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Research
My research is centred on the impacts of land use on wildlife, and especially insects.
To better understand trends in insect biodiversity, I design and deploy "insect surveillance cameras" to monitor minifauna in the wild at extreme spatial and temporal resolutions.
I have expertise in computer vision and AI-assisted extraction of data from wildlife imagery and vessel-borne radar, as well as open-source Geographic Information Systems.
Teaching
I am always on the lookout for collaborators, especially students (ERASMUS, BSc, MSc, PhD or volunteers), to co-develop projects using sensors to understand the little things that run the world. Please do not hesitate to contact me by email.
I am currently co-organising an Aarhus Comprehensive Computational Entomology Summer School (ACCESS-2024) with Dr Quentin Geissmann.
You can read more about the summer school and apply here: https://darsa.info/ACCESS-2024/
Education/Academic qualification
Biology, PhD, How and where to restore habitat on farmland to increase the abundance and diversity of moths
2014 → 2018
External positions
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Areas of expertise
- insects
- computer vision
- monitoring
- pollination
- deep learning
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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SESS: Social-Ecological Systems Simulation centre
Topping, C. J. (PI), Williams, J. H. (Participant), Duan, X. (Participant), Dupont, Y. L. (Participant), Groom, G. B. (Participant), Marcussen, L. K. (Participant), Mølgaard, N. (Participant), Poulsen, T. (Participant), Ziolkowska, E. (Participant), Eriksen, B. D. (Participant), Xie, L. (Participant), Fini, E. (Participant), Craig, S. B. B. (Participant), Rasmussen, A. K. H. (Participant), Wahlqvist, L. (Participant), Christensen, K. (Participant), Torma, G. (Participant), Nielsen, M. B. (Participant), Andersen, A. H. (Participant), Nafisi, S. (Participant), Thomsen, P. (Participant), Chetcuti, J. (Participant), Alison, J. (Participant) & Capela, N. (Participant)
10/12/2020 → …
Project: Research
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ApisRAM implementation towards version 3: Pesticides and biological agent modules
Topping, C. J. (PI), Duan, X. (Participant), Poulsen, T. (Participant), Alison, J. (Participant) & Xie, L. (Participant)
24/11/2022 → 24/10/2024
Project: Research
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B-GOOD: Giving Beekeeping Guidance by cOmputatiOnal-assisted Decision making
Topping, C. J. (PI), Duan, X. (Participant), Williams, J. H. (Participant), Poulsen, T. (Participant), Marcussen, L. K. (Participant), Alison, J. (Participant), Groom, G. B. (Participant) & Mølgaard, N. (Participant)
01/07/2019 → 01/11/2023
Project: Research
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A diversity of diversities: Do complex environmental effects underpin associations between below- and above-ground taxa?
Seaton, F. M., George, P. B. L., Alison, J., Jones, D. L., Creer, S., Smart, S. M., Emmett, B. A. & Robinson, D. A., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 7, p. 1550-1564 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Lidar as a potential tool for monitoring migratory insects
Chen, H., Li, M., Månefjord, H., Travers, P., Salvador, J., Müller, L., Dreyer, D., Alison, J., Høye, T. T., Gao Hu, H., Warrant, E. & Brydegaard, M., May 2024, In: iScience. 27, 5, 109588.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Survey of birds for offshore wind farms in Danish waters: North Sea I
Petersen, I. K., Thomsen, H. M., Scott-Hayward, L., Isojunno, S., MacKenzie, M., Alison, J., Pedersen, C. L., Neergaard, R. S., Ortvad, T. E., Nielsen, R. D. & Sterup, J., 18 Nov 2024, Energistyrelsen. 137 p.Research output: Book/anthology/report › Report › Commissioned › peer-review
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Towards a standardized framework for AI-assisted, image-based monitoring of nocturnal insects
Roy, D. B., Alison, J., August, T. A., Bélisle, M., Bjerge, K., Bowden, J. J., Bunsen, M. J., Cunha, F., Geissmann, Q., Goldmann, K., Gomez-Segura, A., Jain, A., Huijbers, C., Larrivée, M., Lawson, J. L., Mann, H. M., Mazerolle, M. J., McFarland, K. P., Pasi, L. & Peters, S. & 7 others, , 24 Jun 2024, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 379, 1904, 20230108.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Accurate detection and identification of insects from camera trap images with deep learning
Bjerge, K., Alison, J., Dyrmann, M., Frigaard, C. E., Mann, H. M. R. & Høye, T. T., Mar 2023, In: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. 2, 3, 18 p., e0000051.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access72 Citations (Scopus)