Aghiles BEN SIDER

Aghiles did an internship at EGCE (Evolution Genomes Comportement Ecologie) and is interested in developing and setting up a network of sensors to collect climate measurements as close as possible to what insects will experience. The first step was to define the variables of interest, and then the different types of sensors available and their characteristics. The temperature, relative humidity, soil humidity and wind speed were taken into account. Then, he compared the different models of sensors available in order to choose the most suitable for the project, that is to say minimize costs, better reliability and accuracy of measurement and use adapted to the external environment for insects. Aghiles is now building three-dimensional printer models to host each sensor and its associated microcontroller. Acquired data will be sent using radio frequency to a gateway sending the data to a server hosting a storage and visualization application. This work is part of a scientific program aimed at better characterizing the dynamics of insect pests and proposing predictive models to reduce crop losses and thus contribute to food security in the context of climate change.