Jenna Kline
@jennakline.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ The Ohio State University
autonomous systems | edge computing | robotics | animal ecology
I build autonomous aerial systems for ecology missions. 🚁🦓
https://jennamk14.github.io/
autonomous systems | edge computing | robotics | animal ecology
I build autonomous aerial systems for ecology missions. 🚁🦓
https://jennamk14.github.io/
SmartWilds is just the start! Future releases will add GPS tracks, citizen-science data, and multi-season coverage. Big thanks to our amazing team + funders: the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium & The Wilds, NSF ICICLE AI Institute, Imageomics Institute, and the AI & Biodiversity Change Global Center
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
SmartWilds is just the start! Future releases will add GPS tracks, citizen-science data, and multi-season coverage. Big thanks to our amazing team + funders: the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium & The Wilds, NSF ICICLE AI Institute, Imageomics Institute, and the AI & Biodiversity Change Global Center
Our pilot covered 4 days across a 220-acre pasture, monitoring Pere David’s deer, Sichuan takin, Przewalski’s horses, and local Ohio wildlife. Each modality captures different ecological signals: land use, species detection, behavior, habitat change.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our pilot covered 4 days across a 220-acre pasture, monitoring Pere David’s deer, Sichuan takin, Przewalski’s horses, and local Ohio wildlife. Each modality captures different ecological signals: land use, species detection, behavior, habitat change.
SmartWilds is out in the wild at the Imageomics Workshop at NeurIPS! 🐾📡
So excited to share our first multimodal dataset with The Wilds in Ohio, including drone imagery, camera traps, and bioacoustics all synced in time + space for AI + ecology research.
If you’re at NeurIPS, come say hi!
So excited to share our first multimodal dataset with The Wilds in Ohio, including drone imagery, camera traps, and bioacoustics all synced in time + space for AI + ecology research.
If you’re at NeurIPS, come say hi!
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
SmartWilds is out in the wild at the Imageomics Workshop at NeurIPS! 🐾📡
So excited to share our first multimodal dataset with The Wilds in Ohio, including drone imagery, camera traps, and bioacoustics all synced in time + space for AI + ecology research.
If you’re at NeurIPS, come say hi!
So excited to share our first multimodal dataset with The Wilds in Ohio, including drone imagery, camera traps, and bioacoustics all synced in time + space for AI + ecology research.
If you’re at NeurIPS, come say hi!
🎸 Calling all AI/ecology/data heads! Join us at FuncaPalooza 2025 (Aug 18–21 @ Ohio State) for a hands-on workshop exploring how we extract functional traits from images with tools like BioCLIP 2 & Prompt-CAM.
Apply by June 23!
🔗 imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...
#CV4Nature #ecology #AI
Apply by June 23!
🔗 imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...
#CV4Nature #ecology #AI
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🎸 Calling all AI/ecology/data heads! Join us at FuncaPalooza 2025 (Aug 18–21 @ Ohio State) for a hands-on workshop exploring how we extract functional traits from images with tools like BioCLIP 2 & Prompt-CAM.
Apply by June 23!
🔗 imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...
#CV4Nature #ecology #AI
Apply by June 23!
🔗 imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...
#CV4Nature #ecology #AI
MMLA captures the same species across diverse environments (Kenya & Ohio) to train drones for generalizable, autonomous animal ecology studies. 🦒🐾
Check out our poster and connect with me at #CV4Animals!
Check out our poster and connect with me at #CV4Animals!
June 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
MMLA captures the same species across diverse environments (Kenya & Ohio) to train drones for generalizable, autonomous animal ecology studies. 🦒🐾
Check out our poster and connect with me at #CV4Animals!
Check out our poster and connect with me at #CV4Animals!
Excited to attend the #ClimateRoboticsSummit! It's been fantastic learning from others in the field, especially the panel on biodiversity. On Wednesday, I’ll pitch my research on ‘Edge AI for Autonomous, Scalable, Real-time Ecosystem Monitoring with Drones.’
May 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Excited to attend the #ClimateRoboticsSummit! It's been fantastic learning from others in the field, especially the panel on biodiversity. On Wednesday, I’ll pitch my research on ‘Edge AI for Autonomous, Scalable, Real-time Ecosystem Monitoring with Drones.’
Apply here by May 1st: www.sdu.dk/da/uas/summe...
I attended last year and had an incredible experience! Learned a ton about drone hardware & computer vision, got hands-on flight experience, and worked with an amazing team!
I attended last year and had an incredible experience! Learned a ton about drone hardware & computer vision, got hands-on flight experience, and worked with an amazing team!
April 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Apply here by May 1st: www.sdu.dk/da/uas/summe...
I attended last year and had an incredible experience! Learned a ton about drone hardware & computer vision, got hands-on flight experience, and worked with an amazing team!
I attended last year and had an incredible experience! Learned a ton about drone hardware & computer vision, got hands-on flight experience, and worked with an amazing team!
