POSTPONED Virtual Pudding Seminar: Mala Virdee (MCR)

Mala Virdee (MCR), ‘Monitoring whales by satellite using deep learning’

Great whales were hunted almost to extinction in the 20th century. Since whaling ceased, populations are slowly recovering, but in many areas this is threatened by anthropogenic threats such as climate change, habitat destruction and ship strikes. Understanding the abundance and distribution of whale species is critical for aiding population recovery. This MRes project, conducted at the British Antarctic Survey, utilizes advances in computer vision and deep learning to automate the monitoring of whales in high-resolution satellite imagery.

Mala is a student on the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in the Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER).

All staff, students, senior members and alumnae are very warmly invited to attend the Pudding Seminars via Zoom.