About Advanced Climate Monitoring Inc.
Mission & Approach
Most of Canada's lakes, rivers, and coastlines lack the ground-based monitoring tools needed to detect hazards in time for effective response. Advanced Climate Monitoring (ACMI) combines field data with the latest satellite imagery and modelling tools to create real-time water status reports. Our goal is to help you create a customizable monitoring platform for your region that is scalable and low-cost to operate.
ACMI's pilot platform and survey tools are designed for environmental managers, field teams, and the public to help provide timely information and guide decisions. Outputs are designed to complement and enhance your existing monitoring programs and professional judgment. We are piloting public communication and alerting tools with project partners.
We work openly with our field partners. We collaborate with groups to continue improving model performance and push technological boundaries. Improving detection accuracy over time is an explicit part of how ACMI is designed to evolve.
Catherine Evans
Co-Founder, Remote Sensing
Catherine has a decade of experience in remote sensing, with a specialty in developing machine learning applications that combine satellite imagery and environmental data.
Catherine’s passion about digital innovations in coastal ecosystems is what led to founding ACMI, with a goal to make advanced environmental analysis accessible to the public.
Dr. Christopher Whidden
Co-Founder, Big Data & Deep Learning
Dr. Whidden is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Dalhousie University. He develops efficient algorithms and software for NP-hard problems and Big Data, particularly in computational biology and oceans research.
Dr. Whidden focuses on applying both algorithms theory and practical software development and algorithm engineering to create novel solutions to complex problems.