Blair Mirka
Ph.D. | Geography, Remote Sensing & Machine Learning
I'm a geospatial scientist specializing in computer vision, machine learning, and remote sensing applied to ecology and biodiversity. My Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico focused on using 3D photogrammetric modeling and deep learning to automate species identification from museum specimens — bridging natural history collections with modern AI. Take a look around!
Expertise
Machine Learning & Computer Vision
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Object Detection
Synthetic Training Data
Species Identification
Structure from Motion
3D Photogrammetry
Geospatial & Remote Sensing
GIS
Remote Sensing
UAV / Drone Ops (Part 107)
Thermal Infrared Imaging
ArcGIS Pro
QGIS
Distance Sampling
Programming & Tools
Python
R
SQL
JavaScript
Agisoft Metashape
Blender
Recent Publications
- Labeled 2D images from 3D models of museum specimens; The impact of Structure from Motion modeling parameters on rendered 2D images
- Photogrammetric Approach to the Estimation of Distance to Animals in Camera Trap Images
- Evaluation of Thermal Infrared Imaging from Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles for Arboreal Wildlife Surveillance