Fifth workshop on pollinator monitoring as part of the Easy-RIDER project.

In this 2 hours session we will have researchers of Indian origin or researchers working in Indian organisations present their work on insect monitoring. The three talks comprise the use of a mobile application for pest management by smallholder cotton farmers in rural India, insect biodiversity monitoring and conservation in the northern western ghats of India, and designing machine learning tools for moth camera traps. The talks will be followed by a short discussion on ways to increase cross-geography collaborations.

Agenda (UTC time, check here your local time here): 

13:30 – Welcome – Aditya Jain (University of Toronto & Mila)

13:35 – Automated Pest Recognition for Small Holder Cotton Farmers: Lessons from the Field – Jerome White (Wadhwani AI)

14:10 – Ecology and Conservation of Indian Insect Pollinators – Swapna R. Purandare (IIIT-Delhi)

14:45 – Machine Learning Tools for Moth Camera Traps – Aditya Jain (University of Toronto & Mila)

15:20 – Discussion

15:30 – Close