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Precision Aquaculture

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Precision Aquaculture

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  • 8 hours study
  • Level 3: Advanced
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    • Welcome to the course

      This free course on Precision Aquaculture provides an introduction to how data analysis and machine learning can be used to improve environmental performance of fish farms.

      This is one of a series of five free courses prepared under the EU Horizon 2020 project GAIN (Green Aquaculture Intensification). It introduces to how data analysis and machine learning can be used to improve environmental performance of fish farms. The materials have been developed under the leadership of IBM, Ireland.

      Please note that enrolling on this course will make your name and e-mail address visible to the course manager/teacher. This data will only be used for analytic or support purposes and not for marketing or distribution to third parties. Its use will be subject to Open University data protection and privacy policies (See FAQ).


      • Image of the EU flagThis course received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 773330 (GAIN, Green Aquaculture Intensification in Europe) and constitute the deliverables for Task 5.1 managed by the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling. The content of this course does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed therein lies entirely with the authors. Start date: 01/05/2018, End date: 31/10/2021.

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  • This course is part of a collection

    This course is part of a collection

    This course is part of a collection of courses called Green Aquaculture Intensification in Europe. There are 5 courses in this collection so you may find other courses here that maybe of interest to you.

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  • Course learning outcomes

    As a result of studying this course you will have an awareness of:

    • Precision aquaculture as a farm management paradigm
    • The types and role of data collected on farms and use in management
    • The advantages of Julia programming language for data science
    • The use of Julia for manipulating datasets
    • The use of different machine learning models for farm data analysis
    • Applying statistical and machine learning analysis to data from and aquaculture farm

  • Course dates:

    First Published 30/09/2021.

    Updated 15/10/2021

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    Mario Edgardo Alaluna Aguero17 February 2025 4:03

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