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Ram Rajagopal
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Latest Work
Using AI to Map Urban Change
Quick ReadJul 30
policy brief

This brief introduces a novel street-view image dataset and AI model as a more accurate proxy for detecting and assessing urban changes such as gentrification.
Using AI to Understand Residential Solar Power
Quick ReadSep 28
policy brief

This brief introduces a computer-vision approach to analyzing solar panel adoption in U.S. households that can help policymakers tailor incentive mechanisms.
Research
SCHMEAR: Scalable Construction of Holistic Models for Energy Analysis from Rooftops