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Use of an unmanned aerial-aquatic vehicle for acoustic sensing in freshwater ecosystems

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Freshwater ecosystems are endangered, underfunded and understudied, making new methods such as passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) essential for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of data collection. However, many challenges are still to be addressed ...

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Exploration-based model learning with self-attention for risk-sensitive robot control

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The Societal and Scientific Importance of Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity in Machine Learning for Chemistry

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While the introduction of practical deep learning has driven progress across scientific fields, recent research highlighted that the requirement of deep learning for ever-increasing computational resources and data has potential negative impacts on the sci ...

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Designing self-tracking experiences: A qualitative study of the perceptions of barriers and facilitators to adopting digital health technology for automatic urine analysis at home

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EPFL2023