Representatives from the Missouri Botanical Garden and WashU have begun discussing an ambitious new project that would combine botany with data science. Garden staff are currently engaged in a long-term effort called Revolutionizing Species Identification (RSI), which aims to digitize more than 8 million specimens of the Garden Herbarium. The resulting database would include high-resolution images and fully searchable details on each specimen, opening the door for groundbreaking data analysis projects
The Living Earth Collaborative and SDS Co-Sponsor Biodiversity Presentation from Missouri Botanical Garden (Links to an external site)
