Blog Posts and Lab News
Tips for Building Causal Questions, Hypotheses, Experimental Study Designs, and Predictions
This post outlines the scientific process from a researcher’s perspective, emphasizing the importance of observation, hypothesis formation, and experimental design to explain patterns in nature. It provides templates for crafting research questions, hypotheses, and predictions across various causal question types. The guide aims to equip researchers with tools for clear, compelling experiments. (read more)
Categories: tipsWasp Deep Fakes at CV4Animals @ CVPR 2024
Kacy Hatfield, a Media Arts and Sciences MS student co-advised by Dr. Pavan Turaga, presented her research on “wasp deep fakes” at the CV4Animals workshop during CVPR2024. This study, a collaboration with The Tibbetts Lab at the University of Michigan, uses generative models to animate wasp faces for research on individual recognition and social interactions… (read more)
Categories: newsTags: AI, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, computer vision, CV4Animals, CVPR, CVPR2024, deep fakes, dominance hierarchies, generative models, individual recognition, insects, paper wasps, Polistes, Polistes dominulus, Polistes fuscatus, social behavior, social insects, TPSM, waspsA Lab Website is Born
The Pavlic Lab, now known as the BEET Lab, has recently launched its website after a long delay. The lab’s focus extends beyond autonomy, encompassing augmented intelligence, decision support, and ecological engineering. The new identity reflects the holistic nature of the lab’s work, fostering excitement for future endeavors and blog updates. (read more)
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