JAABA: New software speeds analysis of animal behavior
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 08:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—Using new software developed at HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus, a computer can be trained to recognize characteristic animal behaviors like an experienced biologist. Rather than scrutinizing hours of video to catalog how often fruit flies chase one another, for example, scientists can quickly teach the software what to look for, and let it convert the video into useful statistics.