Calling volunteers!
The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) is developing WeedScan 2.0 — Australia’s next-generation weed identification app – and we’d love your help.
We’ve nearly doubled the number of species in the app to around 950 plants and gathered over 900,000 images to train our AI system. To build a smarter, more accurate AI model, we’re looking for two kinds of volunteers:
1. Image Curators
Help us prepare the training datasets so the AI learns from only the best material. You’ll filter out low-quality, duplicate or off-topic images and spot species that need more photos so we can achieve the minimum threshold of quality images per plant species.
2. Expert Botanists and Plant Specialists
We also need expert help with the trickier species – those that are hard to tell apart because of similar lookalikes. Your knowledge will help us verify identifications and improve the model’s ability to distinguish species.
Whether you’re an experienced botanist, scientist, or passionate naturalist, this is a great way to contribute to national weed management. You can join from anywhere in Australia (you’ll need your own laptop and internet) or in person at our Canberra office. Training, support, and a sneak peek of WeedScan 2.0 are all provided!
Interested?
Please email lucy.webster@invasives.com.au with the subject line ‘WeedScan 2.0 Volunteer’.
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