Wednesday 3 July, 09:30 – 17:00 (BST)
Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most exciting and transformative developments of modern times. This joint event run by our Data and Electronics & Computing Special Interest Groups will cover a wide range of questions relating to the two-way dialogue between insect science and emerging artificial intelligence technologies. These include, but are not limited to: 

• How can insect science benefit from emerging technologies today and in the near future, and what are the main challenges to successful implementation?
• How can we design robust AI systems for analysing and integrating noisy datasets which can effectively deal with inconsistencies and errors;  what are the specific challenges for insect datasets?
• How can we efficiently implement autodidactic (i.e. self-) learning for field-deployable data acquisition and analysis systems?
• How can we overcome the challenges posed by operating technology at the edge?
• How can insect science inform the future development of AI systems?

Specific topics might include, for example:

• The use of AI technology in digital taxonomy.
• AI technology in insect ‘omics and molecular ecology.
• Image processing and machine learning for fully automated data capture in the field;
• The implications of using large language models such as Google Bard & ChatGPT for data mining.
• Using AI technology in community science datasets such as iRecord/NBN, and many more.

Keynote speakers

Details of the keynote speakers will be announced soon.

Abstract submission

We welcome abstracts across all the topics listed above and others that are relevant to the main themes of the conference. We are accepting abstracts for both in-person and online talks and posters (online posters will be circulated PDFs).

Abstract deadline: 17:00 (BST), Friday 19 April

Registration

Registration is now open at the bottom of this page. Please note there are discounted rates for members of the RES, so if you are not a member already, consider joining today!

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SIG convenors

• James Gilbert, University of Hull (Data SIG convenor)
• Mark O’Neill, Tumbling Dice Ltd (Electronic and Computing Technology SIG convenor)

Location

Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre
Syngenta
Warfield
Bracknell
RG42 6EY