Daily News Analysis ‘Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN) ‘: 17 June

About Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN):

• It is developed by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).
• The BCNN uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep learning, and Machine Learning (ML) to improve ENSO phase prediction.
• It can be used to determine the different ENSO phases and make the forecast.

About Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS):

• 1999: Established as an autonomous body of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences and is a unit of the Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO).
• INCOIS is mandated to provide the best possible ocean information and advisory services to society, industry, government agencies and the scientific community through sustained ocean.

Why in the News?

• Recently, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has developed a new tool called the Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN) to predict El Nino and La Nina conditions up to 15 months in advance.