Marco Krondorf, HTWK Professor of Communications Engineering, has been Technical Director of the ICARUS KI research project since January 2022. PhD students wanted
The core of the ICARUS KI project is the further development of ICARUS tracking technology, which is currently being used successfully for research on migratory birds and mammals.
The animals are tagged with an ICARUS tag. The tag records the animal's GPS coordinates at regular intervals. During an overflight of the International Space Station (ISS), the tag sends the collected GPS coordinates to the ISS, where they are stored and processed.
The aim of the new ICARUS KI project is to develop algorithms and processes that make it possible to further reduce the current ICARUS tag weight of 5 grams. New methods of signal processing and object localisation are to be explicitly supplemented by machine learning methods. Reducing the weight of the tag would make it possible to tag increasingly smaller animals and thus gain new insights into the migratory behaviour of animals on Earth.
Prof Marco Krondorf is also looking for doctoral students for the new research project. If you are interested, please contact Prof Krondorf directly by e-mail (marco(dot)krondorf(at)htwk-leipzig.de).
Website: Animal Sensors Website | Animal Sensors - Max Planck Society (mpg.de)
