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FathomNet News

PHOTO: SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE

FathomVerse crab logo

Nov 9, 2023

Seattle Aquarium

FathomVerse: Ocean Tech Lightning Talks

The Seattle Aquarium's Lightning Talks series is back! Watch now to learn about the cutting-edge world of technology in marine science! Kakani Katija shared a 5 minute lightning talk about FathomVerse, a mobile game that leverages artifical intelligence and community engagement to accelerate ocean discovery.

Aug 2, 2023

Deep Sea Podcast

Deep sea jellies with George Matsumoto

FathomVerse shoutout on the Deep Sea Podcast!

a glass squid and a purple bounding box around the animl

Jul 7, 2023

FathomNet

FathomNet 1.0: Taxonomic Discussions, Annotation Verification, and Community Collaboration

We are thrilled to announce the official release of FathomNet 1.0, marking the end of its beta phase.

FathomVerse Beta crab logo

Jun 27, 2023

KSBW 8 Action News

Monterey Bay researchers looking for beta testers for new video game

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, a research partner of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is looking for beta testers for their new video game.

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Apr 20, 2023

CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Designing Ocean Vision AI: An Investigation of Community Needs for Imaging-based Ocean Conservation

Alison Crosby, Eric Coughlin Orenstein, Susan E Poulton, Katherine L.C. Bell, Benjamin Woodward, Henry Ruhl, Kakani Katija, Angus G. Forbes

Gautam Shah

Feb 3, 2023

France 24

How video games can connect people with wildlife – and help protect it

Gautam Shah of Internet of Elephants shares upcoming project, FathomVerse.

Jellyfish

Nov 10, 2022

KCBX Central Coast Public Radio

Central Coast researchers use artificial intelligence for ocean exploration

Katija and her team received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new database called FathomNet for collecting and labeling underwater imagery.

Jellyfish and FathomNet squid logo

Oct 18, 2022

MBARI

Introducing FathomNet

New open-source image database unlocks the power of AI for ocean exploration

Barreleye fish

Oct 12, 2022

Popular Science

Your gaming skills could help teach an AI to identify jellyfish and whales

Marine biologists have too many images and not enough time to hand-annotate them all. This new project wants to help.

Oct 11, 2022

MBARI

Ocean Vision AI uses the power of artificial intelligence to process ocean imagery

The Ocean Vision AI project will leverage the power of artificial intelligence to accelerate processing of ocean imagery and ultimately enable effective management of ocean resources.

collage of ocean scenes with bounding boxes around animals

Sep 24, 2022

Nature Scientific Reports

FathomNet: A global image database for enabling artificial intelligence in the ocean

Kakani Katija, Eric Orenstein, Brian Schlining, Lonny Lundsten, Kevin Barnard, Giovanna Sainz, Oceane Boulais, Megan Cromwell, Erin Butler, Benjamin Woodward & Katherine L. C. Bell

Sep 30, 2021

FathomNet

Introducing FathomNet (beta)!

I’m excited to finally (even if it’s just beta) share FathomNet with you!!

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