Date: May 24, 2018
Source: Michigan State University
New facial recognition software
and app invented at Michigan State University can help protect endangered
primates -- more than 60 percent of which face extinction.
Golden monkeys have lost so much
habitat, they are only found in a handful of national parks in Africa; farming
and illegal hardwood trade in Madagascar is gobbling up the island's forests
and displacing native lemurs; in a recent six-year span, more than 22,200 great
apes have been lost due to illegal trade, and yet there have been only 27
arrests.
"Intervention is necessary
to halt and reverse these population declines," said Anil Jain, MSU
Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering and senior author
on the study. "Automated facial recognition is one way we can help combat
these loses."
Jain and his doctoral student
Debayan Deb harnessed the prowess of his world-renowned biometrics lab -- which
has helped solve high-profile crimes -- to create PrimNet. The program uses
convolutional neural networks, artificial-intelligence inspired technology that
allows everything from self-driving cars to robots to observe and understand
our world.
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