AI and Ecosystem Modeling, with Scott Spillias and Beth Fulton

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on the role of artificial intelligence in ecosystem modeling with experts Scott Spillias and Beth Fulton.

For this episode, we were joined by Scott Spillias, who is a Research Scientist at CSIRO and affiliated with the Centre for Marine Socioecology at the University of Tasmania, and Beth Fulton, who is Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO and the Deputy Director of the Center for Marine Socioecology. We spoke about their recent BioScience article "The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Ecosystem Modeling."

People in this episode

Guests: Scott Spillias, Beth Fulton

Topics covered

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ecosystem Modeling
• Marine Science
• Research
• Environmental Science

Keywords

• AI
• ecosystem modeling
• marine socioecology
• BioScience article
• CSIRO

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Ecosystem Modeling

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