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Autonomous technology and machine learning to understand changes in the ocean

February 16, 2022 , online - open to all

Full title: Autonomous technology and machine learning can help understand changes in the ocean: examples from the poles to the tropics

Date: February 16, 2022 at 10:00 am

Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82504469979?pwd=c1hUajNMYUtnSCtwREVOYVlidFphdz09 

Abstract: Often the ocean changes faster than we can observe. Our team is developing new technologies (autonomous vehicles, machine learning techniques, new sensors) to solve this sampling problem. I will present some examples of our past work, including counting krill in Antarctica, mapping hydrothermal vents in Iceland, identifying fish and gelatinous zooplankton from acoustic images, mapping coral reefs while simultaneously monitoring water quality, and developing new sensors to quantify microplastics and plankton. I will conclude with some thoughts on how we can use some of these approaches to sample remote areas such as the Canadian Arctic.

Speaker: Mark Patterson, Canada Fulbright Research Chair in Advancing Transdisciplinary Research in the Changing North, Laval University and Northeastern University, Departments: Marine and Environmental Sciences & Civil and Environmental Engineering.