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Meetup talk 2025-02-20 at 18:00

BIOSCAN-5M: A Multimodal Dataset for Insect Biodiversity

Event: Feb 20 - Virtual AI, ML and Computer Vision Meetup

Speakers

Scott C. Lowe

machine learning researcher · Vector Institute

Topics

bioscan-5m multimodal dataset insect biodiversity dna barcodes taxonomy biodiversity informatics hugging face pypi

Description

The BIOSCAN-5M dataset features five million specimens from 47 countries with paired high-resolution images and DNA barcodes for every sample. The dataset’s hierarchical taxonomic labels, geographic data, and long-tail distribution of rare species offer valuable resources for ecological research and AI model training. BIOSCAN-5M represents a significant advancement in biodiversity informatics, facilitated by the International Barcode of Life and the BIOSCAN project, and is publicly available for download via Hugging Face and PyPI.