Artificial intelligence and citizen scince in monitoring and assessing biodiversity and invasive species at sea

Currently, several policies and directives require monitoring and assessment of the status of marine waters, e.g. the Water Framework Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Habitats and Birds Directives, the Biodiversity Strategy, the Nature Conservation Act, etc. in Europe. In some cases, invasive species are an important issue when studying biodiversity, and in this context, artificial intelligence and citizen science can help researchers to get early warning signals to manage the problems they can cause.

The main objective of Summer School 2025 is to present, both theoretically and practically, different tools and methods for monitoring and assessing biodiversity and alien species, using among others, artificial intelligence and citizen science. To achieve this objective, we have organized the school in three days, sharing the experiences from scientists participating in different projects

This year, the school is supported by the following projects: GES4SEAS, OBAMA-NEXT, GuardIAS, BioBoost+, ANERIS and POMP