Jeff Kerby, Non-Resident Senior Arctic Fellow at the Institute of Arctic Studies (IAS), has been awarded a 2026 Neukom Institute CompX Faculty Grant in collaboration with Bob Hawley, Professor of Earth Sciences and newly appointed Director of Dartmouth’s Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL).
The project, EPOCHS (Extended Polar Open-source Computer vision for Habitat Surveys), uses AI-based animal detection and timelapse camera systems to continuously monitor the movement and landscape impacts of large Arctic herbivores — such as caribou and muskoxen — across seasonal cycles.
The CompX Faculty Grants Program supports the development and application of computational methods across Dartmouth’s schools and programs.
Kerby, who has taught a popular Polar GIS course through the Geography department with IAS support, brings expertise in remote sensing and spatial analysis to the collaboration.
(Photo: Jeff Kerby)
