MEDIC: A Multi-Task Learning Dataset for Disaster Image Classification

Image | General | Preparedness

MEDIC is a general-disaster dataset for disaster type detection, informativeness classification, categorization of humanitarian tasks, and damage severity assessment. It contains 71,198 images and is introduced for multitask learning.

  • ML task type: Multitask learning
  • Data Source: Social Media (Twitter, Google, Bing, Flickr, Instagram)
  • Size: 71,198 Images
  • Timespan: 2014 - 2018
  • Geographical Coverage: Global
  • Baseline Information Please refer to the paper

Firoj Alam, Tanvirul Alam, Md Hasan, Abul Hasnat, Muhammad Imran, Ferda Ofli, et al. MEDIC: a multi-task learning dataset for disaster image classification. arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.12828, 2021.