Making use of machine learning technology and bio-acoustic recordings, four ASU professors helped to develop an innovative way to measure and quantify biodiversity. The achievement earned them and their teammates the top award in the $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition. The professors were part of Team Limelight Rainforest, which included more than three dozen other scientists from around the world. Among them was Pavan Turaga, a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Fulton Schools, and director of ASU’s School of Arts, Media and Engineering. Turaga provides technical details on how the novel technology was developed and the value of what it could accomplish in protecting the planet’s biologically diverse environments.