Dear all,

We would like to welcome you all to the next seminar in the ALife & Society<http://www.alifeandsociety.org/> Global Seminar Series, taking place on Monday 6th February 2023. We are delighted that this seminar talk will be given by *Dr. Claes Strannegård<https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/hitta-person/claesstrannegard>* from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

# Date & Time
Monday 6th February @ 14:00 UTC / 15:00 CET

# Title
Modelling ecosystems with deep reinforcement learning

# Abstract
I will present the ecosystem simulator Ecotwin (www.ecotwin.se), which uses 3D models of the terrain and individual animal models that are controlled by deep neural networks trained with reinforcement learning. I will show how this simulator can be used for studying local biodiversity effects of land use change, exploitation of natural resources, pollution, invasive species, and climate change.

# Bio
Claes Strannegård is an associate professor at the department of Applied IT at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

# Meeting Link
Meeting Link: https://herts-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93201655553?pwd=Z3lkSkdja0RVUlJReTJtN0ZPbjRUdz09
Meeting ID: 932 0165 5553
Passcode: 494197

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Imy