Pose Tracking

Many researchers and students have painstakingly labeled precise details about the body positions of the creatures they study. Can AI be used for this labeling? Of course it can! Today's episode discusses Social LEAP Estimates Animal Poses (SLEAP), a software solution to train AI to perform this tedious but important labeling work.

Guest

Talmo Pereira: Hi, I’m Talmo. I’m an Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for AI and Research Computing at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where my lab uses computer vision and deep learning to study animal behavior, neuroscience, and plants! I started the lab as a Salk Fellow in 2021. I received my BS in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I received my PhD in Neuroscience at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, co-advised by Mala Murthy and Joshua Shaevitz.