Computer scientists are tackling ecology — and helping ecologists — by bringing machine learning into nature to help identify wildlife

By Shelly Leachman
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 13:00
Santa Barbara, CA

Facing a daunting, digital pile millions of photographs high, how would you find the few images you need? Could you, even? It’s a classic needle-in-a-haystack conundrum, and it’s a blaring reality for ecologists, resource managers and farmers who use camera traps to track wildlife.

CS Newsletter, Winter 2018

The latest newsletter from the Department of Computer Science features profiles of new faculty members, highlights of faculty awards and honors, accomplished CS students, and more. To view the full newsletter, please click here. 

The Curie-osity Project is a collaborative effort between the McEnroe Reading Clinic and Girls Inc.(link is external), the Curie-osity Project introduces young women in grades 4 through 6 to the women scientists and engineers of the UC Santa Barbara community.

The students:

The Computing Research Association (CRA) has announced its 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Winners. Congratulations to our undergraduates Andy Rosales, Dana Nguyen, and Ke Ni, who were selected for Honorable Mention.

• Andy Rosales, Advisors: Chandra Krintz and Rich Wolski.
• Dana Nguyen, Advisor: Elizabeth Belding.
• Ke Ni, Advisor: William Wang.

Details: https://cra.org/2018-outstanding-undergraduate-researcher-award-winners/