Workshop Agenda

Rise of the Machines - Applications of automated systems for matching dorsal fins: current status and future directions

Date: Sunday December 8, 2019

Time: 8:30 - 17:30

Location: Room 133 on the 'P1 level' of the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB)

Organizers: Reny Tyson Moore (Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program) & Kim Urian (Duke University Marine Laboratory)

8:30-9:00: Welcome and Introduction

9:00-9:30: History of photo-id methods and advances in matching systems (Kim Urian, Duke University) - Presentation

9:30-12:15: *Overview of Computer Vision Programs

9:30-9:45: Finscan (Jacalyn Toth, Stockton University) - Presentation

9:45-10:00: Photo-ID Ninja (Krista Hupman, NIWA) - Presentation

10:00-10:30: Coffee Break (provided)

10:30-10:45: Dolphin Matching Using Google Cloud Vision (Kim Urian, Duke University) - Presentation

10:45-11:00: Happywhale (Ted Cheesman, Happy Whale) - Presentation

11:00-11:15: finFindR (Jaime Thompson) - Presentation

11:15-11:30: CurvRank (Jason Allen, CZS-SDRP) - Presentation

11:30-11:45: FlukeBook (Jason Holmberg, Wild Me) - Presentation

11:45-12:00: FinBase (Jeff Adams, NOAA) - Presentation

12:00-12:15: OBIS SeaMap/GoMDIS (Carolyn Cush, CZS-SDRP) - Presentation, WMMC Poster

12:15-13:45: Lunch (on your own)

13:45-14:30: Panel discussion and Q&A with CV developers/presenters

14:30-15:00: Performance of CV Systems - Experiment results (Reny Tyson Moore, CZS-SDRP) - Presentation

15:00-15:30: Coffee Break (provided)

15:30-16:45: Group discussion regarding the use of CV programs

15:30-15:55: CV in practice (trust in the system, thresholds for searching, grading, error rates)

15:55-16:20: Workflow (user interface, metadata management)

16:20-16:45: Big picture (collaborative catalogs, multi-species catalogs, how decisions affect studies using photo-ID)

16:45-17:30: Workshop synthesis: best practices, wish list (and limitations), outcomes

*This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all computer vision programs available for dorsal fin photo-ID, just those we were able to present on during our workshop. Please contact Reny Tyson Moore (rtysonmoore@mote.org) or Kim Urian (kim.urian@gmail.com) for more information about additional programs available for this purpose.