Decades of ecological work at The Wilds have shown how reclaimed landscapes support biodiversity. I’m grateful for the opportunity to present and connect with researchers pushing innovation in conservation. More on research at The Wilds: www.thewilds.org/science
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Decades of ecological work at The Wilds have shown how reclaimed landscapes support biodiversity. I’m grateful for the opportunity to present and connect with researchers pushing innovation in conservation. More on research at The Wilds: www.thewilds.org/science
It was inspiring to see growing interest in combining robotics, AI, and ecology for conservation. The Wilds is a unique site for this research—once a mining area, now a conservation haven, offering valuable insights into habitat restoration and wildlife adaptation.
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It was inspiring to see growing interest in combining robotics, AI, and ecology for conservation. The Wilds is a unique site for this research—once a mining area, now a conservation haven, offering valuable insights into habitat restoration and wildlife adaptation.
Visited Muskingum University this weekend to give a talk at the Conservation Science Symposium hosted by The Wilds. My talk, From Ohio to Kenya: Autonomous Drones in Field Ecology and Conservation, explored how edge AI aids real-time animal detection and tracking.
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Visited Muskingum University this weekend to give a talk at the Conservation Science Symposium hosted by The Wilds. My talk, From Ohio to Kenya: Autonomous Drones in Field Ecology and Conservation, explored how edge AI aids real-time animal detection and tracking.
It was great to reconnect with ACM-W OSU leaders and engage with Ohio’s vibrant computing community. Always inspired by the energy at #OCWiC!
celebration.ocwic.org
celebration.ocwic.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was great to reconnect with ACM-W OSU leaders and engage with Ohio’s vibrant computing community. Always inspired by the energy at #OCWiC!
celebration.ocwic.org
celebration.ocwic.org
It was great to share how my research has evolved from piloting manual drone missions to deploying autonomous drones for adaptive behavior monitoring. Thank you to my collaborators and supporters: @abcglobalcenter.bsky.social, @imageomics.bsky.social, ICICLE AI Institute, and WildDrone!
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was great to share how my research has evolved from piloting manual drone missions to deploying autonomous drones for adaptive behavior monitoring. Thank you to my collaborators and supporters: @abcglobalcenter.bsky.social, @imageomics.bsky.social, ICICLE AI Institute, and WildDrone!
Had a full-circle moment at the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing #OCWiC this weekend! I first attended two years ago as a junior PhD student, fresh from my first field trip to Kenya. Now, as a PhD candidate, I returned to present my latest work after a second Kenya trip.
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Had a full-circle moment at the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing #OCWiC this weekend! I first attended two years ago as a junior PhD student, fresh from my first field trip to Kenya. Now, as a PhD candidate, I returned to present my latest work after a second Kenya trip.
Super cool demo! I tested out the segmentation on some drone imagery of zebras I collected in Kenya a few weeks back - it worked really well!
February 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Super cool demo! I tested out the segmentation on some drone imagery of zebras I collected in Kenya a few weeks back - it worked really well!
I put together a short video to share what it’s like doing field research in Kenya as a computer scientist—testing autonomous drones, tracking wildlife, and working with an incredible team at the #WildDroneEU Hackathon in Ol Pejeta Conservancy 🦓🎬 #WildlifeTech #Fieldwork
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I put together a short video to share what it’s like doing field research in Kenya as a computer scientist—testing autonomous drones, tracking wildlife, and working with an incredible team at the #WildDroneEU Hackathon in Ol Pejeta Conservancy 🦓🎬 #WildlifeTech #Fieldwork
Find out more about the WildDrone project here 👉 wilddrone.eu
January 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Find out more about the WildDrone project here 👉 wilddrone.eu
🌍🐾 Greetings from Kenya! I'm here doing fieldwork with the #WildDroneEU Hackathon. We're an interdisciplinary research collaboration working to develop autonomous drones for wildlife conservation. Excited to share this adventure! 🚁📸🦓 #AI4Wildlife #FieldworkDiaries #ConservationTech #OlPejeta
January 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🌍🐾 Greetings from Kenya! I'm here doing fieldwork with the #WildDroneEU Hackathon. We're an interdisciplinary research collaboration working to develop autonomous drones for wildlife conservation. Excited to share this adventure! 🚁📸🦓 #AI4Wildlife #FieldworkDiaries #ConservationTech #OlPejeta
Huge thanks to our team, Mpala Research Centre, and @imageomics.bsky.social for making this possible.
Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/ima...
#AI #Ecology #WildlifeConservation
Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/ima...
#AI #Ecology #WildlifeConservation
December 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Huge thanks to our team, Mpala Research Centre, and @imageomics.bsky.social for making this possible.
Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/ima...
#AI #Ecology #WildlifeConservation
Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/ima...
#AI #Ecology #WildlifeConservation
Why KABR matters:
It captures wild behaviors in natural habitats via drones, addressing limitations of controlled datasets.
This work advances conservation & AI, enabling better analysis of wildlife interactions.
It captures wild behaviors in natural habitats via drones, addressing limitations of controlled datasets.
