The paper explores how the number of bird species (target classes) affects the compressibility of neural networks for passive acoustic monitoring on microcontroller units (MCUs). By training and compressing models with varying class counts, the authors show that significant compression can be achieved with minimal performance loss. They also benchmark different hardware platforms and assess the feasibility of deploying energy‑autonomous monitoring devices.
By Nina Brolich, Simon Geis, Maximilian Kasper, Alexander Barnhill, Axel Plinge, Dominik Seu{\ss}
arXiv:2606. 26121v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Global insect population declines necessitate scalable, continuous monitoring systems, yet existing vision-based solutions remain constrained by high hardware costs, energy demands, and reliance on centralized processing or cloud connectivity.
By Mattia Consani, Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu, {\AA}se H{\aa}tveit, Titus Venverloo, Fabio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, David Atienza
arXiv:2608.23101v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Recent progress in the field of TinyML has demonstrated that low-power hardware based on microcontrollers can achieve bird species monitoring in real...
By Nathan Duboisset, Zhaolan Huang, Felix Bie{\ss}mann, Roudy Dagher, Antoine Lavandier, Emmanuel Baccelli
arXiv:2609.22897v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Large vision-language models (VLMs) enable recognition beyond a fixed class set, but their computational demands prevent them from running on many ed...
By Mohammad Mehdi Rastikerdar, Hui Guan, Deepak Ganesan
arXiv:2506. 03168v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Amid the challenges posed by global population growth and climate change, traditional agricultural Internet of Things (IoT) systems is currently undergoing a significant digital transformation to facilitate efficient big data processing.
By Dawen Jiang, Zhishu Shen, Qiushi Zheng, Tiehua Zhang, Wei Xiang, Jiong Jin
The article outlines a vision and recent progress toward a decentralized system that learns from real‑time building data, treating the building itself as a data center to enhance privacy and reduce dependence on external clouds. It introduces a lightweight, Kubernetes‑like orchestration framework for deploying AI services on low‑power microcontrollers, such as those in the Arduino ecosystem, enabling in‑situ learning on sensors. The work also presents experimental results for new online learning algorithms and proposes a cloud‑fog‑edge architecture using KOptim and FIWARE components.
By Christophe C\'erin, Mamadou Sow, Fr\'ed\'eric Andr\`es