Embed2Scale at Big Data from Space 2025

Early October, as part of the Big Data from Space 2025 conference, in Riga, Latvia, Embed2Scale partner IBM Research contributed a keynote by Thomas Brunschwiler titled “Tokens and Embeddings: The New Lingua Franca for Exploring Planet Earth.”

The presentation showcased the Embed2Scale consortium’s work on Earth Observation (EO) embedding workflows and benchmarking, alongside IBM’s advancements in multi‑modal EO foundation models. Brunschwiler emphasised how embeddings can streamline data workflows — compressing information, enabling federation, and accelerating exploration and model adaptation.

This work supports the Embed2Scale vision of transforming the scalability of EO data. By showcasing how embeddings unlock precision and efficiency across environmental applications, IBM Research reinforced the project’s mission to drive AI‑based knowledge discovery and impact across Europe.