Wild Me

wildme.org

Wild Me (www.wildme.org) — a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on wildlife conservation — is uniquely comprised of software and machine learning engineers advised by pre-eminent biologists and computer scientists. Wild Me has direct experience in wildlife research and related software development through our open source Wildbook platform (http://www.wildbook.org), which started in 2003 as a web-based collaboration to generate new population metrics for whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in conjunction with tourism. As the success of Whaleshark.org generated interest in applying Wildbook to other species, we completed projects with researchers, tour operators, and citizen scientists studying zebras, humpback whales, sevengill sharks, ragged tooth sharks, and giant manta rays.