Fuller Seminar - Artificial Intelligence & Conservation: Sensor Integration

Fuller Seminar Series:

Artificial Intelligence and Conservation

Series Overview:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has left the lab and now affects many aspects of our lives - from our smart phones automatically categorizing the photos we take to automated resume readers which sort us into viable and non-viable job candidates. Conservation organizations like WWF have long used AI to monitor the health of wildlife, forests, and other ecosystems, and just like everywhere else, new applications of AI are accelerating our ability to understand the world around us.

The series will focus on how AI is being used to support conservation efforts. The series will discuss the past, present and future of how these technologies advance sustainability, with a focus on the future, and an eye on both the upsides and the risks of these technologies in a conservation context.

Seminar Overview:

Seminar Four - Artificial Intelligence and Conservation: Sensor Integration

Motion sensitive cameras, bioacoustics monitors, and environmental DNA are just a few of the types of sensors we’ve leveraged to monitor the Earth and biosphere. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to pull signals from all these data streams and is increasingly leveraged to integrate data. This session will focus on the use of AI in sensors and in particular how they’re being combined to form a holistic picture of our environment.

When: January 12, 2023

Speakers:

Dr. Sara Beery, Incoming Assistant Professor, MIT EECS

Dr. Emmanuel Dufourq, AIMS Canadian Junior Research Chair in Climate Science

Dr. Wilfried Thuiller, Senior Research Scientist, CNRS