McGill Desautels BCom Wins McCAIS Undergraduate Research Award 2024

Bachelor of Commerce student Nikki Tye is the recipient of the McGill Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS)’s Undergraduate Research Award (McURA) for Summer 2024. The $8,700 award, aimed at promoting interdisciplinary AI research in society, recognizes Nikki's project on "Protecting the Amazon Forest from Illegal Activity through Image Recognition and Operations Research: A Partnership with JungleKeepers and Peruvian Indigenous Communities."

Supervised by McGill Desautels Professors Juan Serpa and Emmanuelle Vaast and part of the Data Mangrove's ecosystem, Nikki's work aligns with her Integrated Management Student Fellowship (IMSF) research project led by supervisor Dr. Sabine Dhir.