Data Science for ALL – Classifying Bees with Python

18:55 - 19:00 : Welcome! (connect your PC)

19:00 - 19:30 : Supervised Learning (focus on decision trees) - next workshop will focus on neural networks

19:30 - 20:30 : Life coding with Python (classifying bees) - come with your laptop and a chrome browser

20:30-20:35 : Feedback form by Microsoft

20:35 - 20:50 : Networking / Snacks / Beverages (10x Microsoft)

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Classifying Bees

There is often confusion about the differences between bumblebees and honeybees and even some of our top media channels will publish pictures of bumblebees when they are discussing/ writing about honeybees.

These bees have different behaviors and appearances, but given the variety of backgrounds, positions, and image resolutions it can be a challenge for machines to tell them apart.

Wild bees are important pollinators and the spread of colony collapse disorder has only made their role more critical.
In this workshop, we will build a basic algorithm to determine the genus—Apis (honey bee) or Bombus (bumble bee)—based on photographs of the insects.