A platform for monitoring forest canopy cover
We recently completed a technical investigation into leveraging Sentinel satellite imagery for monitoring forest canopy cover in forested areas in... Continue reading →
Future Led: Superintelligent AI
I recently attended Future Led: Superintelligent AI – Social Saviour or world threat? The event was the second I have... Continue reading →
Innovations in Biodiversity Data Management
As part of a webinar series hosted by the CSIRO, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) recently held a webinar... Continue reading →
Artificial Intelligence for fish species identification
As we wrote in our previous blog, the “Counting Fish” challenge was put forward by the Australian Institute of Marine... Continue reading →
Biodiversity and high-performance computing
On Friday, 14th, May, I went to an event at the University of Western Australia, titled “Global biodiversity hotspot with... Continue reading →
Checking in with our (spatial) Data Scientists
Our Data Science team meet regularly to talk about our workloads, upcoming projects and emerging technologies. With software engineers, business... Continue reading →
The NAFI app is changing the way work is planned in the field
Controlled burning is underway across the western and central parts of tropical north Australia. As we move into the dry... Continue reading →
The data science of plant trait data
Data Science is a large and growing multidisciplinary field that employs scientific method, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge... Continue reading →
Counting fish – supporting research at the Australian Institute of Marine Science
You may have heard the news on Tuesday from the Commonwealth government media release where the Minister for Industry, Science and... Continue reading →
The ALA and Big Data for Biodiversity
On Wednesday 9 December, Chris Roach and I attended a webinar hosted by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), celebrating... Continue reading →
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Data Science Upskilling Bootcamp
A new and interesting trend is emerging as teachers from all over the world embrace virtual training. It opens many... Continue reading →
Twenty years of WA floristic data
I’ve been with Gaia Resources for six years now (!), and grateful to have found a home where my specialist... Continue reading →
The Data Challenge for (Citizen) Science
DATA. It takes centre stage for all science projects – its definition, collection, organisation, analysis and as a significant part... Continue reading →
Technology and Environmental Regulation
I was recently asked the question: what can a technology company do for environmental regulation? It’s a great question and... Continue reading →
Big Data and Biodiversity
Last week, the WA Mega Data Cluster ran an event “Big Data for Biodiversity”, which had a range of speakers... Continue reading →
Science = ideas + data + communication
Piers’ note: Over the past few years, citizen science has been a significant part of our work here at Gaia... Continue reading →