Abstract: Species distribution modeling refers to algorithmic analyses of species occurrence over time and space used in conservation biology, ecology and evolution. In this talk I will highlight similarities between species distribution modeling and recommender systems tasks in machine learning. I will discuss how model optimization criteria could be tailored for modeling companionship of species and reconstructing their relative abundances.

Speakers:  Indre Zliobaite
Indrė Žliobaitė is an Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, where she leads a research group called Data science and evolution.

Affiliation: University of Helsinki

Place of Seminar:  Zoom

Meeting ID: 686 1669 7011

Passcode: 605183