MSU recognizes the importance of staying at the forefront of AI and machine learning advancements. Opportunities to bridge these new technologies with environmental science and ecology are rapidly expanding and should be explored further. This mixer will include a series of flash talk speakers, followed by networking time for faculty who are currently working on or interested in exploring these new frontiers in ecological research. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. 

Flash talk speakers and topics

• Lydia Beaudrot, Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology - AI for Biodiversity: Past, Present and Future
• Kyla Dahlin, Associate Professor, Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences - Building Digital Forests to Model Ecosystem Processes
• Mohammad Ghassemi, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering - Resource-efficient Machine Learning via Feature Imitation
• Emily Josephs, Assistant Professor, Plant Biology - Machine Learning to Discover New Signatures of Natural Selection in Genomic Data
• Daniel Morris, Associate Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering - AI-Based Animal Activity Monitoring and Interventions