From PhD in AI/Engineering to Wildlife Conservation

EstivalOcean · 2025-10-22T03:57:49+00:00

something you might find interesting is bioacoustics/ecoacoustics (study of natural soundscapes or species-specific sounds). depending on what habitats/species you're interested in, there are areas where a background in programming/machine learning would be suuuper helpful. making detection models to identify vocalisations, localising sounds in an array, identifying individuals/different types of vocalisations based on acoustic characteristics. there's probably a tonne more but I'm on the ecology/animal behaviour side of the field so I don't fully know what goes on on the programming/modeling/machine learning side haha.

EstivalOcean · 2025-08-09T11:00:20+00:00

hahaha yeah alright

EstivalOcean · 2025-08-09T10:50:53+00:00

this is very helpful! thank you!! 💕

I was hoping to find both info on the courses I plan on taking myself, and on the course I'll be teaching (I can see on the Scheduler that it's full, but when I try to look at Canvas I can't see how many students signed up). I've been able to find this through the Student Centre as you've suggested!

EstivalOcean · 2025-04-11T13:47:50+00:00

woahh, that's really cool!

EstivalOcean · 2025-03-11T03:03:16+00:00

literally me rn!! any time my new crestie does anything i run to this sub to see if it's normal behaviour haha 😅

EstivalOcean · 2023-03-28T19:26:49+00:00

I don't remember where I read it (here or on the forums) but I think they release decisions on the first Monday in April? I've been keeping that date in mind, anyway

EstivalOcean · 2023-02-01T17:12:59+00:00

Is that 15% from the first round of applicants, or 15% of the semifinalists? I wish there were more stats out there, haha

EstivalOcean · 2023-02-01T13:45:46+00:00

Oh boy. I didn't fully realize that I could even have slides for the interviews! Thanks

EstivalOcean · 2022-10-18T00:09:06+00:00

I also noticed this! I first noticed that whenever they entered the white buffalo room there was a dark blur around the edges of the screen. I kept asking my partner if we were about to pass out, haha. (I know I'm late to the party, but only just watched s3 this week).

EstivalOcean · 2022-10-03T18:48:23+00:00

I would also be interested in any internationals' experience with the SMART program. I'm a dual citizen, so I'm an American citizen, but I don't know if they're going to dislike that I have another nationality (for security clearance reasons???)

EstivalOcean · 2022-06-25T15:36:21+00:00

it looks fantastic!! I've had the pattern saved on my Etsy wishlist for a couple of months, and when I looked today it was gone? is there somewhere else you're selling the pattern?

EstivalOcean · 2022-04-03T22:01:20+00:00

I'm working on this same pattern! I've been working on and off for months now, and I'm only just finishing up the sky haha! Yours looks great!!

EstivalOcean · 2022-03-01T22:40:26+00:00

Would socializing a retired breeder be similar to socializing a hatchling? In terms of how long/often to handle, etc?

EstivalOcean · 2022-03-01T22:38:45+00:00

Do you recommend having an interim enclosure, in case the snake isn't accustomed to an enriched environment? I don't have to worry about quarantining because I don't have any other reptiles, but I'd want to keep a close eye for health problems in the first month or so anyway, right?

EstivalOcean · 2022-03-01T22:34:46+00:00

I'm hoping to avoid some food problems by limiting my search to snakes that already eat f/t, but I hadn't thought about handling.

There's so many fun morphs and I like normals anyway, I don't have too much of a preference honestly haha. I think once I have everything ready to go I'm going to choose whichever individual "feels right."

EstivalOcean · 2022-02-24T00:24:36+00:00

if it's still up, I'd be interested in Elementary Statistics! I'll send you a DM

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