Projet BioacAI (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The biodiversity crisis is coming into sharp focus. The BioacAI network will establish a vital modern evidence source for wildlife protection, by bringing the promise of AI-powered acoustic monitoring to fruition.  Biodiversity loss is ranked as one of the top 5 global risks, both in impact and likelihood (World Economic Forum 2020, 2021, 2022). Continental-scale assessments warn of population declines in major taxa such as birds and insects. Yet data for monitoring biodiversity change remain incomplete - spatially, temporally and taxonomically. To stabilise biodiversity trends and assess ecosystem restoration interventions, it is crucial to monitor the world's wildlife better, faster, and to provide rapid intelligence that can enable us to manage these risks.  Sound recording is a cheap, rapid and powerful way to monitor many key animal species, and modern machine learning can radically improve its scale and precision. However, there are two barriers: AI-enhanced tools for bioacoustic monitoring are at a low readiness level, with few end-to-end solutions available; and there is a big skills gap - no current training programme produces experts with skills spanning acoustics, artificial intelligence (AI) and zoology/ecology.  The BioacAI doctoral network is designed to address exactly these issues. Our research programme develops new AI methods directly within the context of acoustic wildlife monitoring, using devices from leading European bioacoustics companies, in active wildlife monitoring deployments.Our training programme provides "full stack" bioacoustic AI skills and targeted research experience, to build the next generation of professionals - the people who innovate with technology to monitor and understand animals at unprecedented global scale and detail.

Mots clés : ai, bioacoustics, ecoacoustics, acoustics, vocal behaviour, passive acoustic monitoring

Participants :
- Iconize b.v. (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 274370.4 €
- Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Sorama bv (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 274370.4 €
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Reers dr. und behr dr. oekofor gbr (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Tilbourg (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274370.4 €
- Université de Bohême du Sud (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 237038.4 €
- Société Max-Planck pour le développement des sciences (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Université de Tampere (Finlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 286488.0 €
- Open conservation technology ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University College de Londres (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Bat Conservation Trust (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Constance (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Ivano pelicella (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 282693.6 €
- Université Charles de Prague (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 237038.4 €
- Centrale Nantes (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262620.0 €