Research at Wild Basin
Wild Basin supports research in a living laboratory within a 227-acre nature preserve. Past and current research topics include water quality, wildlife populations, soil microbes, predator activity, human-wildlife interactions, and creative research across disciplines.
Project Repositories
Box Drive Processing Pipeline
Python tools for collecting Box file images, run speciesnet and OCR processing, and generate json metadata files.
GitHub RepoWild Basin Image Gallery App
Django web application for uploading metadata, searching SpeciesNet results, reviewing OCR data, and viewing cached trail camera images.
GitHub RepoAdaptive Backpropagation Research
Experimental machine learning research exploring whether selected subnetworks can reduce backpropagation computation while maintaining model performance.
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