{"id":825934,"date":"2022-03-18T14:51:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T21:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-blog-post&#038;p=825934"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:11:27","slug":"biodiversity-surveys-research-compilation","status":"publish","type":"msr-blog-post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/articles\/biodiversity-surveys-research-compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity surveys research compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A compilation of research being done at Microsoft on accelerating biodiversity surveys with AI<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">We apply machine learning tools to a variety of image sources \u2013 including motion-triggered camera traps, aerial cameras, and microphones \u2013 to accelerate ecologists\u2019 workflows. Our team spans Microsoft Research,\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/aiforearth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft AI for Earth<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and the\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/aiforgood\">AI for Good Research Lab<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Code<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/CameraTraps\">Accelerating the processing of images from motion-triggered camera traps<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/SpeciesClassification\">Species classification from handheld photos<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/aerial_wildlife_detection\">Active learning for wildlife detection in aerial images<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/arcticseals\">Detecting seals in aerial imagery<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(w\/<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA Fisheries<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/belugasounds\">Using machine learning to detect beluga whale calls in hydrophone recordings<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(w\/<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA Fisheries<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/Multi_Species_Bioacoustic_Classification\">Multi-species bioacoustic classification<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(w\/<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sieve-analytics.com\/\">Sieve Analytics<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Data<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In collaboration with many partners, we maintain a repository of labeled conservation images, the\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lila.science\/\">Labeled Information Library of Alexandria: Biology and Conservation<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, aka \u201cLILA\u201d, pronounced \u201clie-la\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Demos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/speciesclassification\">Species classification from handheld photos<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/cameratraps\">Object detection in camera trap images<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>APIs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aiforearth.portal.azure-api.net\/docs\/services\/5b183aa7d114573c1fd1d383\/operations\/classify\">AI for Earth Species Classification API<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/CameraTraps\/tree\/master\/api\/batch_processing\">AI for Earth Camera Trap Image Processing API<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"publications\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Publications and publication-like things<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Derek E. Lee, Md Nasir, Yu-Chia Chen, Avleen S. Bijral, Fred B. Bercovitch, Monica L. Bond. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2021.08.008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social connectedness and movements among communities of giraffes vary by sex and age class<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Science Direct | October 2021<\/li>\n<li>Zhong M, Taylor R, Bates N, Christey D, Basnet H, Flippin J, Palkovitz S, Dodhia R, Ferres JL.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1574954121001242\">Acoustic detection of regionally rare bird species through deep convolutional neural networks<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Ecological Informatics. 2021 May 28:101333.<\/li>\n<li>Zhong M, Torterotot M, Branch TA, Stafford KM, Royer JY, Dodhia R, Lavista Ferres J.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asa.scitation.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1121\/10.0004828?journalCode=jas\">Detecting, classifying, and counting blue whale calls with Siamese neural networks<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2021 May 6;149(5):3086-94.<\/li>\n<li>Gupta G, Kshirsagar M, Zhong M, Gholami S, Ferres JL.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-96446-w\">Comparing recurrent convolutional neural networks for large scale bird species classification<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Scientific reports. 2021 Aug 24;11(1):1-2.<\/li>\n<li>Robinson C, Ortiz A, Hughey L, Stabach JA, Ferres JM.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2106.15448\">Detecting Cattle and Elk in the Wild from Space<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.15448. 2021 Jun 29.<\/li>\n<li>Kellenberger B, Tuia D, Morris D.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/2041-210X.13489\">AIDE: Accelerating Image\u2010Based Ecological Surveys with Interactive Machine Learning<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, September 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Norouzzadeh M, Morris D, Beery S, Joshi N, Jojic N, Clune J.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/2041-210X.13504\">A deep active learning system for species identification and counting in camera trap images<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, October 2020.<\/li>\n<li>LeBien J, Zhong M, Campos-Cerqueira M, Velev JP, Dodhia R, Ferres JL, Aide TM.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1574954120300637\">A pipeline for identification of bird and frog species in tropical soundscape recordings using a convolutional neural network<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Ecological Informatics. 2020 Jun 8:101113.<\/li>\n<li>Zhong M, LeBien J, Campos-Cerqueira M, Dodhia R, Ferres JL, Velev JP, Aide TM.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0003682X20304795\">Multispecies bioacoustic classification using transfer learning of deep convolutional neural networks with pseudo-labeling<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Applied Acoustics. 2020 Sep 1;166:107375.<\/li>\n<li>Shashidhara BM, Mehta D, Kale Y, Morris D, Hazen M.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2005.00116\">Sequence Information Channel Concatenation for Improving Camera Trap Image Burst Classification<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.00116. 2020 Apr 30.<\/li>\n<li>Zhong M, Castellote M, Dodhia R, Lavista J, Keogh M, Brewer A.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asa.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1121\/10.0000921\">Beluga whale acoustic signal classification using deep learning neural network models<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, 1834 (2020).