What a strong and necessary piece! Mil gracias @darmenteras.bsky.social por hablar por nosotros!
Viva a América Latina

📖Published📖

Our new review article by East et al. provides the first comprehensive practical framework for optimizing biological specimen imaging for computer vision applications 🦋 🌍 🧪 Find out more here 👇

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Read the full paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This work was born from the collaboration of taxonomists, collection managers, ecologists, and computer scientists—thank you to every coauthor for your expertise, dedication, and teamwork! I couldn't be more thrilled with how this first chapter of my dissertation has turned out.

With millions of digitized specimens now accessible online, our recommendations ensure that images are optimized not just for human interpretation but also for automated trait extraction, species ID, and ecological analysis at scale.

This paper presents a comprehensive framework of 10 essential considerations to bridge traditional imaging practices and computer vision needs—covering everything from metadata, specimen positioning, color/size calibration, backgrounds, lighting, resolution, file formats, to data storage and sharing

New paper published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!
"Optimizing Image Capture for Computer Vision-Powered Taxonomic Identification and Trait Recognition of Biodiversity Specimens" is now online! A huge shout-out to all co-authors for bringing this vision to life. @imageomics.bsky.social

(5/5) Read the full paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

(4/5) This work was born from the collaboration of taxonomists, collection managers, ecologists, and computer scientists—thank you to every coauthor for your expertise, dedication, and teamwork! I couldn't be more thrilled for the first chapter of my dissertation to turn out this well.

(3/5) With millions of digitized specimens now accessible online, our recommendations ensure that images are optimized not just for human interpretation but also for automated trait extraction, species ID, and ecological analysis at scale.

(2/5) This paper presents a comprehensive framework of 10 essential considerations to bridge traditional imaging practices and computer vision needs—covering everything from metadata, positioning, color/size calibration, backgrounds, lighting, resolution, file formats, data storage and sharing

Check out our recent publication in the Bulletin

Thats a wrap. That you all for such a great #ESA2025. I have loved my time at Chair of the @esa-earlycareer.bsky.social section, and am so happy to pass the seat to Cait for 2026 🎉

Fantastic time this weekend as the @esa-earlycareer.bsky.social representative to the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social governing board meeting. #ESA2025 here we go.

The ESA Annual Meeting is right around the corner!! Here are some ECE-sponsored events you can find us at. Can't wait to see everyone! 🌱

Why attend #ESA2025? @alyeast.bsky.social says "It's where I've found mentorship, made lasting connections ... & felt supported by a community that values both science & collaboration."

The early-bird deadline is just a few days away -- register by 6/26 & save! www.esa.org/baltimore202...

S M Rayeed, Alyson East, Samuel Stevens, Sydne Record, Charles V Stewart: BeetleVerse: A study on taxonomic classification of ground beetles https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13393 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.13393 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13393

Alyson East, Elizabeth G. Campolongo, Luke Meyers, S M Rayeed, Samuel Stevens, Iuliia Zarubiieva, Isadora E. Fluck, ...
Optimizing Image Capture for Computer Vision-Powered Taxonomic Identification and Trait Recognition of Biodiversity Specimens
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17317

“I have been able to contribute to the team through leading our Outstanding Paper Award, contributing to the annual meeting with a workshop on how to do an elevator pitch and network, and publish a paper on early career ecologists publishing” -John (Sec-Treas, 2023-2025) (9/10)

Looking forward to Funcapalooza this year at the OSU: applications open until June 23, 2025
imageomics.osu.edu/news/2025/06...