Measuring BehaviorOrganizer: Michael Toscano (University of Berne, Switzerland)
Description: Improved sensor technology allows for examination of behaviour in a far more detailed manner than conventional methods, e.g., video recordings. In addition to increased resolution and granularity over extended periods of time, the outcome is typically a far superior representation of the subjects’ behaviour. Despite these benefits, associated efforts require special expertise that prevent many well-intentioned efforts from being optimized. The required expertise is likely to include: processing and filtering data within very large datasets (i.e., Big Data), visualization and integration of multiple data streams, and extraction of meaningful metrics to compare group and individual-level patterns.
The symposium will include contributions towards developing a greater understanding in the visualization and analysis of large, complex datasets generated with all types of sensor technology.
Sponsorship: This symposium is in part sponsored by an EU-COST Action (EU-LI-PHE; https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22112/), that focuses on building a European-based Phenomics framework.
The figure is from Montalcini et al. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29587-9
