Biodiversity | Open Science | Technology esp. Computer Vision | Maker. Work: @UK_CEH. Likes #dataviz and #rstats. Views are my own.

Joined September 2011
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Join us in Niš, Serbia | 22–23 April for the InsectAI Annual Meeting 🤩 🗓 Abstract submission deadline: 1 February 2026 📢 Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2026 🎯 Submit your abstract here: 👉 lnkd.in/eftRu76x 📽️ Mediana Naissus #InsectSerbia #InsectAI2026
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New conference on AI and Entomology 🪲💻 Exploring how new methods are changing the way we study insects at a global scale. Call for abstracts @ InsectAI conf. Serbia, April 2026 Submit: forms.office.com/Pages/Respo…
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Call for abstracts 📣 Oral and posters on the topic of monitoring insects with camera systems and/or AI @ InsectAI conf. Serbia, April 2026 💸 We will be able to provide funding to support travel and accommodation for some attendees. Submit: lnkd.in/eftRu76x
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Tom August retweeted
📸Bulk image collection and AI technologies to support #insect #monitoring and #conservation. 🐜This is the mission of @InsectAIers: a #COSTAction that began in 2023 and set to continue until 2027. 📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e1348…. #SDGs #biodiversity #entomology
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Tom August retweeted
Nice to see this feature of our @MAMBO_EU out today!
#EUfunded researchers are using new technologies, including AI, and contributions from ‘citizen scientists’ to improve how we monitor and protect increasingly threatened habitats and species across Europe. Read the full article ➡️ bit.ly/3DWZj7n #ResearchImpactEU
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So cool to read about what the winners of InsectAI funding got up to last year. Computer vision, AI and insects! Our call for the next wave of funding will come out soon. @InsectAIers @ChantalHuijbers @LilitaTeixeira Read more: insectai.eu/stsms-reports/
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This has to be the most remote deployment yet! An amazing experience 🛥️🦎🐤 @AnguillaGov @UK_CEH @MAMBO_EU @InsectAIers
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COP16 has got me thinking a lot about what the focus for the conservation tech community should be. Check out my post if you're interested -> wildlabs.net/article/its-tim…
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Tom August retweeted
24 Oct 2024
Replying to @DavidRoyBRC
@DavidRoyBRC presenting the AMI trap to the Caribbean UKOTs @TomAugust85
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Great to see the @PoMScheme Fit count app getting praise at the #COP16Colombia session on Women &Citizen Science
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Today I will be on the @WILDLABSNET booth at #COP16Colombia . Come along to learn about technology for insect monitoring from us at @UK_CEH as well as our partners at @MAMBO_EU @Mila_Quebec @InsectAIers
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Tom August retweeted
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Thanks to everyone who participated in our panel event with @NHM_London at #COP16Colombia @UKinColombia yesterday Thoughtful discussions in 2 panel debates on the role of AI in addressing the biodiversity crisis & the gaps between #biodiversity targets and implementation
Fantastic conversations and connections being made at @UK_CEH and @NHM_London panels at #COP16Cololombia on AI and modelling
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Great to round out our event with good conversations and a chance to show off the AMI-system (big and little) @UK_CEH @NHM_London
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What are the gaps between GBF targets and our ambitions and implementation? A really interesting and diverse set of views @UK_CEH @NHM_London #COP16Cali
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. #training @UK_CEH Freshwater phytoplankton identification Wallingford nr. Oxford 7-11 July 2025 From £799 Save £100 on early bird discount! ceh.ac.uk/training/freshwate… PL RP @UCCResearch @uccBEES @UCLlaw_env @UCLurbanlab @UK_WIR @UKCEH_LakeEco @UKCEHPapers @UKRI_News
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