{"id":560,"date":"2024-04-04T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=560"},"modified":"2024-04-07T20:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:46:29","slug":"dss-colloquium-thomas-schmickl-university-of-graz-austria","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/event\/dss-colloquium-thomas-schmickl-university-of-graz-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"(DSS Colloquium) Thomas Schmickl, University of Graz, Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data Science &amp; Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Thomas Schmickl, University of Graz, Austria, on <strong>Monday April 8 at 5PM in Rocky 300. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Can Robots Save Nature?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Our planet is on the brink of the 6th mass extinction, as our ecosystems are rapidly losing both<br \/>\ndiversity and biomass. As intra- and inter-specific interaction networks weaken, ecosystems<br \/>\nbecome increasingly unstable, setting off on a downward trajectory along a deadly spiral. I<br \/>\nexplore how robotic systems can play a crucial role in supporting ecosystems and communities.<br \/>\nI will show three levels of agency and how a \u201ctech for good\u201d approach might be helpful to<br \/>\nfight ecosystem decay: monitoring, intervention and restoration. By mitigating ecosystem<br \/>\ndecay, robots may buy us precious time to address the root causes of environmental crises. I<br \/>\nwill show innovative systems that we\u2019ve developed over recent years \u2014 the initial strides toward going beyond mere animal-interaction systems by establishing eco-effective robotics.<\/p>\n<p><b>Poster Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2024\/03\/Schmickl.presentation.8April2024.pdf\">https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2024\/03\/Schmickl.presentation.8April2024.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Science &amp; Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Thomas Schmickl, University of Graz, Austria, on Monday April 8 at 5PM in Rocky 300. Title: Can Robots Save Nature? Abstract: Our planet is on the brink of the 6th mass extinction, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/event\/dss-colloquium-thomas-schmickl-university-of-graz-austria\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[12],"class_list":["post-560","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-dss","cat_dss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/560\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}