Solution Partners

Webinar: Using computer vision to keep track of animals in the wild

Webinar: Using computer vision to keep track of animals in the wild

On 29 October Jan Kees Schakel will join Mike Kraus of Vantage AI for the webinar ‘Using computer vision to keep track of animals in the wild’ to show how our Solution Partner Vantage AI helped us to develop an image recognition solution.

Camera trapping for wildlife insights

Camera trapping for wildlife insights

Last year we announced Vantage AI as our newest Solution Partner, and we are proud to announce our first close collaboration: creating an algorithm that is able to detect species from different regions across the globe that are captured by a camera trap.

Optimising Ranger Patrols

Optimising Ranger Patrols

In this blog post we illustrate how our tools and engineers created models that estimate risks and suggest patrol routes to support our Field Partners.

Vantage AI strengthens Sensing Clues Wildlife Intelligence

Vantage AI joins the Sensing Clues alliance!

In close collaboration with Sensing Clues and its partners, data scientists of Vantage AI will work on challenging projects ranging from computer vision to advanced spatial analytics, to further develop the Sensing Clues Wildlife Insights tool suite.

4000 euro for wildlife risk prediction model!

4000 euro for wildlife risk prediction model!

Today the Dutch MarkLogic team ended their MarkLogic Charity Bike Ride, which took them from London to Amsterdam to Utrecht. The weather was good and the spirits high! By the end of their 3-day journey they had raised 4000 euro for the protection of wildlife!

Why MarkLogic? Customers explain..

For some it’s technical magic, for us it’s all about strengthening rangers using cutting edge technologies in harsh and demanding environments.

At 0.33 minutes of this video, Brigade General of the Ministry of Defence explains in clear language the operational value of technologies like MarkLogic in warfare.

If you can’t wait to see how Sensing Clues is using it, jump to 3.19 minutes!

RangerCampus and Sensing Clues join forces!

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The mission of the Ranger Campus Foundation is to protect wildlife by strengthening law enforcement in protected areas. They do so by developing and providing law enforcement training and e-learning for wildlife rangers. Through their fieldwork, Ranger Campus has in-depth knowledge of, and experience with, the multitude of challenges that rangers face. We are therefore happy to announce that RangerCampus has become Field Partner of Sensing Clues Foundation!

Our joint aim is to strengthen the information position and operational capabilities of rangers. Where Sensing Clues and her technology-partners develop the required technologies, Ranger Campus helps us to identify technology requirements, organise field tests, provide us with first-hand ranger-feedback, and develop training materials where needed.

Together, we turn wild spaces into safe havens!

DataLab for Wildlife Protection

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More species are being threatened with extinction than ever before. To protect them we need to bring together and boost our strengths!

In regular life we use technologies to tackle all kinds of problems. So should we when it comes to the protection of wildlife.

To accelerate data-driven innovation, Sensing Clues, together with Nieuwegein CityDIKW Intelligence and Bluemine, set up the Nieuwegein Datalab (NGDL).

The DataLab is a meeting space and hands-on laboratory for everyone interested in Data Science, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence. A space to experiment, to develop and challenge new ideas.

Working together with professionals, scientists, and students, Sensing Clues uses the DataLab as incubator for data driven solutions for the protection of wildlife.

Curious? Below are two of the projects we are working on:

  • Sound Event Recognition for Vigilance and Localisation (SERVAL)

  • Wildlife Crime Analyst Toolbox (WildCAT)

Want to join one of our projects or to start a data-driven wildlife protection project of your own? Just drop us a note to start your expedition!

Data Scientists saving rhinos!

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On Friday 7th July 2017 JADS will host the first-ever Wildlife Hackathon. During a full day of data- and brain-crunching activity, no less than 50 students and two data science teams of KPN and DIKW will dedicate themselves to find ways in which data can save some of the most threatened species in Africa.

The competing teams will be presented with two challenges. One presented by the Resource Ecology Group of Wageningen University. The other by Sensing Clues.

The challenge presented by Wageningen University is aimed at the preservation of rhino’s, by finding correlations between the time-spatial distribution and movement of zebra herds versus the presence of poachers wandering through the park. The brilliance of this  approach is that the rhino’s do not have to be equipped with radio-beacons, which are easy to detect by professional poachers.

The challenge presented by Sensing Clues is aimed at reducing the conflict between humans and elephants. By accurately recognising the sounds of approaching elephants, villagers can be warned in time, thus preventing deadly confrontations (see also: SERVAL sensor). In this hackathon the students will be challenged to outperform the classifier created by Hugo, our most experienced data scientist.

This unique event is the result of a close collaboration between JADS and a Game Reserve in South Africa. Journalists interested in joining the event may contact Patricia Beks (p.beks at tue.nl / tel. + 31 (0) 6 31 242 757).