Ecoacoustics and the Australian Acoustic Observatory

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Ecoacoustics lies somewhere at the convergence of hardware, software, AI and environmental science. This new science aims to transform environmental science by recording vocal species 24/7, providing spatial and temporal data for ecosystem monitoring and research. The Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) was created to realise this vision. It is a unique infrastructure which enables continental scale monitoring of vocal fauna across Australia using a network of solar powered acoustic recorders. All the data generated is made freely available online. To achieve this, the Open Ecoacoustics project was created which provides an open-source platform for storing and managing ecoacoustics data from the A2O and other projects.

The Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) consists of a sensor network of 400 continuously recording stations spread over the continent. Once data is collected tools are used to recognise fauna calls for species of interest. The tools allow researchers to browse and further analyse the data. The A2O is supported by an Australian Research Council LIEF (linkage, infrastructure, equipment and facilities) grant.

Our speaker will be Professor Paul Roe, who leads the A2O. Paul's group, based at Brisbane's QUT, has been researching how acoustics can be used to scale environmental monitoring. His group has developed the novel hardware and software tools that are at the heart of the A2O network.

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Introduction, John Gough.

Talk by Professor Roe.

Question time.

Afternoon tea.

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Following the talk, participants will be invited to afternoon tea, on campus.

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