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Wildlife Monitoring with Sensor Technology

Location:

Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK

Date:

6th of March, 2009
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Topic

The increasing availability of low cost sensing hardware and radio has the potential to modify the way wildlife monitoring is conducted. The workshop will concentrate on bringing together leading experts in various areas of wildlife monitoring including zoologists, biologists, computer scientists, social and complex network experts.

Programme

A dinner will be organized on Thursday evening for participants arriving on 5th March.

Agenda:
  • 9.00 - 9.20 Arrival & Coffee
  • 9.20 - 9.30 Introduction
  • 9.30 - 10.45 4 Talks, 20 minutes each:
    • Rory Wilson
    • Tim Guilford
    • Todd Dennis
    • Teddy Wilkin
  • 10.45 - 11.30 Break with coffee, posters and general discussions
  • 11.30 - 13.00 4 Talks, 20 minutes each:
    • George Roussos
    • Gian Pietro Picco
    • Eamonn O'Neill
    • Niki Trigoni
  • 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
  • 14.00 - 15.00 3 Talks, 20 minutes each:
    • Paul Tomphson
    • Chris Carbone
    • Alison Cameron
  • 15.00 - 15.30 Break with coffee, posters and general discussions
  • 15.30 - 16.15 Breakout Session
  • 16.15 - 16.45 Closing Session

Organizers

Cecilia Mascolo, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Robin Freeman, Microsoft Research, Cambridge

Web Chair

Bence Pásztor, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Participants

  • Jean Bacon - Computer Laboratoy, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Dora Biro - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Alex Brändle - Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
  • Francesca Cagnacci - Fondazione Edmund Mach, Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italy
  • Martin Calsyn - Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
  • Alison Cameron - Movebank
  • Chris Carbone - Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
  • Ben Dean - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Todd Dennis - Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour Section, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Stephen Ellwood - Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Robin Freeman - Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
  • David Greaves - Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Mica Green - CamBridgeSens, Cambridge, UK
  • Tim Guilford - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Kate Jones - Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
  • Arshad Jhumka - Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK
  • Taimur Kahn - Gatty Marine Research Institute, University of St Andrews, UK
  • Holly Kirk - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Soong Moon Kang - Department of Management Science and Innovation, University College London, UK
  • Vito Latora - Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Catania, Italy
  • David Lusseau - Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
  • Richard Mann - Pattern Analysis and Machine Learning Reasearch Group, Department of Engineering Sciences, Oxford University, UK
  • Andrew Markham - Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
  • Cecilia Mascolo - Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
  • David Macdonald - Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Greg McInerny - Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
  • Ken Moody - Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Luca Mottola - Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista, Sweden
  • Mirco Musolesi - Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Tomasz Naumowicz - Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
  • Eamonn O'Neill - Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
  • Bence Pasztor - Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Richard Phillips - British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK
  • Gian Pietro Picco - Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienza dell'Informazione (DISI), University of Trento, Italy
  • George Roussos - School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College, London, UK
  • Matthew Smith - Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
  • Paul Thompson - Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
  • Niki Trigoni - Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
  • Teddy Wilkin - The Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Rory Wilson - Biological Sciences, School of Environment and Society, Swansea University, UK
  • Kharsim Yousef - University of Bath, UK

Directions


Please follow this link for directions to Microsoft Research, Cambridge.

Accommodation

We can suggest the following hotels for accommodation:
  • Best Western - The Gonville Hotel (website, email)
    Gonville Place
    Cambridge CB1 1LY
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0) 1223 366611
    Check-In Time: 2:00 PM
    Check-Out Time: 11:00 AM
    Average Nightly Rate: from £84
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

  • Hotel Felix (website, email)
    Whitehouse Lane, Huntingdon Road
    Cambridge, CB3 0LX
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0)1223 277977
    Check-In Time: ---
    Check-Out Time: ---
    Average Nightly Rate: from £150
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

  • Crown Plaza Hotel Cambridge (website, email)
    Downing Street
    Cambridge, CB2 3DT
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0)871 423 4931
    Check-In Time: 2:00 PM
    Check-Out Time: 1:00 PM
    Average Nightly Rate: from £98
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

  • Premier Inn Cambridge (website, email)
    Huntingdon Road
    Cambridge CB3 0DL
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0) 870 850 6380
    Check-In Time: 2:00 PM
    Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM
    Average Nightly Rate: from £69
    ~ 1.5 miles from workshop location
  • De Vere University Arms (website, email)
    Regent Street
    Cambridge CB2 1AD
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0)1223 273 000
    Check-In Time: 3:00 PM
    Check-Out Time: 11:00 AM
    Average Nightly Rate: from £176
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

  • Regent Hotel (website, email)
    41 Regent Street
    Cambridge CB2 1AB
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0)1223 351470
    Check-In Time: ---
    Check-Out Time: ---
    Average Nightly Rate: from £99
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

  • Doubletree by Hilton Cambridge (website, email)
    Granta Place, Mill Lane
    Cambridge CB2 1RT
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0)1223 259988
    Check-In Time: 3:00 PM
    Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM
    Average Nightly Rate: from £104
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

  • Royal Cambridge Hotel (website, email)
    Trumpington Street
    Cambridge CB2 1PY
    Hotel Reservations: +44 (0)1223 351 631
    Check-In Time: 2:00 PM
    Check-Out Time: 11:00 AM
    Average Nightly Rate: from £50
    ~ 2 miles from workshop location

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