E&E Special Seminar: Machine Learning-Based Species Classification in Marine Animal Trajectories

Oceans are environments where a diversity of human activities threaten marine life. To achieve effective conservation, it is crucial to comprehend the movement patterns of animals within these dynamic environments: how, when, where, and why they move.

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22 Jan 2024 1:00pm
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Jorge Medina Hernandez, IFISC (Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems), Mallorca
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Oceans are environments where a diversity of human activities threaten marine life. To achieve effective conservation, it is crucial to comprehend the movement patterns of animals within these dynamic environments: how, when, where, and why they move. Until recently, data-driven analysis has been limited by data availability. In this talk, we will discuss the potential of novel machine learning techniques with the help of an extensive dataset encompassing 13,000 individual trajectories from over 100 marine species. Our primary focus will center on classification algorithms, specifically targeting species identification. We will analyze the factors influencing the performance of these algorithms, and the differentiating features for each species.

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Eucalyptus Room
Rm S205, Level 2
RN Robertson Building (46)

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