Check out Taxa, Traits & Text, a new #AppsPlantSci collection highlighting innovative methods to extract taxonomic names & traits from text, automate species identification & generate descriptions bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.100… Briana L. Gross #iamabotanist #phenotype #MachineLearning

I really enjoyed teaching this course in 2018 and 2019 and we’re excited to be able to offer it again in 2023! Please feel free to reach out with any questions: smconservation.gmu.edu/programs/gradu…

Come work with me! We are hiring for 2 Collections Information Specialist positions (1 permanent, 1 term) on our fantastic digital collections team. More info and links to apply: jobs.diglib.org/job/collection…

Great to see this work out, led by @AJRobillard with colleagues including Mike Trizna Jessie Deichmann C David de Santana Alex White. A collaboration across SI Data Science Smithsonian NMNH National Zoo IIAP Smithsonian WLS Try out the app and let us know how it works on your fish images!

We recently attributed specimens to Dr. Pérez Farfante: bionomia.net/Q6077744. Amazing to read more about her life and career. #SmithsonianHHM

Today we're excited to announce the publication of "Wild Flowers of North America: Botanical Illustrations by Mary Vaux Walcott" from Prestel Publishing . Written by Smithsonian Archives Institutional Historian Pam Henson, it includes 250 of her botanical plates: s.si.edu/3RLSLK0

Excited to participate in this discussion about Mary Vaux Walcott’s life and work and highlight how women shaped Smithsonian collections. Join us on 10/28!

Clouded leopard genomes! Congrats to frandlab/SI Data Science wundergrad, Maddy Bursell on her first, first author pub! Great working with rebecca dikow Henrique Figueiró thednazoo and others on this project.

Applications open for the Paid 2023 Because of Her Story Internship Program! womenshistory.si.edu/news/apply-202… SI Data Science will host one intern but all the projects look amazing!

Very excited to see this one published! A great collaboration bringing together talented fish biologists and data scientists to produce a tool to support #Amazonianfish #biodiversitymonitoring #deeplearning #conservationtech #bmap

We are excited that our new paper, Let the Records Show: Attribution of Scientific Credit in Natural History Collections, is now online journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…. This work is in a special issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences dedicated to Vicki Funk.

I wasn’t able to make it to #Botany2023 in person but thankful Dr. Jenna T. B. Ekwealor 🌱💪🏽 will deliver our talk, “Let the records show: attribution of scientific credit in natural history collections” in the #SIRIS session today at 10:30am. 🌻 Paper here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72… International Journal of Plant Sciences

Excited to see this preprint out! doi.org/10.3897/arphap… Grateful for the contributions from so many Smithsonian staff.

Our fearless colleague rebecca dikow is moving on. She leaves behind some very big shoes to fill! We are sad to see her leave and Yale University Library is lucky to have her leadership. But don't sleep on our lab! Many exciting projects on the horizon. Rebecca is leaving us in fighting shape.

Our many thanks to our Smithsonian colleagues for collaborating on this latest DSL publication! "Developing responsible AI practices at the Smithsonian Institution"