SVLUG July 6th meeting: Wired Roots: Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring in the Wilds of Mt. Hamilton

It was a good talk, interesting work on remote sensing and low power networking. 


Here are some links from the talk. 

http://blueoakranchreserve.org/

http://ekoview.blueoakranchreserve.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Oak_Ranch_Reserve

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rick Moen
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:43:13 -0700
Subject: [svlug] [svlug-announce] SVLUG July 6th meeting: Wired Roots:
Applications    of Wireless     Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring in
the     Wilds of Mt. Hamilton

WHEN:

 Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
 7pm-9pm

MAIN PRESENTATION

 TOPIC:
   Wired Roots:  Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks for Habitat
   Monitoring in the Wilds of Mt. Hamilton

 PRESENTED BY:
   Michael Hamilton,
   Dir. of U.C. Berkeley's Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

 TOPIC SUMMARY:
   Dr. Hamilton will discuss a brief history of the Blue Oak Ranch
   Reserve, a 5,000 acre ecological reserve perched upon Mt Hamilton
   below the Lick Observatory -- and how technologies such as Ubuntu
   Linux, wireless networks, sensors, and imagers will transform our
   understanding of ecological processes and interactions of species
   and the environment.  He will conclude with a brief discussion of
   the San Jose Climate Clock project.

 ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
    Michael Hamilton is an ecologist, conservation biologist, and the
    reserve director of the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, a unit of the UC
    Natural Reserve System, located near Mount Hamilton in the Diablo
    Range, due east of San Jose, California. He received his Ph.D. from
    Cornell University in 1983, and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in
    biology and ecology from California State Polytechnic University,
    Pomona.

    Michael is one of several founders, a past board member, and
    currently serves as scientific advisor for the Society for
    Conservation GIS, an organization with 3000 members worldwide that
    trains and supports academic and NGO professionals involved in
    nature protection and conservation biology using remote sensing and
    Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies. His professional
    activities have taken him throughout the United States and Mexico,
    and to many continents and countries including Europe, Africa,
    Australia, South America, and French Polynesia.

LOCATION:

 Symantec
 VCAFE Facility
 350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
 Mountain View, CA 94043

 Directions on how to get there are listed at:

   http://www.svlug.org/directions/veritas.php

 We've tried our very best for these directions to be accurate.
 If you have any improvements to make, please let SVLUG's volunteers know!
 webmaster at svlug.org

POST-MEETING GATHERING:

 If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local
 restaurant/diner after the meeting:  Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi, Too,
 939 West El Camino Real between Shoreline and Castro, Mountain View.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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