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GIS Seminar: Geospatial AI for Beehive Health

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09. oktober 2024, 11:00-12:00

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Kvartsitten (3rd floor of Realfagbygget opposite the mammoth)

Dear All,

We are excited to continue our monthly seminar series on geospatial methods, and we invite you to join us for the next talk in the series. This month, we will feature a presentation by Julien Vadnais, a new PhD candidate who will present the findings from his master thesis. His work focuses on the use of geospatial AI to predict the health of honey bee colonies in various landscapes:

Talk Title: Applications of geospatial artificial intelligence and big data to assess the effects of landscape on beehives' health

Abstract:
Honey bees play a critical role in ecosystems, but in recent years, colony mortality rates have been on the rise. This presentation will explore how geospatial data and machine learning can be used to predict beehive health across different landscapes. Coupling a unique dataset comprising georeferenced health reports on 6,704 colonies in the province of Quebec, Canada, with various remote sensing products, we computed landscape metrics at multiple scales and ran a Random Survival Forests (RSF) model to predict the lifespan of colonies in various landscape scenarios.

Date: Wednesday 9th of October 13:00
Location: Kvartsitten (3rd floor of Realfagbygget opposite the mammoth)
Speaker: Julien Vadnais, Department of Earth Science, UiB

Call for Speakers
If you are interested in presenting your geospatial work or know of an external speaker who would be a good fit for our seminar series, please get in touch! We have funding available for three external guest speakers to visit Bergen this semester.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Ben, Suzette, Dan, Elise

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