Lunch Hour Lecture: Internet of Wild Things-using technology to understand and safeguard our planet

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About the Lecture
Wild nature and natural ecosystems are declining rapidly as humans use more of the earth’s resources and change climate patterns. Thanks to new sensor technologies such as animal movement tags, camera traps, passive acoustic sensors, IoT devices and new ways of analysing these data automatically with artificial intelligence, scientists have access to huge amounts of data about our changing environment and changing wildlife populations. We will review some of the latest technological advances in sensing, analysing, monitoring, and responding to wildlife population declines. We argue that although these technologies will help us to better understand the natural world and to further engage people with their environment, these could be disruptive and we discuss whether we are really ready for the Internet of Wild Things!

About The Future Living Institute and Nature Smart Centre

Technology and how it shapes our understanding of the planet will be central to the Future Living Institute at Pool Street West, UCL East. The Institute will examine the challenges that affect people’s lives – both locally and globally, today and in the future. Working collaboratively with local communities, solutions and technologies will be developed that will help build a fairer, sustainable world for people and the planet. Within the Future Living Institute, Nature-Smart Centre will focus on better understanding our dependencies on natural systems and how we can operate within safe and sustainable ecological limits.

About UCL East
UCL East is the largest ever single expansion of UCL since we were founded nearly 200 years ago.
UCL East will be a world-class campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, bringing together researchers, students, communities and partners to collaborate on solutions to the biggest, and most fundamental, challenges facing humanity – both today and in the future.