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  • Mtg ANN: Using computer vision AI to help protect the worlds rarest dol

    From dn@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 9 11:26:52 2023
    Wed 16 Aug 2023, 1800~20:30 NZST (0600~0830 UTC, late-Tue in US)
    Details and RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/nzpug-auckland/events/295091858/


    Teaching a computer to see. How computer vision is helping to protect
    the world’s rarest dolphin and how you can train your own model.

    Tane van der Boon will talk about the MAUI63 project, and then lead us
    through how to train and utilise a custom computer vision object
    detector. Essentially allowing our software to be able to see.

    MAUI63 was given its name because when the venture began, there were
    only 63 Māui dolphins left in existence. Using drone technology and AI
    to collect and process visual data, the founders took action to collect
    data to help save the world’s rarest dolphin from extinction and
    influence future marine conservation efforts.

    The MAUI63 team uses a customised drone to find and track the movement
    of dolphins, and enables individual dolphins to be identified through
    their fin markings. The information collected can then be used to inform
    better data driven decisions on how best to protect them.

    Later, Tane will lead us through a smaller task to build our own image recognizer. (more details in due course...)


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    Regards =dn

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    =dn

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