Call for Applications
Workshop dates: January 6–24, 2025
Workshop location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Participants for the 2025 workshop have been selected; we expect to publish the 2026 workshop’s call for applications in Spring 2025
Target Workshop Participants
- Senior graduate students, postdocs, early faculty, junior researchers in Ecology and Conservation.
- Familiarity with Python programming for data analysis. If you do not have existing Python familiarity it is OK, in such a case we require you to submit a plan for building Python skills in the time between acceptance and attendance of the workshop.
- A demonstrated interest in academic research in ecology and conservation or the deployment of technology for conservation impact. A record of published research on quantitative ecology and conservation or a record of technology deployment within conservation or governmental organizations is preferred.
- An ecology/conservation question in mind with access to a large image/audio/video/etc. dataset and the need for CV/ML methods to support such research. We will work with accepted applicants in the months leading up to the workshop to help them curate and label their datasets for CV/ML models.
- Scientists from communities facing large conservation challenges and from minoritized communities are especially encouraged to apply.
Accepted students will be responsible for travel to and from Caltech, as well as a registration fee of $1200 that will additionally cover room and board while at Caltech. We believe no qualified student should be turned away due to financial inaccessibility and will have need-based aid available. If you are interested in supporting a student, please contact us at cv4ecology@caltech.edu.