Date: 5/3/24 1:24 pm From: Diana F. <diana.fru...> Subject: [Arlington Birds] Abnc sponsored zoom talk about Merlin
*Athol bird and nature club sponsored event:*
*Wednesday May 8th, 2024, 7:00 PM ABNC Meeting** In-person or zoom**:
Merlin Sound ID with Grant Van Horn. *Grant Van Horn developed Merlin Sound
ID and we are very excited to host Grant for this workshop! In this talk he
will do an overview of the Merlin Sound ID project: how it works, how they
collect and organize data, and how they iteratively improve the system.
He’ll also discuss upcoming expansion plans and the initial steps for
integrating with passive acoustic monitors.
Grant Van Horn received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Caltech (2019).
MS, Computer Science, University of California, San Diego (2014). BS,
Computer Science, University of California, San Diego (2012). After
finishing his doctoral studies at Caltech, Grant spent 6 months as a
researcher at AWS before joining Cornell and working with the Cornell Lab
of Ornithology as a researcher for 4 years. In the fall of 2023 he joined
the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst as an Assistant Professor*. In-person at the Center
or via zoom for those who cannot attend in person*.
*You are invited to a Zoom meeting.*
When: May 8, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
