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GSoC 2025 Project Ideas

Benjamin Weinstein edited this page Mar 3, 2025 · 14 revisions

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The code of conduct should be your first read.


Proposal 1: Efficient Detection of Unique Images from Overlapping Images

Rationale:

Develop a workflow to compute unique image detections from overlapping images using either the weecology/DoubleCounting repository or the open-forest-observatory/geograypher repository. This project will focus on implementing an efficient algorithm for removing double counting among overlapping images.

Approach:

  • Choose a suitable repository either weecology/DoubleCounting or open-forest-observatory/geographer for implementing the unique image detections workflow.
  • Develop an efficient algorithm for removing double counting among overlapping images.
  • Evaluate the performance of the workflow on various datasets.

Expected Outcomes:

  • A workflow for computing unique image detections from overlapping images.
  • Documentation on using the workflow.

Source Code: DeepForest

Degree of Difficulty:

  • Intermediate, long (350 hours)

Skills:

  • Deep learning
  • Git/GitHub
  • Machine learning
  • Software testing
  • Python and Python package deployment

Mentors:

  • @bw4sz
  • @henrysenyondo
  • @ethanwhite

Proposal 2: Developing an Active Learning Module for DeepForest

Rationale:

Implement an active learning module for DeepForest, allowing users to select new images for model training based on current model scores. This project will focus on integrating the BOEM repository's active learning code into DeepForest, enabling more efficient model training and improved accuracy.

Approach:

  • Integrate the BOEM repository's active learning code into DeepForest.
  • Develop a user-friendly interface for selecting new images based on model scores.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the active learning module in improving model accuracy.

Expected Outcomes:

  • An active learning module for DeepForest using BOEM.
  • Documentation on using the active learning module.

Source Code: DeepForest

Degree of Difficulty:

  • Intermediate, long (350 hours)

Skills:

  • Deep learning
  • Git/GitHub
  • Active learning
  • Python and Python package deployment

Mentors:

  • @bw4sz
  • @henrysenyondo
  • @ethanwhite

Proposal 3: The Airborne Wildlife benchmark dataset.

https://github.com/landing-ai/vision-agent?tab=readme-ov-file

Rationale:

There are hundreds of airborne wildlife datasets out there, most are unavailable, in many different formats and organizations and cannot be used for machine learning model training. We have identified hundreds of datasets and will work with partners to collect, standardize and training a general airborne animal detector.

Approach:

Expected Outcomes:

  • An agent-interaction module for DeepForest using VisionAgent.
  • Documentation on using the agent module.

Source Code: DeepForest

Degree of Difficulty:

  • Intermediate, long (350 hours)

Skills:

  • Deep learning
  • Git/GitHub
  • Active learning
  • Python and Python package deployment

Mentors:

  • @bw4sz
  • @henrysenyondo
  • @ethanwhite

Proposal 4: DeepForest Vision Agent connection with LandingAI

https://github.com/landing-ai/vision-agent?tab=readme-ov-file

Rationale:

Text-based queries of images for labeling and organization.

Approach:

  • Create configuration for DeepForest users to register LLM keys
  • Object detection and segmentation workflows
  • Develop a user-friendly interface for selecting new images based on agent responses
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the active learning module in improving model accuracy.

Expected Outcomes:

An agent-interaction module for DeepForest using VisionAgent. Documentation on using the agent module. Source Code: DeepForest

Degree of Difficulty:

Intermediate, long (350 hours) Skills: Deep learning Git/GitHub Active learning Python and Python package deployment

Mentors:

  • @bw4sz
  • @henrysenyondo
  • @ethanwhite

Proposal 5: Integrating BIOCLIP Backbone into DeepForest's CropModel for Improved Accuracy

https://huggingface.co/imageomics/bioclip https://github.com/Imageomics/bioclip/tree/main

The DeepForest crop model Source Code: CropModel

Rationale:

Develop a BIOCLIP backbone for the CropModel, enabling improved accuracy and efficiency in crop classification tasks. This project will focus on integrating the BIOCLIP architecture into the CropModel framework.

About Bioclip

BioCLIP is a foundation model for the tree of life, built using CLIP architecture as a vision model for general organismal biology. It is trained on TreeOfLife-10M, our specially-created dataset covering over 450K taxa--the most biologically diverse ML-ready dataset available to date. Through rigorous benchmarking on a diverse set of fine-grained biological classification tasks, BioCLIP consistently outperformed existing baselines by 16% to 17% absolute. Through intrinsic evaluation, we found that BioCLIP learned a hierarchical representation aligned to the tree of life, which demonstrates its potential for robust generalizability.

Approach:

  • Integrate the BIOCLIP architecture into the CropModel framework.
  • Evaluate the performance of the BIOCLIP backbone on various airbore wildlife classification datasets. Can it be finetuned? What kind of zero-shot performance does it have?
  • Develop a user-friendly interface for using the BIOCLIP backbone within CropModel. Combining prompts with images.

Expected Outcomes:

  • A BIOCLIP backbone for the CropModel.
  • Documentation on using the BIOCLIP backbone within CropModel.

Degree of Difficulty: Intermediate, long (350 hours) Skills: Deep learning Git/GitHub Crop classification models Python and Python package deployment

Mentors:

  • @bw4sz
  • @henrysenyondo
  • @ethanwhite
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