Artificial Intelligence and Conservation (Artificial Intelligence for Social Good) 1st Edition
by: Fei Fang，Milind Tambe，Bistra Dilkina，Andrew J. Plumptre
Series: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
Print Length 页数: 246 pages
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 16,2019)
Language 语言: English
ISBN-10: 1108464734
ISBN-13: 9781108464734
Book Description
Review
‘No question – we need to transform how we monitor,model,and ultimately manage Earth’s natural resources. Artificial intelligence can accelerate that transition but requires a new community of AI inventors and conservation scientists working together. This book represents a gathering of the world’s top minds in AI and conservation jointly building the future building blocks of a conservation revolution. Fascinating,future-making insights!’ Lucas Joppa,Chief Environmental Officer,Microsoft
‘While we hear more about artificial intelligence in the news each day,most conservation professionals have only a vague understanding of what this technological revolution may mean for our work. Artificial Intelligence and Conservation sheds light on the subject,with a particular focus on combating wildlife crime,supplemented by: other applications including fire management,invasive species response,and harnessing citizen science. An important and timely resource.’ Thomas Brooks,Chief Scientist,International Union for Conservation of Nature
‘The book Artificial Intelligence and Conservation brings together,for the first time,examples of computational research that address problems in conservation. The contributors articulate the challenges of using artificial intelligence to solve biodiversity conservation problems,as well as the urgency of the necessity to do so. It is a sweeping exposition,ranging from using game theory to fight poaching,to optimizing decisions through Markov modeling to manage invasive species. The collection showcases how rigorous computational research can make an impact helping save our planet’s wildlife. The readers will not only discover interesting computational problems and solutions,but will be inspired to work in this unique application of artificial intelligence and,I hope,will solve the many pressing open problems posed by: the authors.’ Tanya Berger-Wolf,University of Illinois,Chicago
Book Description
This book explains how artificial intelligence (AI) methods can be used to aid the conservation of wildlife,forests,coral reefs,rivers,and other natural resources. It offers an overview plus in-depth discussion of research advances,field tests and real-world deployments,and will be of use to artificial intelligence researchers and conservation professionals.
About the Author
Fei Fang is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University,Pennsylvania. Her work won the Innovative Application Award at the Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence in 2016 and the Outstanding Paper Award in Computational Sustainability Track at the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence in 2015.
Milind Tambe is Helen N. and Emmett H. Jones Professor of Engineering and Founding Co-Director of the University of Southern California Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society. He received the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) John McCarthy Award,the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM/SIGAI) Autonomous Agents Research Award,Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Homeland security award,an the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Wagner prize in Operations Research and is a fellow of Association for Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and Association of Computing Machinery ACM).
Bistra Dilkina is Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director of the University of Southern California Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society. Prior to that,she was an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech and a Co-Director of the Data Science for Social Good Atlanta program. She has published at top artificial intelligence conferences as well as journals such as Conservation Biology.
Andrew J. Plumptre is Head of the Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat,associated with the Conservation Science Group in the Zoology Department at the University of Cambridge. He previously was the Wildlife Conservation Society’s senior scientist for Africa and managed a regional program of conservation in the Albertine Rift that supported conservation of some of Africa’s most biodiverse sites.
