This email serves to announce the 3rd International Workshop on Detection and
Localization of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics to be held at the
Federal Reserve Building in Boston, Massachusetts July 24-26th, 2007
Preliminary details are included in this email. A website dedicated to the
workshop is linked through the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium website at
www.rightwhaleweb.org/workshop.
Objectives
The purpose of the workshop is to present current research on the detection and
classification of marine mammals using passive acoustics. Researchers are
invited to present their scientific work, to detail the advantages and
drawbacks of the methods they use and to show their recent results. Topics
will be extended beyond passive acoustics to other relevant areas of research
that directly affect the study of marine mammals and the effect of
anthropogenic sound on their behavior.
Participants
The workshop encourages presentations from different fields. Scientific
researchers could include specialists in biology, acoustics, signal processing,
mathematics, electronics, computer science. Participation may be limited to
ensure a dynamic and interactive exchange.
The workshop will be open to Masters and PhD Students.
Workshop Schedule
Time will be allotted for oral presentation of current relevant research. A
half-day will be reserved for the comparison of all scientific methods
presented using a common data set of recorded odontocete clicks provided by the
workshop. The participants who do not work on this specific dataset are also
welcome to join the workshop, and present their own work on detection and
classification techniques based on passive acoustics or other relevant research
as outlined in the topics list. A poster session is also scheduled. Authors
will be accepted for presentation or poster session by the scientific
committee. A maximum of 20 papers will be accepted for publication in a
special edition of the Canadian Journal of Acoustics.
Important Dates
April 1, 2007: Deadline for abstract submission (300 words max)
April 15, 2007: Notification of Acceptance
July 24, 2007: Workshop starts
July 26, 2007: Workshop ends
Call for Papers
Oral Presentations/Papers/Poster Sessions
Abstracts for oral presentations (300 words max) and Poster Presentations:
deadline April 1, 2007
Acceptance information: April 15, 2007
Communications in English are invited as oral presentations, 15 min followed by
5 min for questions and discussion
Submission
The Scientific Committee is accepting abstracts (300 words max) based on the
analysis of the workshop data set (on-line through above link), as well as
related research on detection and classification techniques based on passive
acoustics and additional listed topics. Indicate in the submission the
preferred session (Presentation of analysis of workshop data set with potential
for publication, Oral presentation with potential for publication on selected
topics, Oral presentation only, Poster session). Details for abstract
submission are posted on the website.
The abstract will be assigned to an oral presentation or poster session by the
scientific committee.
Scientific Topics
The objective of the workshop it to exchange information that advances general
understanding of methods to detect, classify, and monitor marine mammals.
Topics for consideration are provided below. Additional topics will be
considered.
1. Underwater acoustics
1.1 Acoustics materials
1.2 Theory, model development, and applications of underwater acoustic
propagation
1.3 Multi-channel arrays
1.4 High Frequency Sensors (>20 kHz)
2. Detection and Classification
2.1 Passive acoustic methods
2.2. Active acoustic methods
3.2 Alternate methods (IR, laser, hyperspectral, radar)
3. Localization
3.1 Localization 2D - 3D
3.2 Tracking Algorithms
3.3 Bearing Localization
4. Biology of Marine Mammals
5.1 Behavioral studies
5.2 In-situ studies
5.3 Animal dive and vocalization behavior
5.4 Captive studies
5. Density Estimation
5.1 Visual
5.2 Passive/active acoustic
6. Applications
6.1 Real Time Systems
6.2 Predictive Models
6.3 Mitigation Systems
Questions regarding the workshop should be directed to David Moretti ([EMAIL
PROTECTED] ) or Heather Pettis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
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