AI4AI uses machine learning to classify avian influenza host species from DNA sequences.
problem Classifying avian influenza host species from DNA sequences to reduce emergency response time.
method Quantitative methods using machine learning and deep learning.
result Best deep learning models achieve top-1 classification accuracy of 47%, and top-3 classification accuracy of 82%.
Algorithm predicts zoonotic virus emergence with high accuracy.
problem Precise spatio-temporal prediction of zoonotic virus emergence.
method Machine inference using protein sequence databases.
result Quantitative indicators of jump risk from genotypic changes.
Forest tree species mapped with high accuracy using satellite data.
problem Classifying dominant tree species in Swedish forests.
method Extreme gradient boosting model with Bayesian optimization, combining Sentinel-1/2 satellite data and field observations.
result Overall accuracy of 85%, F1 score of 0.82, Matthews correlation coefficient of 0.81.
Image classification system identifies bumble bee species from images.
problem Manual identification of bumble bee species is time-consuming and requires expert knowledge.
method Transfer learning using Inception, VGG16, VGG19, and ResNet models.
result Inception and VGG classifiers achieved up to 23% accuracy for single species identification.
Deep semi-supervised learning identifies tree species from natural images.
problem Identifying tree species in natural settings with limited labeled data.
method Two-fold approach using deep semi-supervised learning.
result Achieves 94.04% top-5 accuracy for leaves and 83.04% for bark.
The paper uses VGG-19 for plant species classification from leaf images.
problem Manual inspection of plant species by botanists is time-consuming.
method Transfer learning with VGG-19 for feature extraction and classification.
result The model achieves 99.70% accuracy in predicting plant species.
DeepWeeds dataset aids in robust weed species classification for rangeland robotics.
problem Robust classification of weed species in rangeland environments.
method Development of a large multiclass image dataset and application of deep learning models.
result Inception-v3 and ResNet-50 achieved 95.1% and 95.7% classification accuracy, respectively.
Paper improves gas species identification in complex mixtures using neural networks.
problem Identifying gas species in multi-gas mixtures with high accuracy.
method Multi-label neural networks with optimal thresholding for IR spectroscopy.
result Optimal thresholding improves classification performance over conventional methods.
Deep learning identifies frog species and detects new ones.
problem Identifying and detecting new species in morphologically similar groups.
method Machine learning, specifically deep neural networks, applied to frog hind limb skin texture.
result Deep neural networks can classify images into known species and new classes.
Phytoplankton plays an important role in marine ecosystem. It is defined as a biological factor to assess marine quality. The identification of phytoplankton species has a high potential for monitoring environmental, climate changes and for evaluating water quality. However, phytoplankton species identification is not …
Deep learning improves tree species classification accuracy in imbalanced contexts.
problem Inaccurate tree species maps for large areas, especially in imbalanced contexts.
method Used deep learning models (including convolutional and attention-based) on Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite time series data.
result Deep learning models achieve higher accuracy and F1-macro scores compared to Random Forest in imbalanced contexts.
StatEcoNet models species distribution using neural networks to correct observation errors.
problem Correcting observation errors in wildlife surveys for accurate species distribution modeling.
method StatEcoNet integrates a graphical generative model with neural networks to address SDM challenges.
result StatEcoNet outperforms traditional methods on simulated and real datasets.
ConvNet classifies whale vocalizations and ambient noise in acoustic recordings.
problem Automated detection and classification of marine mammal vocalizations in acoustic recordings.
method Convolutional Neural Network with a novel acoustic representation.
result Classifier accurately detects and classifies whale vocalizations and ambient noise.
Unified CNN identifies chemical species from Raman spectra.
problem Challenges in identifying chemical species from Raman spectra due to preprocessing requirements.
method A deep convolutional neural network trained to automatically identify substances from Raman spectra.
result Superior classification performance compared to other machine learning methods.
Deep learning automates bacterial image classification.
problem Manual bacterial classification is time-consuming and error-prone.
method ResNet-50 pre-trained CNN architecture with transfer learning.
result Average classification accuracy of 99.2%.