This work advances conservation & AI, enabling better analysis of wildlife interactions.
December 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Why KABR matters:
It captures wild behaviors in natural habitats via drones, addressing limitations of controlled datasets.
This work advances conservation & AI, enabling better analysis of wildlife interactions.
It captures wild behaviors in natural habitats via drones, addressing limitations of controlled datasets.
This work advances conservation & AI, enabling better analysis of wildlife interactions.
What’s new?
We expand KABR with:
1️⃣ Detailed dataset stats 📊
2️⃣ Benchmarks incl. SOTA transformers 🤖
3️⃣ Pretraining on human action datasets 🏃♂️➡️🐾
4️⃣ Insights into long-tailed behavior distributions.
We expand KABR with:
1️⃣ Detailed dataset stats 📊
2️⃣ Benchmarks incl. SOTA transformers 🤖
3️⃣ Pretraining on human action datasets 🏃♂️➡️🐾
4️⃣ Insights into long-tailed behavior distributions.
December 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
What’s new?
We expand KABR with:
1️⃣ Detailed dataset stats 📊
2️⃣ Benchmarks incl. SOTA transformers 🤖
3️⃣ Pretraining on human action datasets 🏃♂️➡️🐾
4️⃣ Insights into long-tailed behavior distributions.
We expand KABR with:
1️⃣ Detailed dataset stats 📊
2️⃣ Benchmarks incl. SOTA transformers 🤖
3️⃣ Pretraining on human action datasets 🏃♂️➡️🐾
4️⃣ Insights into long-tailed behavior distributions.
🚨 New Publication Alert!
We deep dive into KABR: a dataset for ungulate behavior recognition from drone footage at Mpala Research Centre, Kenya. 🦒🦓
KABR features reticulated giraffes, plains zebras, and Grévy’s zebras with 10+ hours of annotated video.
Explore: kabrdata.xyz
We deep dive into KABR: a dataset for ungulate behavior recognition from drone footage at Mpala Research Centre, Kenya. 🦒🦓
KABR features reticulated giraffes, plains zebras, and Grévy’s zebras with 10+ hours of annotated video.
Explore: kabrdata.xyz
December 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
🚨 New Publication Alert!
We deep dive into KABR: a dataset for ungulate behavior recognition from drone footage at Mpala Research Centre, Kenya. 🦒🦓
KABR features reticulated giraffes, plains zebras, and Grévy’s zebras with 10+ hours of annotated video.
Explore: kabrdata.xyz
We deep dive into KABR: a dataset for ungulate behavior recognition from drone footage at Mpala Research Centre, Kenya. 🦒🦓
KABR features reticulated giraffes, plains zebras, and Grévy’s zebras with 10+ hours of annotated video.
Explore: kabrdata.xyz
Counting down to winter break with three books on my must-read list: The Exceptions 📖 (thrilling women-in-STEM history), The Internet of Animals 🐾 (exploring tech & wildlife connections), and SPQR 🏛️ (inspired by my recent trip). What are you reading this winter? Any recommendations? 📚❄️
December 14, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Counting down to winter break with three books on my must-read list: The Exceptions 📖 (thrilling women-in-STEM history), The Internet of Animals 🐾 (exploring tech & wildlife connections), and SPQR 🏛️ (inspired by my recent trip). What are you reading this winter? Any recommendations? 📚❄️
How does it work? 🌞📡 3/4G-enabled solar-powered cameras linked to the #ConservationAI platform enable real-time species detection and inference. A sustainable, cutting-edge solution for wildlife monitoring! Learn more: www.conservationai.co.uk #ConservationTech #EdgeAI
December 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
How does it work? 🌞📡 3/4G-enabled solar-powered cameras linked to the #ConservationAI platform enable real-time species detection and inference. A sustainable, cutting-edge solution for wildlife monitoring! Learn more: www.conservationai.co.uk #ConservationTech #EdgeAI
Real-time AI in action! 🐦 Researchers used YOLOv10 to monitor curlews & chicks in Wales with 95%+ accuracy. Incredible progress in using tech to protect biodiversity! 🌍💡 Read here: arxiv.org/pdf/2411.15263 #ConservationTech #EdgeAI #Biodiversity
December 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Real-time AI in action! 🐦 Researchers used YOLOv10 to monitor curlews & chicks in Wales with 95%+ accuracy. Incredible progress in using tech to protect biodiversity! 🌍💡 Read here: arxiv.org/pdf/2411.15263 #ConservationTech #EdgeAI #Biodiversity
The future of AI-driven ecology is on the edge. 🖥️ Smarter devices mean deeper insights into animal behavior and healthier ecosystems. 🌳 Ready to scale your research? The time is now! 🌟 #ConservationTech
December 6, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The future of AI-driven ecology is on the edge. 🖥️ Smarter devices mean deeper insights into animal behavior and healthier ecosystems. 🌳 Ready to scale your research? The time is now! 🌟 #ConservationTech