Dear All,
The 6th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation (DCLDE) of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics will be held 12 – 15 June, 2013 at the
University of St Andrews, Scotland.
The biennial DCLDE Workshops are intended for exchanging information that advances our understanding of acoustic methods to detect, classify, locate, track, count, and monitor marine mammals in their natural environment. The goal is to encourage interdisciplinary
approaches to solve real-world problems related to the study of marine mammals and the effects of human activities.
As with previous workshops, a common data set will be provided which will allow participants to directly compare algorithms and methodologies. While delegates are encouraged to work with the workshop dataset, contributions using other data will also be accepted.
The workshop dataset is currently under development and will be made available in the summer of 2012.
Our website at
http://soi.st-andrews.ac.uk/dclde2013 is now live (although it doesn’t contain much more information than this message). Further details of the scientific program and important dates will be made available later in the summer.
Best,
Douglas Gillespie
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Douglas Gillespie
Sea Mammal Research Unit,
Scottish Oceans Institute,
University of St Andrews,
St Andrews, KY16 8LB
Scotland.
Tel: +44 1334 462663
Fax: +44 1334 463443
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532