Profile: Cheryl Knott

Biology and Artificial Intelligence

Options Volunteer Basis, Potential for UROP Funding, Potential for Academic Credit Overview We are looking for someone to assist in assessing the performance of a convolutional neural network model for the detection of critically endangered species from passive acoustic data from the rainforests of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Students will also learn skills in software visualizing […]

Cheryl Knott

Current Research Biological anthropologist Cheryl Knott’s research is focused on orangutan behavior and biology, both as a way to further our understanding of endangered great apes and as a model for looking at human evolution. Dr. Knott earned her PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University, where she also served as an Associate Professor until 2008, […]