Understanding how species are distributed across landscapes over time is a fundamental question in biodiversity research. Unfortunately, most species distribution models only target a single species at a time, despite strong ecological evidence that species are not independently distributed. We propose Deep Multi-Speci…
CNN identifies AGN host galaxies from Sloan Digital Sky Survey data.
problem Identifying AGN host galaxies using traditional methods is time-consuming.
method Trained a convolutional neural network on 210,000 galaxies.
result CNN can distinguish AGN host galaxies from non-active galaxies.
Traditionally, there are three species of classification: unsupervised, supervised, and semi-supervised. Supervised and semi-supervised classification differ by whether or not weight is given to unlabelled observations in the classification procedure. In unsupervised classification, or clustering, all observations are …
SVM and N-best algorithm classify microbial marker clades from genome sequences.
problem Classifying microbial clades from genome sequences, especially new species.
method Support vector machine (SVM) with N-best algorithm, time series feature extraction, random fragment generation, k-mer size selection.
result Recognition accuracy rates above 28% in top-1 candidate, above 91% in top-10 candidate.
Framework uncovers symmetric and asymmetric species associations from data.
problem Retrieving bidirectional species associations from co-occurrence data.
method Machine learning framework modeling latent embeddings and joint generative model.
result Framework successfully recovers known symmetric and asymmetric associations.
Heterogeneous GNN improves species distribution modeling.
problem Predicting species occurrences and habitat suitability using environmental factors.
method Graph Neural Networks (GNN) for presence-only species distribution modeling.
result Heterogeneous GNN model outperforms single-species SDMs and baseline models.
GeoLifeCLEF 2020 dataset pairs species observations with environmental data.
problem Understanding geographic species distribution.
method Presented a dataset of species observations with environmental features.
result Advances in location-based species recommendation.
SDSR reconstructs species trees from genetic markers efficiently.
problem Challenges in reconstructing species trees from genetic data.
method Spectral divide-and-conquer approach based on graph theory.
result SDSR achieves up to 10-fold faster runtime with comparable accuracy.
The paper improves methods for estimating set size using samples.
problem Estimating the size of a set from a uniform sample.
method Refines estimators using the birthday problem and maximum of sample.
result Develops a general theory for non-asymptotic error bounds.
SLIC-UAV monitors forest recovery using UAVs and machine learning.
problem Challenges in monitoring forest recovery, especially in logged tropical forests.
method Novel pipeline for UAV imagery analysis, combining crown labelling, species classification, and superpixel segmentation.
result SLIC-UAV achieves high accuracy in species mapping, from 79.3% to 90.5%.
New framework for knots on Seifert surfaces, no universal host.
problem Understanding how knots appear on minimal genus Seifert surfaces.
method Directed relation and friendship defined on knot types.
result No single knot is a universal host, but families can be.
Deep CNNs struggle with rare taxa; one-class classifiers help identify them.
problem Efficiently identifying rare benthic macroinvertebrates in insect monitoring.
method Combining deep CNNs with one-class classifiers to identify rare taxa.
result The proposed approach can improve rare species identification, supporting automation.
Machine learning identifies species by voice in remote areas.
problem Continuous monitoring of endangered species in remote areas.
method Training machine learning models on audio data to recognize species.
result Machine learning can accurately classify and recognize various species sounds.
Gaussian process framework learns interaction kernels in multi-species particle systems.
problem Learning interaction kernels in multi-species interacting particle systems from trajectory data.
method Nonparametric Bayesian approach with Gaussian processes.
result Established rigorous statistical guarantees for recoverability and optimality of interaction kernels.
Deep learning identifies moss species from amorphous images.
problem Identifying moss species from ambiguous, amorphous images.
method Used a 'chopped picture' method to classify moss species.
result Model achieved over 90% accuracy in moss species classification.
Investigates how FDI and R&D affect host countries' growth.
problem Host countries may fall into a middle-income trap if they focus solely on FDI.
method Optimal growth model with FDI and R&D.
result R&D investment is crucial for sustained growth in host countries.
Improved chemical predictions through compressed atomic species representations.
problem Intractable chemical space of molecules and materials.
method Introducing elemental modes for compressed representation of atomic species.
result Elemental modes enable improvements in machine learning tasks for chemical predictions.
