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Ben Koger is an assistant professor in the School of Computing and the Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming. His work focuses on creating systems that allow for the efficient and automated study of ecological systems. Specifically, combining imaging and computer vision to study the relationship between individuals and their social and physical landscapes. His current research focus is pacific salmon migration and behavior in Alaska and human wildlife interaction in Wyoming. Previously, he was a Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington working with Professor Andrew Berdahl. During his Ph.D. he worked with Iain Couzin at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in the Department of Collective Behaviour in Konstanz Germany. He completed his bachelors degree in electrical engineering at Princeton University where he focused on image processing and machine learning.