Project

Automated monitoring of pig behavior using multi-modal sensing and its application to study social interactions and stress

Code

01D01522

Duration

01 October 2022 → 31 August 2026

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Jan Verwaeren

Fellow

Nusret Ipek

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Machine learning and decision making
- Computer vision
- Image processing
- Acoustics and acoustical devices, waves
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal welfare

Keywords

Multi-modal sensing Video and Sound Analysis Pig (Social) Behavior Computer vision Computational Biomodeling and Machine Learning

Project description

This research proposal focuses on the automation of the observation of the (social) behavior of pigs at the farm and at the slaughterhouse using advanced video and sound processing, and the analysis of the data to gain insight in the dynamics of the behavior of pigs.