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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Aug 5

Would you consider moving to Denmark? I don't know what opportunities there might be, just wondering...

Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Aug 5

Detecting pollinators with AI isn't as easy as people say 🔎🐝

Studies show high scores on one dataset 📈 then imply the model is useful elsewhere 🤥

@veralis.bsky.social & co. don't board the AI hype train 🤖🚆

They expose real challenges when deploying GBIF-trained AI for pollinator surveillance 🐞🪰👍

Valentin Ștefan @veralis.bsky.social · Apr 13

Our latest research explores how YOLO object detectors, trained on citizen science images, perform on unseen time-lapse images of pollinators captured with a fixed smartphone setup. While successful for larger pollinators, detecting smaller or blurrier flower visitors remains a challenge.

Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨 In press in Journal of Ecology 🍀 We found plant community thermophilisation 🌿☘️🌡📈 & rapid species range shifts towards 🏔 summits in the 🇨🇭 Alps, but 🌿☘️🌡📈 only shows up when using 0-1 data

➡️ Weighting by 🌿 abundance data dilutes the signal 🌐🧪

@journalofecology.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/4u2y8rft

Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Apr 15

You may have heard of MegaDetector 🐅

What about a MiniDetector? 🪰

In my opinion flatbug is the closest thing we have to a universal insect detector.

Open source and free to use.

Amazing & groundbreaking work lead by @asgersvenning.bsky.social & @qgeissmann.bsky.social

Asger Svenning @asgersvenning.com · Apr 14

I am excited to share that my first first-author paper, “A General Method for Detection and Segmentation of Terrestrial Arthropods in Images,” is now available on preprint.

If you are interested take a look at my blog (asgersvenning.com/flat-bug/) or consider reading the pre-print (linked below).

Asger Svenning @asgersvenning.com · Apr 14

I am excited to share that my first first-author paper, “A General Method for Detection and Segmentation of Terrestrial Arthropods in Images,” is now available on preprint.

If you are interested take a look at my blog (asgersvenning.com/flat-bug/) or consider reading the pre-print (linked below).

Valentin Ștefan @veralis.bsky.social · Apr 13

Our latest research explores how YOLO object detectors, trained on citizen science images, perform on unseen time-lapse images of pollinators captured with a fixed smartphone setup. While successful for larger pollinators, detecting smaller or blurrier flower visitors remains a challenge.

Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Mar 18

Last year we hosted the first Aarhus Computational Entomology Summer School 💻🐞

20 talented participants got inspired about AI for insect monitoring 🤖📸🐝

So much 5⭐ feedback

A week of free tuition, food and lodging in a National Park 🐎 so not surprising

This year: Up to 20 more lucky people! 🍀

Quentin Geissmann @qgeissmann.bsky.social · Mar 14

Aarhus Comprehensive Computational Entomology Summer School (ACCESS-2025). Learn how to develop and apply novel technologies to insect ecology. *Deadline April 15th* for this fully funded (through @insectai.bsky.social) opportunity! More on darsa.info/ACCESS-2025/

Quentin Geissmann @qgeissmann.bsky.social · Mar 14

Aarhus Comprehensive Computational Entomology Summer School (ACCESS-2025). Learn how to develop and apply novel technologies to insect ecology. *Deadline April 15th* for this fully funded (through @insectai.bsky.social) opportunity! More on darsa.info/ACCESS-2025/

Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Jan 16

@qgeissmann.bsky.social @tokehoye.bsky.social

Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Jan 16

🚨WEBINAR ALERT🚨(free)

The #insect monitoring toolbox includes a suite of #sensors for automated data collection.

But what can they achieve?

Find out next Friday with fascinating talks from
@drolnick.bsky.social, Emily Bick, Mikkel Brydegaard & Eva Knop

wildlabs.net/event/automa...

Automated Insect Monitoring Across Modalities | WILDLABS

Webinar on insect sensing systems

wildlabs.net

Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · Jan 16

Listen up! Our next monitoring webinar explores #bioacoustics
Explore implementation w/ insights from Carlos Abrahams & @jamiealison.bsky.social
🗓️ 21 Jan., 13:00-14:30 CET
👉 Register: https://www.biodiversa.eu/2025/01/16/unveiling-biodiversity-with-sound-a-bioacoustics-monitoring-webinar/

Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · Jan 15

🙋‍♂️ doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Deep learning to extract the meteorological by‐catch of wildlife cameras

Cameras and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing data collection in ecology. However, wildlife cameras capture more than just wildlife; they also tell us about the environmental challenges fac....

doi.org

Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Jan 15

📖Published📖

In our new perspective article, Cowans et al. attempt to conceptualise a general workflow associated with automated tools in ecology. Read more here 👇

https://buff.ly/427sDSz

Valentin Ștefan @veralis.bsky.social · Jan 13

📢 Excited to share our new paper: "Utilising affordable smartphones and open-source time-lapse photography for pollinator image collection and annotation" 🌼📸
What taxonomists can achieve using only field-captured images from a fixed setup?

🔗 Read it here: www.pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...

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