The world is on fire 😢 And looking away doesn't stop it. There are things that we can do. And that's important. It's also important to look after our mental health and immune systems. Come with me as I journal through the month and slow down and notice with me ❤️ Here: www.patreon.com/cw/MirandaKe...

Watching the launch for Open Climate Fix new Netherlands solar energy forecast! ML-powered renewable energy forecasting that's been working in the UK already, now following me to NL :) Congrats folks! https://www.openclimatefix.org/ #renewables #forecasting

Open Climate Fix

Delivering AI forecasting tools to accelerate decarbonisation

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This is very well done, I think: leidendeclaration.ai A few choice quotes, that should be of interest well beyond mathematics: >>

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

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"Listening to nature Naturalis and LIACS join forces" - A short article about what we're doing with AI for nature https://www.naturalis.nl/en/follow-our-stories/listening-to-nature-naturalis-and-liacs-join-forces #bioacoustics #aifornature #ai4good

Academic job at my new department! "Associate Professor in Computational Environmental Science" https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Associate-Professor-in-Computational-Environmental-Science-%280_8-1_0-FTE%29/16714-en_US (I'm not involved - but it looks like a great position, between […]

We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!

Without downloading new pics, describe your gender with one image

Dylan Keeling@mrdylankeeling.bsky.social · 4w ago

Without downloading new pics, describe your gender with one* image *I clicked the Midsommar image but the post opened with the cat photo as well for some reason and now I can't decide!..

Delighted to officially publish the results of BioDCASE 2026! Six different tasks in animal sound, each with methods proposed by multiple teams. Dive in to the latest state of the art here: https://biodcase.github.io/challenge2026/ #bioacoustics #BioDCASE #DCASE #machinelistening

It was a pleasure to talk about the wonderful world of underwater sound and freshwater soundscapes with @helenczerski.bsky.social, @profstevesimpson.bsky.social and others via BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth. www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

BBC Audio | Rare Earth | The Sound of Water

How new technology lets us listen in to the extraordinary sounds of the planet's waterways

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witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

I am in my new office. I can hear a black redstart singing. 🐦‍⬛ 🖤

Looking for more reasons to register for #ECBB2026? How about these excellent symposia topics? These twelve sessions, delivered by our fantastic moderators, will be joined by researchers of all career stages sharing their knowledge and insights into Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene!

[inhales] OK, so the *entire reason* a dishwasher has a detergent dispenser is so it can hold the detergent you add to it until the appropriate time in its wash sequence. All a dishwasher does is fill with a few liters of water and uses a pump to spray that water at your dishes ad nauseum. 1/x

We've designed a short UCL summer course for students who are interested in future-facing ecological careers and want to learn more about them. If that's you, come and join us in September! www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

Career news: Next month I am taking up a position at the University of Leiden (@universiteitleiden) in the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science! I'll be Associate Professor of Computational Biodiversity, and continuing my work with Naturalis. #computerscience

There is a little less than a week left to apply for the 5th CV4Ecology Short Course!! This program is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for ecologists to DIRECTLY build robust, applied AI expertise that is immediately usable and useful in their own research, for their own projects, on their own data.

Sara Beery@sarameghanbeery.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are VERY excited to announce the call for applications has just been released for the 5th CV4Ecology Short Course!! This two-and-a-half-week intensive program trains ecologists and conservation practitioners to develop their own AI tools for their own data. Tell your friends! Apply now!

the world of animal sounds is always cooler than you thought.

MU-Peter Shimon 🀄@mu-peter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Clacking wing bones together to woo mates Male scissor-tailed nightjars create abrupt sounds by hitting the bones in their wings together High-speed infrared video analysis of sonations in the scissor-tailed nightjar Hydropsalis torquata🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Deadline TODAY for registering to the 2nd Nordic Workshop on AI for Climate: climateainordics.com/events/2026-... We're happy that 42 people have registered so far (yes, the renowned number!), but warmly welcome more registrations for one more day :) Cheers from the organizers (pictured below)!

An interview with me and Lia Gilmour (of the Bat Conservation Trust) about #BioacousticAI: "AI listens in to help protect wildlife" https://projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-magazine/ai-listens-help-protect-wildlife #bioacoustics @bioacousticai @EUCommission

AI listens in to help protect wildlife

Strolling through a forest, you may notice that the air is filled with sound. Birds sing, insects and small mammals rustle through the undergrowth, and at dusk bats squeak as they communicate with each other.These soundscapes contain a wealth of information about which animals are present, how many there are and how healthy an ecosystem may be. But analysing all that audio is a huge challenge.

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Bioacoustics Winter School 2027 👇Applications are now open Do not hesitate to disseminate this info ☺️ #bioacoustics www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...

Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab

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As a graded assignment, the students at the MSc course Urban Ecology and Evolution, write blog posts for @litc-urbanevo.bsky.social. Go check them out at: urbanevolution-litc.com

Save the date! BioDCASE 2026 will be ONLINE on Friday 23rd October. Join for the latest in solving #bioacoustics challenges. https://biodcase.github.io/workshop2026/ #BioDCASE #DCASE

Here's a nice new video lecture from our doctoral candidate Vincent Kather: "Deep learning in bioacoustics: Structuring large amounts of biocoustic recordings in search of unknown species" https://ressources.ircam.fr/fr/media/0b4b4e7baaf024922578 #bioacoustics (our thanks to IRCAM for inviting & […]

Even more Moroccan inspired cooking! Today: mrouzia, a rich tagine/stew (veggie version) flavoured with honey, roast almond, sesame, prunes, apricots, saffron and ras-el-hanout. #nom #vegetarian #moroccancuisine #tagine #kitchendiary

We are VERY excited to announce the call for applications has just been released for the 5th CV4Ecology Short Course!! This two-and-a-half-week intensive program trains ecologists and conservation practitioners to develop their own AI tools for their own data. Tell your friends! Apply now!

Found some more photos from our @bioacousticai event last month. This one should be my new profile picture:

Call for papers: DCASE 2026 (28-29 Oct, Boston, USA) https://dcase.community/workshop2026/call-for-papers -- #DCASE is the workshop for audio intelligence R&D #audio

DCASE2026 Workshop, Call for Papers - DCASE

The workshop aims to provide a venue for researchers working on computational analysis of sound events and scene analysis to present and discuss their results. The 11th Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events, DCASE 2026, will be held in Boston on 28-29 October. It is co-organized …

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This was a fabulous Bioacoustic AI week (@bioacousticai) here in the Netherlands! We welcomed our Doctoral Candidates and researchers to meet Dutch researchers for discussions, research planning, plus a desert hike, and a bat walk! #bioacoustics