Sara Beery: Camera Trapping Software

WILDLABS Virtual Meetup: Camera Trapping Speaker: Sara Beery, NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Caltech and Research Intern at Google Camera traps have been a key part of the conservation toolkit for decades. Remotely triggered video or still cameras allow researchers and managers to monitor cryptic species, survey populations, and support enforcement responses by documenting illegal activities. Increasingly, machine learning is being Camera traps have been a key part of the conservation toolkit for decades. Remotely triggered video or still cameras allow researchers and managers to monitor cryptic species, survey populations, and support enforcement responses by documenting illegal activities. Increasingly, machine learning is being implemented to automate the processing of data generated by camera traps. A study published earlier this year showed that, despite being well-established and widely used tools in conservation, progress in the development of camera traps has plateaued since the emergence of the modern model in the mid-2000s, leaving users struggling with many of the same issues they faced a decade ago. That manufacturer ratings have not improved over time, despite technological advancements, demonstrates the need for a new generation of innovative conservation camera traps. This meetup will address existing efforts, established needs, and what a next-generation camera trap might look like - including the integration of AI for data processing through initiatives like Wildlife Insights and Wild Me. Speakers - Roland Kays, Research Professor at North Carolina State University and the Head of the Biodiversity Lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences (https://youtu.be/cSzWJtNbPjs) - Sam Seccombe, Technical Project Manager and Field Specialist in the Conservation Tech Unit at ZSL (https://youtu.be/PTmPiZeu16I) - Sara Beery, NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Caltech and Research Intern at Google (https://youtu.be/7B_sf7mnpkc - includes discussion with all speakers) Notes and full recording: https://www.wildlabs.net/resources/community-announcements/wildlabs-virtual-meetup-recording-camera-trapping To learn about upcoming meetups, join the WILDLABS Community: https://www.wildlabs.net/user/register The WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Series is a program of webinars that bring leading engineers in the tech sector together with conservation practitioners to share information, identify obstacles, and discuss how to best move forward. Full archive is available here: https://www.wildlabs.net/virtual-meetups Music: www.bensound.com