Archive of posts from 2024

  • Acoustic Species ID goes to NeurIPS 2024!

    Posted on Dec 18, 2024

    featured image Our work, “A Deep Learning Approach to the Automated Segmentation of Bird Vocalizations from Weakly Labeled Crowd-sourced Audio” was accepted and presented at NeurIPS 2024 in the “Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning” Workshop hosted by Climate Change AI! Congrats to the authors: Jacob Ayers, Sean Perry, Samantha Prestrelski, Tianqi Zhang, Ludwig von Schoenfeldt, Mugen Blue, Gabriel Steinberg, Mathias Tobler, Ian Ingram, Curt Schurgers and Ryan Kastner. ...

  • Engineers for Exploration (E4E) Summer Research Program at UC San Diego ­- Application Submission by February 15th, 2025

    Posted on Dec 10, 2024

    featured image UC San Diego’s Engineers for Exploration Summer Research Program is an NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Site centered around multidisciplinary and collaborative student research with the broad goals of protecting the environment, uncovering mysteries related to cultural heritage, and providing experiential learning experiences. Our program is a full-time paid research experience from June 23rd to August 29th in which students will work in multidisciplinary research teams to ...

  • Smartfin - New Fin Potting

    Posted on Dec 4, 2024

    featured image Over the past couple years, members of the Smartfin team have been hard at work putting together a new procedure for potting fins at UC San Diego. Just before Thanksgiving break, our team managed to pull a sample fin from our molds. Throughout this journey, our team has had to tackle many different problems, ranging from designing new molds, determining the correct fin makeup, and maintaining pressure vessels to do the potting in. As we move into the new year, our team will now focus on re...

  • FishSense Published in UC San Diego Today

    Posted on Dec 3, 2024

    featured image We are pleased to announce that FishSense has been recognized in the UC San Diego Today magazine. You can read the online article here.

  • Aqua3D Promo Video

    Posted on Nov 22, 2024

    featured image Aqua3D is thrilled to announce the release of our latest promotional video showcasing our cutting-edge underwater camera technology! At Aqua3D, we specialize in developing advanced depth cameras designed for underwater exploration and research. Our technology plays a pivotal role in supporting innovative initiatives like the FishSense project. Check out the video to see how we’re pushing the boundaries of underwater depth imaging!

  • Acoustics Species Will be at NeurIPS 2024!

    Posted on Oct 11, 2024

    featured image Our paper, “A Deep Learning Approach to the Automated Segmentation of Bird Vocalizations from Weakly Labeled Crowd-sourced Audio,” has been accepted for a spotlight talk and poster presentation for Climate AI’s Tackling Climate Change workshop in NeurIPS 2024! Congratulations to the authors: Jacob Ayers, Sean Perry, Samantha Prestrelski, Tianqi Zhang, Ludwig von Schoenfeldt, Mugen Blue, Gabriel Steinberg, Mathias Tobler, Ian Ingram, Curt Schurgers, and Ryan Kastner!

  • Fall 2024 Info Session

    Posted on Sep 23, 2024

    featured image Info session will be held at CSE 1242 on October 8th at 2:30 PM! Engineers for Exploration is a one of a kind program that develops intelligent systems that aid research in conservation, cultural heritage, and exploration. We work closely with archaeologists, biologists, ecologists, and marine scientists to create technologies that aid them in their scientific research. Applications range from determining population counts for endangered animals and studying animal behavior to capturing larg...

  • Acoustic Species Project Leads Win HDSI Scholarship

    Posted on Sep 9, 2024

    featured image We are excited to announce that two of the project leads from the Acoustic Species Identification Team, Ludwig von Schoenfeldt and Tianqi Zhang, have been awarded the prestigious Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Undergraduate Scholarship under the mentorship of Dr. Ryan Kastner! Together with Sean Perry, they are leading efforts to develop advanced tools for bioacoustic monitoring. The Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) Undergraduate Scholarship supports innovative, student-led projec...

  • Summer 2024 Final Presentations

    Posted on Aug 31, 2024

    featured image Thank you to the students who participated in our Summer Research program this year! It was great having you all with us, and we really appreciate your contributions, vibes, and learnings! A huge shout out to the following programs for helping to support our summer researchers: National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Award 2244123 National Science Foundation “Development of a Swarm of Autonomous Subsea Vehicles to Infer Plankton Growth and Transport” projec...

  • Summer 2024 REU Presentations at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

    Posted on Aug 15, 2024

    featured image Engineers for Exploration’s 2024 Research Engineers for Explorations just wrapped up presenting to our friends and collaborators up at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research in Escondido. Our students shared their projects, current efforts, and results. You can find a link to the presentation below.

  • 2024 Summer Research Students

    Posted on Jun 26, 2024

    featured image This summer, we are hosting 19 students from around the world in our 2024 summer research program at UC San Diego. Meet our students by reading their bios below:

  • Latest Smartfin Molds

    Posted on May 10, 2024

    featured image We’ve just completed the latest modifications to our Smartfin molds, thanks to the UCSD Makerspace located in the Design and Innovation Building at UC San Diego. Enhanced mold pour holes Our team will begin assessing whether these design changes will improve the quality of fins we are able to manufacture from these molds, moving slowly towards low-rate production here at UC San Diego.

  • Ronan Wallace Awarded Fulbright for Floods of Lubra

    Posted on May 7, 2024

    featured image Summer 2021 REU alum and project lead Ronan Wallace has been awarded a Fulbright Research/Study Grant 2024-25 to Nepal for his research project Floods of Lubra. For his Fulbright, he plans to return to Mustang to document flooding impacts through photogrammetric modeling and ethnographic interviewing in communities affected by flooding. As Himalayan flooding grows more acute each year due to the climate crisis, Ronan believes that a lack of documentation of these impacts may result in inadequ...

  • Spring 2024 Info Session

    Posted on Apr 3, 2024

    featured image Engineers for Exploration is a unique research program that develops intelligent systems for research in conservation, cultural heritage, and exploration. We work closely with archaeologists, biologists, ecologists, and marine scientists to create technologies that aid them in their scientific research. Applications range from determining population counts for endangered animals and studying animal behavior to capturing large-scale ecological data and visualizing archaeological discoveries. E...