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Soumya Bhattacharyya

@soumyabhatta
| He

IT Professional wanting to learn about IT in Wildlife and conservation

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AI for Conservation

Friends,

Very excited to be a new member of the community!

I have spent my 30 years career in mainstream traditional IT. But always loved and longed to do something meaningful in wildlife and conservation. So I have a simple goal. Switch to some form of IT related to wildlife and conservation and work in that area rest of your working life!

I have 3 - 6 months. Advice? Thoughts?

Soumya

Carly Batist

@carlybatist | she/her

Science Outreach Lead-Rainforest Connection (RFCx) & ArbimonEcoacoustics, biodiversity monitoring, primates, lemurs

11 June 2022 1:39pm

Do you have any particular areas of interest within using AI for conservation tech? e.g., camera trapping, tracking/telemetry, passive acoustic monitoring, eDNA, etc.

You might also check out the Conservation Tech Directory to see what other kinds of companies, organizations, etc. are involved in those different spaces and which are best aligned with what would want to do.

Soumya Bhattacharyya

@soumyabhatta | He

IT Professional wanting to learn about IT in Wildlife and conservation

11 June 2022 3:10pm

Thanks Carly. No special areas of interest for now although that will happen over time. Thanks so much for your reply. I will check the Conservation Tech directory out.

Soumya