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Webinar: AI Technology in Biodiversity Monitoring

Event Location: Online

Event Start: 05/03/2026

Event End: 05/03/2026

The sixth webinar of the MOD Alliance series, hosted by the OBAMA-NEXT project, will happen on: Thursday 5 March 2026 at 11.00 am CET (UTC+1).

Meet the speakers:

Dr. Jose Fernandes-Salvador (AZTI) is a data scientist with 18+ years of experience applying machine learning and big data to marine research, climate impacts, and policy support. He currently chairs the ICES Working Group on Machine Learning and is an editor for Fisheries Research in AI for fisheries.

Dr. Mihailo Azhar (Aarhus University) is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in computer vision and machine learning for marine ecology, with a focus on semi-supervised benthic habitat mapping. He works on the Horizon EU OBAMA-NEXT project and helps coordinate a Europe-wide drone imagery initiative for coastal habitats.

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