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<h2>Location</h2>
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Centrum Wiskunde &amp; Informatica (CWI)<br/>
Kruislaan 413<br/>
1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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<p><a href='http://www.cwi.nl/en/address' target='_blank'>DIRECTIONS</a></p>


<h2>PROGRAMME</h2>

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<li><a href="#wed3"> Wednesday, 3 December 2008</a><br/><p></p></li>
<li><a href="#thu4"> Thursday, 4 December 2008</a><br/><p></p></li>
<li><a href="#fri5"> Friday, 5 December 2008</a><br/><p></p></li>
<li><a href="#additional"> Additional presentations</a><br/><p></p></li>
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<h2 id="wed3">Wed, 3 Dec 2008</h2>


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<td valign="top"> 10:00 - 10:45</td> 
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<b>
Registration</b><br/>

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<td valign="top"> 10:45 - 11:00</td> 
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Eric Pauwels (CWI, NL)<br/>
<i>Welcome </i>
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<td valign="top"> 11:00 - 11:40</td> 
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Wouter Los (Univ of Amsterdam, NL)<br/>
<i>Building the LifeWatch Sensor Grid</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#los"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 11:40 - 12:20</td> 
<td valign="top">Marieke van Erp (Tilburg Centre for Creative Computing, NL)<br/>
<i> Automatic Ontology Construction for Improved Access to Taxonomic Databases</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#vanerp"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/vanerp.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>
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<td valign="top"> 12:20 - 13:00</td> 
<td valign="top"> Paul Havinga (Univ of Twente, NL)<br/>
<i>Energy-efficient Sensor Networking on the Great Barrier Reef</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#havinga"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 13:00 - 14:00</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Lunch</b>
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<td valign="top"> 14:00 - 14:40</td> 
<td valign="top">Tomislav Hengl (Univ of Amsterdam, NL)<br/>
<i>Semi-automated procedures for species distribution modeling: NDFF and GBIF records</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#hengl"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 14:40 - 15:20</td> 
<td valign="top">Dezhen Song 
(Texas AMU, USA)
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 <i>Collaborative Observation of Natural Environments</i>

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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#song"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/song.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>
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<td valign="top"> 15:20 - 15:50</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Coffee</b>
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<td valign="top"> 15:50 - 16:30</td> 
<td valign="top">Chris Roadknight (Lancaster Univ, UK)<br/>
<i>Towards the use of sensor networks for real-time monitoring of 
biodiversity in Long-Term Ecosystem Research (LTER) sites: 
Quantifying variability in grazer activity using digital 
cameras and automated image analysis.</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#roadknight"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top" > 16:30 - 17:10</td> 
<td valign="top">Chris Davis (T.U.Delft, NL)<br/>
<i>From Collective Intelligence to Collective Science</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#davis"> Abstract</a>
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<h2 id="thu4">Thu, 4 Dec 2008</h2>


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<td valign="top"> 09:15 - 09:20</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Introduction</b>
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<td valign="top"> 09:20 - 10:00</td> 
<td valign="top">Brad Norman (Ecocean, Australia)<br/>
<i>
Power of (and to) the people: whale shark citizen science</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#norman"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/Norman_BioDivGrid08.pdf" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>
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<td valign="top"> 10:00 - 10:40</td> 
<td valign="top">Elena Ranguelova (PrimeVision, NL)<br/>
<i> Methods for Computer-assisted Photo-identification of 
naturally marked Ceteceans</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#ranguelova"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/ranguelova.pdf" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>

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<td valign="top"> 10:40 - 11:00</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Coffee</b>
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<td valign="top"> 11:00 - 11:40</td> 
<td valign="top">Andras Gubanyi (Hungarian Natural History Museum)<br/>
<i>
Alternative Radio and Biotracking Methods for Mammals</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#gubanyi"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 11:40 - 12:20</td> 
<td valign="top">Shaun Lawson (Univ of Lincoln, UK)<br/>
<i>
Harnessing human computation via social networking 
technologies for citizen science and biodiversity monitoring
</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#lawson"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 12:30 - 13:30</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Lunch</b>
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<td valign="top"> 13:30 - 14:10</td> 
<td valign="top">Patrick Dickinson (Univ of Lincoln, UK)<br/>
<i>Autonomous Monitoring of Cliff Nesting Seabirds using Computer Vision</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#dickinson"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/dickinson.pdf" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>

