Technology

Our engineering team develops cutting-edge yet cost-effective hardware and software solutions. These solutions support terrestrial, aquatic, and marine passive-acoustic monitoring (PAM) efforts and acoustic studies of behavioral ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. We aim to make these technologies available to researchers worldwide to support a wide range of conservation efforts. Here is a selected list of tools we developed in-house:

Hardware Technology

The Yang Center develops hardware systems to support terrestrial, aquatic, and marine passive-acoustic monitoring (PAM) efforts and acoustic studies of behavioral ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. We aim to make these technologies available to researchers worldwide to support a wide range of research and conservation efforts.

  • SwiftOne Recorder
    SwiftOne: Terrestrial Autonomous Recording Unit

    (second generation recording units)

    Training & Guides

    SwiftOne Quick Start Guide

    SwiftOne training video (19.09 minutes)- Basic setup and operation guide for SwiftOne units

    SwiftOne Valve or Tray Installation Guide

    SwiftOne Firmware Updater Guide (Version 1.0.0)

    SwiftOne Configuration Utilities

    SwiftOne Recorder With FW 1.0.3.x (Manufactured in 2024)

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  • Rockhopper – Marine Passive Acoustic Recording Unit

    Following the footprints of its predecessor, Rockhopper acoustic recording units were developed to enable scientists to study any acoustically active marine species of interest. Due to its origin at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the recording instrument was named after…

Software Technology

The Yang Center is a leading developer of bioacoustics software, building data analysis, synthesis, and visualization tools for diverse taxa. Our software facilitates research in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine passive-acoustic monitoring (PAM) as well as behavioral ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. Yang Center software technologies are available to researchers worldwide.

  • BirdNET

    BirdNET is a research and citizen science platform as well as an analysis software for extremely large collections of audio, aiming to provide innovative tools for conservationists, biologists, and birders alike.

  • Raven Workbench, Pro, Lite, and Exhibit

    Raven is a software program for the acquisition, visualization, measurement, and analysis of sounds.

  • Specialized solutions

    The goal of of the Matlab-based Raven-X tool set is to integrate high-performance computing (HPC) technologies and bioacoustics data-mining capabilities. Raven-X provides a hardware-independent solution, or framework, for processing large acoustic data sets (‘aka’ BIG data) to the bioacoustics community. The…