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CS Colloquium: Lucas Joppa (Microsoft Research) - What we Know and Dont Know About Earths Biodiversity

Speaker: Lucas Joppa, Microsoft Research

Talk Title: What we Know and Dont Know About Earths Biodiversity

Series: CS Colloquium

Abstract: What we know about Earths biodiversity has filled plenty of books, but what we dont know could fill libraries. Closing the gap between what we know and dont know will dictate how successful we are at conserving the ecological systems we all depend upon. I will discuss how statistics, computation, crowd sourcing, and emerging technologies will help us understand questions ranging from how many species there are on earth to how fast they are going extinct, all from a practical conservation point of view.

Biography: Lucas Joppa is a scientist at Microsoft Research, where he leads the a conservation science research programme and facilitates Microsofts partnership with the IUCN Red List. He works across the science, policy, and tools and technology space with a focus on conserving ecological systems. Lucas is an ecologist by background, with a PhD from Duke University, and has broad research interests in predictive environmental modeling, model driven data collection, and using technology to monitor environmental processes. He is a fellow at the University of Kents Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, an Honorary Conservation Fellow at the Zoological Society of London, the Advisor on Science and Innovation to UNEP WCMC and serves in various other advisory roles to international environmental organisations.


Host: Teamcore Group

Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Assistant to CS chair