November 20 Roundtable Announcement

[Liying Li]

Dear Colleagues, 

This week's NCEAS Roundtable will feature Liying Li,  Gulf Ecosystem Initiative postdoctoral researcher at NCEAS.

AI data science for species distribution modeling and biodiversity monitoring

Liying Li

Thursday, November 20 @ 12:00 PM

NCEAS Lounge

1021 Anacapa Street, 3rd Floor

and on Zoom, 

Abstract: Biodiversity monitoring and forecasting are challenged by a lack of long-term and large-scale consistent monitoring data, which can bias our vision of biodiversity and how they are impacted by environmental change. In this talk, Liying uses two her recent works to show how deep learning models track species range change with extreme events, such as storm surge, and long-term impacts of sea level rises on avian functional biodiversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.. 

Bio: Liying is a postdoctoral researcher at NCEAS funded by NOAA RESTORE program. Her
background combines environmental engineering, environmental policy and economics,
and machine learning data science! She acquired her doctoral degree from UC Merced,
where she modeled species distribution for multi-benefit land use of California’s Central
Valley. Liying has a genuine interest in using environmental data to tell stories that
inform and transform conservation so nature and culture thrive together. 

Hope to see you there!

Best regards,

Liying