About-lostbirds

2023 Solution Challenge - Google Developers KUGODS LostBirds

Problems

Habitat shifts and loss of migratory birds due to climate change and environmental degradation

• Climate change has pushed breeding grounds up north.
• Migratory birds pass through the stop earlier.
• The habitats of migratory birds are gradually disappearing.
• Most migratory birds are becoming endangered species.

Abnormal behavior of birds before a major disaster

• Abnormal behavior appears just before and after an earthquake.
• 15 minutes before the 2016 Oklahoma earthquake in the US, thousands of birds were spotted on radar as they covered the sky.
• Animals tended to show unusually active movements about 45 minutes before the earthquake was officially detected.

UN-sustainable-development-goals(UN-SDGs)

13. Climate Action

• Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

15. Life on Land

• Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Solution

LostBirds?

Lost : not knowing where you are or how to get to where you want to go, unable to find your way

Lost Birds : Let's make an application that can find birds lost due to environmental destruction and global warming!

Concept

We want users to be able to tell if a migratory bird is lost or not through a photo of a migratory bird.

• First, use computer vision techniques to try to figure out what kind of bird it was.
• Second, by comparing the current position and time (season) information of the bird with the previous year's information, it is known how different the location was found.
• Lastly, we want to determine if migratory birds are too far away or exhibit abnormal behavior, and report this to the National Institute of Biological Resources.

Prototype

Feature

1. You can see if migratory birds have not lost their way.

2. More information on migratory birds can be found at the National Institute of Biological Resources.

Cooperation with the National Institute of Biological Resources

National Institute of Biological Resources

Geographic information for migratory birds

Demo Video

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Goals & Expected Effects

Use for research purposes

• In the existing research method of attaching a sensor to the foot of a migratory bird, it is expected to play a role as a device that can conduct sufficient research only with photos (videos) of migratory birds.

Use for Educational Purposes

• It is expected that it will be used as a material to educate students about migratory birds in the learning field and the necessity of nature conservation and love for animals.

Stacks

Mobile application Frontend

React-Native + typescript for Android and iOS

Computer Vision Model

Tensorflow 2 + Keras (Google Technology)

The Team

• JungJae Lee / GDSC Korea University Crew / AI developer
• SuHyeok Kim / GDSC Korea University Crew / AI developer
• KyungMin Kim / GDSC Korea University Crew / Mobile Application developer
• HongChan Chun / GDSC Korea University Crew / Mobile Application developer

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Draft presentation (Korean)

Lost Birds Draft presentation.pdf

Demo video on Youtube (English)

Youtube Link

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