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<td valign="top"> 14:10 - 14:50</td> 
<td valign="top">Robin Freeman (Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK)<br/>
<i>Combining Wireless Sensing With Precision GPS Tracking Of  
 A Colonial Breeding Pelagic Seabird, The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus Puffinus)</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#freeman"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 14:50 - 15:30</td> 
<td valign="top">Judy Shamoun-Baranes (Univ of Amsterdam, NL)<br/>
<i>Combining sensors and communities to monitor bird movements</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#shamoun"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/shamoun.ppt" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>
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<td valign="top"> 15:30 - 16:00</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Coffee</b>
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<td valign="top"> 16:00 - 16:40</td> 
<td valign="top">Nigel Raine (Queen Mary Univ London, UK) <br/>
<i>RFID technology facilitates intensive behavioural studies of 
social insects
</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#raine"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/Raine.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>

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<td valign="top"> 16:40 - 17:20</td> 
<td valign="top">Willem Bouten (Univ of Amsterdam, NL) <br/>
<i>Building virtual laboratories for ecological research: lessons learned  </i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#bouten"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/bouten.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>

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 <td valign="top"> 17:20 - 18:00</td> 

<td valign="top"><b>Panel discussion </b><br/>
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<b> TOPICS </b>
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<h2 id="fri5">Fri, 5 Dec 2008</h2>



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<td valign="top"> 09:00 - 09:40</td> 
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Jonathan Giddy (Welsh e-Science Centre, Cardiff University)<br/>
<i>e-Science Infrastructure for Biodiversity Research</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#giddy"> Abstract</a>
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<td valign="top"> 09:40 - 10:20</td> 
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Martin Kersten (CWI, NL)<br/>
<i>Scientific Databases: the story behind the scene</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#kersten"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/kersten.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>

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<td valign="top"> 10:20 - 11:00</td> 
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Patrick Halpin (Duke University, USA)<br/>
<i>
OBIS-SEAMAP2.0: developing a biogeographic information system 
for monitoring marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtle distribution and abundance
</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#halpin"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/Halpin_OBIS-SEAMAP_2.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>

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<td valign="top"> 11:00 - 11:20</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Coffee</b>
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<td valign="top"> 11:20 - 12:00</td> 
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Menno Schilthuizen (Naturalis, The Netherlands)
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<i>The Evolution MegaLab</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#schilthuizen"> Abstract</a>
<a href="presentations/schilthuizen.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a>

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<td valign="top"> 12:00 - 12:40</td> 
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Daan Goense (LOFAR and Wageningen Univ, NL)
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<i>The LOFAR infrastructure as basis for sensor networks in agriculture</i>
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<a href="programme_abstracts.xml#goense"> Abstract</a><br/>
<a href="presentations/goense.pdf" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>
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<td valign="top"> 12:40 - 13:00</td> 
<td valign="top"><b>Wrap-up and lunch</b>
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<td  valign="top"> Sky Alibhai  and 
Zoe Jewell  (WildTrack) <br/>
<i>Non-invasive Wildlife Monitoring:  Footprint Identification Technology</i>
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<a href="presentations/Wildtrack_BioDivGrid08.ppt" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>
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Paul de Zeeuw, Eric Pauwels (CWI, The Netherlands) and  Danielle Buonantony (Duke, USA) <br/>
<i>Leatherbacks Matching by Automated Image Recognition</i>
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Leann Kanda (Ithaca College, NY, USA)<br/>
<i>Community for Remote Animal Monitoring</i>
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<a href="presentations/Leann_Kanda_CRAM_overview.pdf" target = "_blank"> Presentation </a>
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