<\/li>\n<li>Beery S, Liu Y, Morris D, Piavis J, Kapoor A, Meister M, Perona P.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1904.05916\">Synthetic examples improve generalization for rare classes<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Winter Conference in Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Aspen, CO, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Zhong M, Castellote M, Dodhia R, Lavista Ferres J, Keogh M, Brewer A.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asa.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1121\/1.5137736\">Improving passive acoustic monitoring applications to the endangered Cook inlet beluga whale<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2019 Oct;146(4).<\/li>\n<li>Norouzzadeh M, Morris D, Beery S, Joshi N, Jojic N, Clune J.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1910.09716\">A deep active learning system for species identification and counting in camera trap images<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09716. 2019 Oct 22.<\/li>\n<li>Beery S, Morris D, Yang S.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1907.06772\">Efficient Pipeline for Camera Trap Image Review<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. KDD Workshop Data Mining and AI for Conservation (DMAIC), Anchorage, AK, August 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Kaeser-Chen C, Birch T, Chou K, Gadot T, Adam H, Belongie S, Robertson T, Fegraus E, Morris D.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vision.cornell.edu\/se3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dmaic.pdf\">Towards Ethical Deployment of AI for Conservation Systems<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. KDD Workshop Data Mining and AI for Conservation (DMAIC), Anchorage, AK, August 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Beery S, Morris D, Yang S, Simon M, Norouzzadeh M, Joshi N.\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/biss.pensoft.net\/article\/37222\/download\/pdf\/\">Efficient Pipeline for Automating Species ID in new Camera Trap Projects<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 2019 Jun 19;3:e37222.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Blogs and blog-like things<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1384184517929343083-wildlife-protection-solutions-nonprofit-ai-for-earth\">Wildlife Protection Solutions helps protect the wildest places with Microsoft AI for Earth<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d. Microsoft Customer Story.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/feature-story\/using-artificial-intelligence-identify-endangered-beluga-whales\">Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Endangered Beluga Whales<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d. NOAA Fisheries News.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/feature-story\/developing-artificial-intelligence-find-ice-seals-and-polar-bears-sky\">Developing Artificial Intelligence to Find Ice Seals and Polar Bears from the Sky<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d. NOAA Fisheries News.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/microsoftazure\/helping-scientists-protect-beluga-whales-with-deep-learning-da897e78bbb9\">Helping Scientists Protect Beluga Whales with Deep Learning<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d. Azure and AI for Earth on Medium.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/cameratrapblogpost\">Accelerating biodiversity surveys with Azure Machine Learning<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d. Azure and AI for Earth on Medium.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/features\/artificial-intelligence-makes-a-splash-in-efforts-to-protect-alaskas-ice-seals-and-beluga-whales\/\">Artificial intelligence makes a splash in efforts to protect Alaska\u2019s ice seals and beluga whales<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d. Microsoft News.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"othermicrosoftstuff\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Other work at Microsoft<\/h3>\n<p>Whoever \u201cwe\u201d are (i.e., the \u201cwe\u201d who maintain this page), \u201cwe\u201d are not the only ones at Microsoft working in this area. Here are some other great projects that our Microsoft colleagues have worked on in the biodiversity space:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/features\/ai-is-helping-when-counting-puffins-is-not-black-and-white\/\">Counting Puffins with AI<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with SSE Renewables)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/transform\/snow-leopard-selfies-ai-save-species\/\">Accelerating camera trap workflows<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with the\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snowleopard.org\/\">Snow Leopard Trust<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cse\/active-learning-for-object-detection\/\">Accelerating seabird surveys with active learning<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/conservationmetrics.com\/\">Conservation Metrics<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cse\/bird-detection-with-azure-ml-workbench\/\">Accelerating seabird surveys with Azure ML Workbench<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/conservationmetrics.com\/\">Conservation Metrics<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cse\/preventing-rhino-poaching-though-microsoft-azure\/\">Accelerating poacher detection<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaceparks.org\/\">Peace Parks<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/en-au\/2018\/11\/30\/northern-territory-nets-advantage-with-cloud-and-ai-automates-fish-census-and-accelerates-scientists-ability-to-protect-the-environment\/\">Accelerating marine video surveys<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with the Northern Territory)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wildnatureinstitute.org\/blog\/wild-nature-institute-penn-state-and-microsoft-azure-work-together-to-find-the-giraffe-in-the-bushes\">Accelerating giraffe surveys<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with the\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wildnatureinstitute.org\/\">Wild Nature Institute<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>) (<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1574954118300426\">paper<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/HealthyCountryAI\">Accelerating drone-based wildlife surveys and land cover mapping<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with Kakadu National Park)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/blogs\/sustainability-works\/posts\/wwf-teams-up-with-microsoft-volunteers-to-protect-pangolins\">WWF\/Microsoft Hackathon to user computer vision to identify illegal pangolin products in online marketplaces<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with WWF)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/blogs\/sustainability-works\/posts\/wwf-teams-up-with-microsoft-volunteers-to-protect-pangolins\">WWF\/Microsoft Hackathon to use computer vision to identify illegal pangolin products in online marketplaces<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(with WWF)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" 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