Machine learning improves predicting species interactions based on traits.
problem Variability in empirical trait-matching studies for ecological networks.
method Compared conventional GLMs with ML models (Random Forest, Boosted Regression Trees, etc.) on simulated and real data.
result ML models outperform GLMs in predicting species interactions and identifying trait-matching combinations.
PHIBP models complex microbiome data with shared parameters.
problem Complex, sparse count data in microbiome analysis.
method Bayesian nonparametric framework with shared species parameters.
result Flexible multivariate count model with tractable inference.
Interpretable neural network for plant traits and species identification.
problem Plant phenotyping and identification.
method Neural network trained on UPWINS spectral library, with visualization of weights for trait-based spectral features.
result 90% accuracy in species identification with interpretable neural network.
AMP0 predicts antimicrobial peptides targeting specific microbes.
problem Low-throughput screening of antimicrobial peptides.
method Zero-shot and few-shot machine learning.
result AMP0 can predict antimicrobial activity against specific microbes.
Deep model tackles zero-inflated multi-species abundance estimation.
problem Predicting species distribution across landscapes with inflated zero counts.
method Proposes a novel deep learning model combining multivariate probit and log-normal distributions.
result Model outperforms existing methods on bird and fish population datasets.
DeepMaxent uses neural networks to improve species distribution models.
problem Sampling biases and lack of absence data in presence-only observations.
method DeepMaxent employs neural networks to learn shared features among species using the maximum entropy principle.
result DeepMaxent outperforms traditional methods in predicting species distributions, especially in unevenly sampled regions.
We consider the problem of estimating the evolutionary history of a set of species (phylogeny or species tree) from several genes. It is known that the evolutionary history of individual genes (gene trees) might be topologically distinct from each other and from the underlying species tree, possibly confounding phyloge…
Bayesian method improves estimation of unseen species.
problem Estimating unseen species in biological and physical sciences.
method Bayesian nonparametric approach with Pitman-Yor prior and Gaussian credible intervals.
result Improves asymptotic credible intervals for unseen species estimation.
Study develops large margin machine learning models for predicting host-pathogen protein interactions.
problem Identifying host-pathogen interactions to develop new drugs for infectious diseases.
method Large margin machine learning models, specifically SVM with weighted negative sampling and distance-based weight assignment.
result Proposed and validated a new method for predicting host-pathogen protein interactions.
Paper proposes anomaly detection using Eigentraces and one-class classification.
problem Detect anomalies in system call trace data for Linux OS.
method One-class classification with Eigentraces feature extraction, Radial Basis Function neural network, and Random Forest.
result High performance in detecting anomalies and normal activities.
Microbial identification is a central issue in microbiology, in particular in the fields of infectious diseases diagnosis and industrial quality control. The concept of species is tightly linked to the concept of biological and clinical classification where the proximity between species is generally measured in terms o…
Populations of species in ecosystems are often constrained by availability of resources within their environment. In effect this means that a growth of one population, needs to be balanced by comparable reduction in populations of others. In neutral models of biodiversity all populations are assumed to change increment…
Earth observation embeddings can convert discrete biome maps into continuous representations that better capture ecological variation.
problem Biome maps impose categorical boundaries that compress continuous variation in biotic communities.
method Fit a linear classifier on Earth observation embeddings to predict biome labels.
result Continuous biome representation outperforms discrete biome labels for predicting species occurrence.
Deep learning identifies plant stresses accurately and quantitatively.
problem Manual inspection of plant stresses is subjective and time-consuming.
method Developed an explainable deep learning model using gradient-weighted class activation mapping.
result Model accurately identifies and quantifies diverse foliar stresses in soybeans and other species.
With the growth of user-generated content, we observe the constant rise of the number of companies, such as search engines, content aggregators, etc., that operate with tremendous amounts of web content not being the services hosting it. Thus, aiming to locate the most important content and promote it to the users, the…
System accurately identifies birds in real-world settings.
problem Identifying birds in diverse, realistic environments.
method Trained kNN and SVM classifiers on crowd-sourced audio data.
result Both classifiers perform similarly, with kNN offering flexibility.