Getting our @raspberrypi.com–based insect monitoring units ready for field deployment. 🐝🌸🌾

Exciting first day at the National Geographic Explorers Festival 2025! Amazing to meet fellow explorers in person for the first time and hear about their inspiring work. #NatGeo

Finally spotted a blue-banded bee in my garden.
#nativebee #Australia

My bee hotel just welcomed its very first guest! 🐝🌸 #BeeHotel #PollinatorFriendly

I presented this research at the #CV4Animals workshop held in conjunction with @cvprconference.bsky.social 2021. #CVPR

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Our algorithm, HyDaT (Hybrid Detection and Tracking), combines background subtraction with deep learning-based object detection #YOLO to accurately detect and track honeybees, even amidst environmental changes. It achieved an accuracy of 86.6% on a custom dataset.

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Thrilled to join Bluesky! 🦋

Here’s an artistic take on my work, courtesy of @openaidalle.bsky.social.

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