Pattern Recognition: An Outline of Literature Review that Taps into Machine Learning to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) as specified by the United Nations are a blueprint to make the Earth to be more sustainable by the year 2030. It envisions member nations fighting climate change, achieving gender equality, quality education for all, and access to quality healthcare among the 17 goals laid out. To achieve these goals by the year 2030, member nations have put special schemes in place for citizens while experimenting with newer ways in which a measurable difference can be made. Countries are tapping into ancient wisdom and harnessing newer technologies that use artificial intelligence and machine learning to make the world more liveable. These newer methods would also lower the cost of implementation and hence would be very useful to governments across the world. Of much interest are the applications of machine learning in getting useful information and deploying solutions gained from such information to achieve the goals set by the United Nations for an imperishable future. One such machine learning technique that can be employed is pattern recognition which has applications in various areas that will help in making the environment sustainable, making technology sustainable, and thus, making the Earth a better place to live in. This paper conducts a review of various literature from journals, news articles, and books and examines the way pattern recognition can help in developing sustainably.