SLEAP and the Science of Movement

Ask A Biologist Podcast

Chapters
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Intro
2:17
Labanotation
4:20
Labanotation example
5:38
Next generation for capturing animal movement.
6:52
Motion capture
7:18
Fruit flies go Hollywood.
8:24
A.I. - Machine learning - Human in the loop
10:14
SLEAP software
14:12
Animal movement and behavior
16:35
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
17:59
Valarie Williams on A.I.
20:34
Talmo Pereira on A.I.
28:06
Three questions
28:14
When did you know you first wanted to be a dancer?
30:12
When did you know you wanted to be a scientist?
32:23
What would you be if you were not a biologist?
34:12
What would you be if you were not a dancer?
35:24
What advice do you have for future dancers?
36:03
What advice do you have for future scientists?
38:58
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Ask A Biologist Podcast
SLEAP and the Science of Movement
Apr 09, 2022 Episode 115
Dr. Biology - School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

No, that is not a typo in the episode title. My guests today are collaborating on the study of animal movement, including humans. Both researchers use tools to document and analyze movement in animals. One tool is a symbolic language that has been in use since 1928 and the other is a new software tool called SLEAP that uses A.I. to capture animal and plant movements. In this show, Dr. Biology gets the inside story about these tools from guests Valarie Williams and Talmo Pereira. This episode is part of a series of podcasts recorded at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology conference– also called SICB.

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