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MERIDIAN E-Newsletter May 2022
Read about our latest updates and upcoming event(s) right here – Meridian eNewsletter May 2022.
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Dalhousie University Oceanography Seminar Series
Join the Oceanography Seminar Series – “AI Meets the Ocean: Current Work at DAL’s Institute for Big Data Analytics”, with speaker Dr. Stan Matwin of the Faculty of Computer Science on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
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ASA Presentation and Posters
Last week, Senior Staff Scientist, Oliver Kirsebom, attended the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) meeting in Seattle, UW, presenting on recent MERIDIAN achievements. Below are the slides from his oral presentation in the special session on killer whale conservation as well as the posters he presented on behalf of MERIDIAN’s Lire la suite…
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MERIDIAN at the Acoustical Society of America’s 181st meeting
We are excited to announce that MERIDIAN will be presenting at the upcoming Acoustical Society of America’s 181st meeting during the Applications of Bioacoustics in Killer Whale Conservation session. The session will bring to life ‘all areas of killer whale acoustics that have conservation application’. The ASA’s 181st meeting takes Lire la suite…
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Launch of FishSounds
Partnering up with FishBase, University of Victoria, University of Florida, University of Sao Paulo, and many other researchers, we are happy to announce the launch of the FishSounds project. The FishSounds website shares information on the vocal behaviour of soniferous fishes including acoustic recordings of these fishes. To explore deeper, Lire la suite…
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Listening under the waves at Tl’ches
Author: Amalis Riera – Acoustic Data Analyst On Monday August 9, 2021, MERIDIAN team member Amalis Riera was invited to participate in Indigenous land-based learning and community engagement on the Tl’ches Islands as part of the Living Lab Project. Tl’ches (Lekwungen name), also known as Chatham and Discovery Islands, are Lire la suite…
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MERIDIAN to present at the Advances in Marine Data Science Session
We are thrilled to announce that MERIDIAN researchers Bruno Padovese, Fabio Frazao and Sadman Sakib will be presenting at the Advances in Marine Data Science session organised by SFU’s Big Data Hub on August 24th from 1PM – 6PM ADT. This session is aimed at emphasising the use of data Lire la suite…
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MERIDIAN’s Progress Over the Years
As demand for resources continues to grow, nations turn their attention to the ocean, not least Canada with its world’s longest coastline. Along with the changing climate, the increased human presence impacts the marine ecosystems, especially in the Arctic. Therefore, to ensure sustainable use of marine resources, we must keep Lire la suite…
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Coming soon: MarNoise – a Python package for underwater acoustics
MarNoise is a Python package for calculating underwater acoustic standards from ISO 18405 in an open and reliable way. An initial release will be available by October 2021.
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MERIDIAN Invited to Speak at CAN BON Exploratory Workshop
On behalf of the MERIDIAN, Dr. Oliver Kirsebom was honoured with an invite to the upcoming CAN BON workshop, which is being organised by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Parks Canada (PC), and the Canadian Space Lire la suite…
