How Big Data Analytics and AI Can Help Boost Bee Populations


Blog #7           : How Big Data Analytics and AI Can Help Boost Bee Populations
Name               : Kathleen 蔣慧敏
Student ID      : D0726920
Source        : https://analyticsindiamag.com/how-big-data-analytics-ai-can-help-boost-bee-populations/

            As a human, we need to be aware of the population of bees since it has an important role in our life. The fact that the number of bees’ population is starting to decline pushes companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAS to find ways to help boost the declining population of bees. They are making a good use of AI and big data analytics to develop smart beehives and apps to understand bees’ behavior better.

SAS’ Use of Advanced Analytics & ML

It is written that SAS has four beehives at its main campus in North Carolina which makes them easier to work with beekeepers to check the condition of the beehives in real time. Moreover, SAS works with Appalachian State University to create data visualization on the world’s bee population to find ways to protect the beehives. On top of that, SAS also establishes a hackathon which can help in understanding the bees’ language through ML to boost human food supplies.
AI-powered Bioacoustic Monitoring System
SAS’ researchers have developed a system using digital signal processing tools and ML algorithms through SAS Viya software that can monitor the hives. They also use robust principal component analysis (RPCA) to make sure that only the hum from the hive is distributed through the system.
Mapping World’s Bee Populations
With the help of Appalachian State University, SAS created a data visualization of the locations of bees around the world. Other than that, there is also a World Bee Count app for users to add more data to the Global Pollinator Map and visualization map that shows the pictures that are submitted by users.

AI-Powered Beehives Using Microsoft Azure

We4bee, a Germany start up launches AI and data-driven beehives that can help researchers to study social patterns of the bee populations. We4bee also work with Microsoft in order to improve its technology and uses Azure credits to make a prototype to collect the data from Microsoft IoT services.

Smart Beehives Using Oracle Cloud & Analytics Tools

In the UK, a non-profit organization also has been working together with University of Reading and Oracle using cloud storage and analytics tools to develop smart beehives.
As explained from the article, Big Data Analytics and AI are very important to help human in finding alternatives and ways to avoid any problem in human’s life.

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