Earth Day Special with Ricardo Miron and Katie Wetstone

GitHub

• GitHub offers project management, customizable views, code collaboration, automated testing, and security scanning.
• GitHub collaborates with the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) to promote digital public goods (DPGs) and open-source contributions.

Digital Public Goods

• DPGs are open-source software, AI models, open datasets, and open content collections that advance sustainable development goals.
• The DPGA promotes the development and sustainability of DPGs by providing recognition, support, and capacity building.
• GitHub promotes DPGs through campaigns like the annual October contribution campaign and the "For Good First Issue" tool.

Samba

• Samba is a Python package that automates the analysis of camera trap videos for conservation efforts.
• Samba can detect different species, estimate the distance between a camera and an animal, and segment parts of an animal.
• Samba is user-friendly and can be used through an open-source Python package on GitHub or through a user-friendly web application.

Zamba

• Zamba is a tool that helps conservationists analyze videos of animals.
• Zamba can identify different species, track animal movement, and analyze behavior.
• Zamba is open-source, free to use, and primarily written in Python.
• Zamba Cloud, the web application, allows users to upload videos and process them using cloud resources.
• Zamba V3, with new capabilities for training custom image-based models, is expected to launch in mid-September.

Driven Data

• Driven Data hosts open competitions and encourages contributions to open-source projects on GitHub.
• Driven Data has two open competitions: one on forecasting water availability and the other on developing algorithms for inspector spacecraft.
• Katie and Ricardo from Driven Data will be giving upcoming talks on ethics and generative AI, and the Sci-Fi package for harmful AI bloom detection.

Contact Information

• Interested individuals can connect with Katie and Ricardo via email, LinkedIn, or through Driven Data's general contact information.