4 papers
Miti360: A Comprehensive Dataset for Improved Reforestation Monitoring
Cedric Kiplimo, Samuel Mbatia, Ciira wa Maina +2
Over the past decade, interest in applying machine learning (ML) to automate forest monitoring has grown significantly. However, existing training datasets are predominantly drawn…
AfriVoices-KE: A Multilingual Speech Dataset for Kenyan Languages
Lilian Wanzare, Cynthia Amol, Ezekiel Maina +14
AfriVoices-KE is a large-scale multilingual speech dataset comprising approximately 3,000 hours of audio across five Kenyan languages: Dholuo, Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Maasai, and Somali.…
Perceptual Distortions and Autonomous Representation Learning in a Minimal Robotic System
David Warutumo, Ciira wa Maina
Autonomous agents, particularly in the field of robotics, rely on sensory information to perceive and navigate their environment. However, these sensory inputs are often imperfect,…
An empirical investigation into audio pipeline approaches for classifying bird species
David Behr, Ciira wa Maina, Vukosi Marivate
This paper is an investigation into aspects of an audio classification pipeline that will be appropriate for the monitoring of bird species on edges devices. These aspects include…