human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>Marx points to Darfur in western Sudan, where up to 400,000 people have died in ethnic cleansing programs, allegedly ordered by President Omar al-Bashir. This systematic killing has become known as the first genocide of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we can monitor areas likes Darfur using daily imagery, the international community can learn what&rsquo;s happening very early on, and then we can stop isolated attacks before they turn into a large-scale genocide,&rdquo; Marx said. The team hopes to one day give the technology to organizations like Amnesty International to reduce human suffering, Marx said.<\/p>\n<p>Marx and his team are also hoping to make their service available to the public, so anyone can log onto their website and see which villages may have been attacked in the past couple of days in different areas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The students who work in my lab are passionate about human rights &mdash; as am I,&rdquo; Marx said. &ldquo;While you can&rsquo;t replace the power and importance of testimony, I want my students to be able to leverage new technologies and approaches to combat these terrible atrocities that are still occurring worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re optimistic that we can make a difference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through his pioneering use of small satellite technology to accurately detect and document evidence of human rights violations, Andrew Marx of the Spatial Sciences Institute at USC Dornsife works to prevent genocide. <strong>[3 \u00be min read]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,17],"tags":[451,760,131],"class_list":["post-3780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dornsife-global","category-faculty","category-student","tag-genocide","tag-satellite-technology","tag-spatial-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spatial scientists use satellite technology to detect and \u2014 eventually \u2014 prevent genocide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/spatial-science-preventing-genocide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spatial scientists use satellite technology to detect and \u2014 eventually \u2014 prevent genocide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Through his pioneering use of small satellite technology to accurately detect and document evidence of human rights violations, Andrew Marx of the Spatial Sciences Institute at USC Dornsife works to prevent genocide. 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