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Digitized herbarium specimens have so many potential uses beyond biodiversity research.\u00a0 iDigBio recently hosted a deep learning workshop to bring together researchers to discuss ways to use herbarium specimens for recording trait data and tracking phenology and the role machine learning can play in this research. Check out the workshop report<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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