We are losing the planet's biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and yet, shockingly, mostly do not even have the basic biodiversity numbers. Photographs from researchers, citizen scientists, automated cameras, and collected from social media are the most abundant source of wildlife data today. Tanya Berger-Wolf will show how AI can turn massive collections of images into a high resolution information database about wildlife, enabling scientific inquiry, conservation, and policy decisions.
Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf is a Professor of Computer Science Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, where she is also the Director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute. She is also a co-founder and director of the AI for wildlife conservation non-profit Wild Me (wildme.org). As a computational ecologist, her research is at the unique intersection of computer science, wildlife biology, and social sciences.
