Tom August

Biodiversity | Open Science | Technology esp. Computer Vision | Maker. Work: @UK_CEH. Likes #dataviz and #rstats. Views are my own.

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

Join us in Niš, Serbia | 22–23 April for the InsectAI Annual Meeting 🤩

🗓 Abstract submission deadline: 1 February 2026
📢 Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2026

🎯 Submit your abstract here:
👉 https://t.co/NjiUY5fjrs
📽️ Mediana Naissus
#InsectSerbia #InsectAI2026

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

New conference on AI and Entomology 🪲💻

Exploring how new methods are changing the way we study insects at a global scale.

Call for abstracts @ InsectAI conf. Serbia, April 2026

Submit: https://t.co/K3faFQtq2q

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

Call for abstracts 📣

Oral and posters on the topic of monitoring insects with camera systems and/or AI @ InsectAI conf. Serbia, April 2026

💸 We will be able to provide funding to support travel and accommodation for some attendees.

Submit: https://t.co/xV65K19UPM

[UKCEH | Environmental Science training courses @UKCEH_training]

#onlinetraining @UK_CEH
Evidence Synthesis Evidence Review Systematic Review
On-demand & self-paced from £149
For Environmental Scientists

https://t.co/A5lGyHgpl1
#PhD #research #environment

PL RP @StephenMaberly @SteveLofts1 @SteveThackeray @swilliams_ox @TomAugust85

[RIO Journal @RIOJournal]

📸Bulk image collection and AI technologies to support #insect #monitoring and #conservation.

🐜This is the mission of @InsectAIers: a #COSTAction that began in 2023 and set to continue until 2027.

📄Grant Proposal: https://t.co/Ei1IWTmZ1X.

#SDGs #biodiversity #entomology

[Toke Thomas Høye @TokeHoye]

Nice to see this feature of our @MAMBO_EU out today!

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

Still time over the weekend to apply for this PhD at the cutting edge of AI and Biodiversity conservation.

How do we harness generative AI for good?

https://t.co/vzCzUBnMqv

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

🔔One week left to apply
🌳🤖Could we use AI to support citizen scientists and improve biodiversity conservation? Help us find out in this PhD at
@UK_CEH
📅Apply 27th Jan
https://t.co/vzCzUBneAX

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

@UK_CEH Please share @BESMacroecol @BES_QE_SIG❤️

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

✨PhD opportunity!
🌳🤖Could we use AI to support citizen scientists and improve biodiversity conservation? Help us find out in this PhD at @UK_CEH
📅Apply 27th Jan https://t.co/vzCzUBnMqv

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

So cool to read about what the winners of InsectAI funding got up to last year. Computer vision, AI and insects! Our call for the next wave of funding will come out soon. @InsectAIers @ChantalHuijbers @LilitaTeixeira
Read more: https://t.co/g1Z8tq84Va

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

This has to be the most remote deployment yet!

An amazing experience 🛥️🦎🐤
@AnguillaGov @UK_CEH @MAMBO_EU @InsectAIers

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

COP16 has got me thinking a lot about what the focus for the conservation tech community should be. Check out my post if you're interested -> https://t.co/KqUF5kKXxm

[InsectAI @InsectAIers]

@DavidRoyBRC presenting the AMI trap to the Caribbean UKOTs @TomAugust85

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

Great to see the @PoMScheme Fit count app getting praise at the #COP16Colombia session on Women &Citizen Science

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

Today I will be on the @WILDLABSNET booth at #COP16Colombia . Come along to learn about technology for insect monitoring from us at @UK_CEH as well as our partners at @MAMBO_EU @Mila_Quebec @InsectAIers

[UKCEH @UK_CEH]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our panel event with @NHM_London at #COP16Colombia @UKinColombia yesterday

Thoughtful discussions in 2 panel debates on the role of AI in addressing the biodiversity crisis & the gaps between #biodiversity targets and implementation

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

Great to round out our event with good conversations and a chance to show off the AMI-system (big and little) @UK_CEH @NHM_London

[Tom August @TomAugust85]

What are the gaps between GBF targets and our ambitions and implementation? A really interesting and diverse set of views @UK_CEH @NHM_London #COP16Cali

[UKCEH | Environmental Science training courses @UKCEH_training]

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#training @UK_CEH

Freshwater phytoplankton identification

Wallingford nr. Oxford
7-11 July 2025
From £799
Save £100 on early bird discount!
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PL RP

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