Workshop at WACV 2020

Alpine Springs Room 2, Westin Snowmass Resort

1:00-3:00pm First Session Speakers

1:00-1:05pm

Introduction and Welcome

Stefan Schneider, Sara Beery, and Jason Parham (Organizers)

1:05-1:30pm

Introduction to Machine Learning / Deep Learning for Ecologists

Graham Taylor, University of Guelph; Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence

1:30-2:00pm

Similarity Comparison Networks for Animal Re-Identification

Stefan Schneider, University of Guelph

2:00-2:30pm

Animal Re-Identification from Camera Trap Images: Can We Deal with Low-Quality Data?

Sara Beery, Caltech Computer Vision; Google Research

2:30-3:00pm

Four Frontiers in Animal Biometrics - (Remote live presentation)

Tilo Burghardt, University of Bristol

3:00-3:45pm Coffee Break

3:45-5:45pm Second Session Speakers

3:45-4:05pm

Learning Landmark Guided Embeddings for Animal Re-Identification - (Video)

Olga Moskvyak, Queensland University of Technology

4:05-4:25pm

Siamese Network Pelage Pattern Matching for Ringed Seal Re-Identification - (Video)

Ekaterina Nepovinnykh, LUT University

4:25-5:00pm

WildMe: The Future of Animal Re-ID Databases

Jason Parham, WildMe/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

5:00-5:20pm

CAFM: A 3D Morphable Model for Animals - (Video)

Yifan Suan, WASEDA University

5:20-5:45pm

Sloop System with Deep Learning - (Video)

Sai Ravela, MIT

5:45-6:30pm Poster Session

Extracting identifying contours for African elephants and humpback whales using a learned appearance model, Hendrik Weideman*, Chuck Stewart, Jason Parham, Jason Holmberg, Kiirsten Flynn, John Calambokidis, D. Barry Paul, Anka Bedetti, Michelle Henley, Frank Pope, Jerenimo Lepirei

Re-Identification of Zebrafish using Metric Learning, Joakim Bruslund Haurum*, Anastasija Karpova, Malte Pedersen, Stefan Hein Bengtson, Thomas B. Moeslund

Fusing Animal Biometrics with Autonomous Robotics: Drone-based Search and Individual ID of Friesian Cattle, William Andrew*, Colin Greatwood; Tilo Burghardt

Bumblebee Re-Identification Dataset, Frederic Tausch*, Simon Stock, Julian Fricke, Olaf Klein

Similarity Learning Networks for Animal Individual Re-Identification - Beyond the Capabilities of a Human Observer, Stefan C Schneider*, Stefan Kremer, Graham Taylor

6:30pm - Happy Hour at the Base Camp Bar and Grill

73 Wood Rd, Snowmass Village, CO 81615

Take the free SkyCab gondola from the Westin down to Base Camp Bar and Grill! It runs until 9pm