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Use case	Agency	Stage	High-impact	Topic area	AI classification	Sourcing
Wave runup and total water level observations from time series imagery at several sites with varying nearshore morphologies [2024 INV#WO0000000108262] DOI-0182 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments [2024 INV#WO0000000108118] DOI-0179 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Machine learning based shoreline time-series imputation, classification and forecasting (time-series analyses) [2024 INV#WO0000000108117] DOI-0178 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) [2024 INV#WO0000000108018] DOI-0177 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Deep Learning based image segmentation [2024 INV#WO0000000107975] DOI-0175 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Foundation Models to Advance Earth Science [2024 INV#WO0000000107153] DOI-0172 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Generative AI	Developed in-house
Everlaw AI Assistant for Responsive Review DOI-0170 · OCIO	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Administrative Functions	Agentic AI	Contract and in-house
CHS Q Business AI Assistant (theKraken) DOI-0169 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Administrative Functions	Generative AI	Developed in-house
Machine Learning for Bat Acoustics DOI-0168 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Other	Developed in-house
Tephra classification with machine learning [2024 INV#WO0000000109095] DOI-0159 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
HOTLink: identifying elevated thermal anomalies at volcanoes [2024 INV#WO0000000109217] DOI-0158 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
target discrimination on portable radar DOI-0151 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
AI to survey boat traffic DOI-0150 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Purchased from vendor
Adaptive Management with AMMonitor DOI-0144 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Random forest models for predicting water quality of inland waters from remotely sensed imagery DOI-0137 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Energy and the Environment	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Four AI systems using different strategies to identify, classify and locate both volcano-tectonic and non-traditional volcanic earthquakes DOI-0132 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Wildfire Risk Assessment & Predictive Modeling DOI-0123 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Emergency Management	Classical / predictive ML	Contract and in-house
Mapping vegetation classes to understand wildfire fuel conditions DOI-0129 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
AI/ML For Hazard Detection in Austere Environments with Automated or Remotely-Operated Rovers [2024 INV#WO0000000107424] DOI-0127 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Modeling Rupture Directivity Effects on Ground Motion Using Neural Networks DOI-0120 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
LLM-Assisted Volcanic Alert Monitoring DOI-0109 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Natural language processing	Developed in-house
Improving Prediction Capabilities for Barrier Island Landscape Change DOI-0114 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Contract and in-house
Lake-wide monitoring and assessment of Great Lakes fisheries with autonomous vehicles and image analysis DOI-0113 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Computer vision	Developed in-house
RSCC and TCA projects [2024 INV#WO0000000108017] DOI-0112 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Catalog of stock ponds using machine learning DOI-0108 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Experimental Forecast for River Chlorophyll DOI-0105 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Using deep learning to classify potential piping plover habitat along the Upper Missouri River DOI-0094 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Reducing elevation error in coastal wetland digital elevation models DOI-0088 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Developing land cover maps for barrier islands using satellite imagery DOI-0087 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Integrate High-resolution Satellite Remote Sensing Data with Automated Machine Learning Techniques to Enhance Water Quality Assessment DOI-0083 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Invasive Carp Harvest Predictive Model DOI-0061 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Flor-AI: Developing a Remotely Sensed Image Classification Method for Inventory and Monitoring of Flora in Digital UAS Imagery DOI-0079 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Energy and the Environment	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Automating the Detection and Classification of Wildlife in Aerial Imagery [2024 INV#WO0000000109409] DOI-0075 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Energy and the Environment	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Automated identification of ducks from hunter-submitted photos using deep learning models DOI-0074 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Automated photographic identification of Eastern box turtles DOI-0073 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Pathogen identification in salmon DOI-0071 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
DARPAs CriticalMAAS [2024 INV#WO0000000108419; WO0000000096527] DOI-0065 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Willamette Regional IWAAs, gradient boosted ML stream temperature modeling. DOI-0064 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Mapping wood and wood hazards in the Willamette Basin, Oregon DOI-0063 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Other	Developed in-house
Automated power line extraction using deep learning DOI-0062 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Seasonal Water Supply Forecasting: Pyforecast [2024 INV#DOI-69] DOI-0047 · BOR	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Energy and the Environment	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
Piloting Machine Learning Inflow Forecasts Across Reclamation [2024 INV#DOI-58] DOI-0046 · BOR	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Energy and the Environment	Classical / predictive ML	Purchased from vendor
AI for Offshore Energy: Innovative Technology Streamlines Marine Wildlife Surveys [2024 INV#DOI-66] DOI-0033 · FWS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Energy and the Environment	Computer vision	Contract and in-house
AI-Powered Wildlife Monitoring on National Wildlife Refuges DOI-0029 · FWS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Service Delivery	Computer vision	Developed in-house
Implementation of Artificial Intelligence to Estimate Population Size of a Migratory Bird from Aerial Thermal Imagery [2024 INV#DOI-67] DOI-0028 · FWS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Service Delivery	Computer vision	Developed in-house
AI data harvesting project – ECOSphere [2024 INV#DOI-62] DOI-0014 · FWS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Science	Other	Developed in-house
Anomaly Detection for Financial Transactions Related to DOI Programs DOI-0010 · OIG	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Other	Classical / predictive ML	Developed in-house
DiscoverDOI DOI-0008 · USGS	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Administrative Functions	Agentic AI	Developed in-house
BIA-GEO Assist DOI-0005 · BIA	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Service Delivery	Generative AI	Developed in-house
Non-Generative AI use for Trust Information Analysis and Reporting Tool [2024 INV#WO0000000110516] DOI-0002 · BTFA	DOI	Pilot	Not high-impact	Administrative Functions	Computer vision	Purchased from vendor