Research Internship offer / Deep learning for acoustic monitoring of migratory fish

[Patrice Guyot <>]

Research Internship M2

IMT Mines Ales / Association Migrateurs Rhône-Méditerranée

Context

Monitoring the numbers of shad at their reproduction sites in the Rhone basin is an important indicator for measuring inter-annual changes in their population. The MRM association develop acoustic approaches to monitor migratory fishes. Shad  spawn  at  night  close  to  the  water  surface,  turning quickly  and  noisily, and  emitting  a characteristic sound lasting a few seconds known as a “spawning splash”. The automatic detection of the spawning splash is a very promising method to generalize the counting and improve the population monitoring.

Objectives

During this internship, the master student will work on the acoustic monitoring approaches in the following directions:

• Study of the state-of-the-art approaches in the field of audio event detection,
• Implementation of a baseline methods involving sound processing, deep learning, and transfer learning,
• Implementation of data  augmentation methods.

Visits to the MRM office in Arles will be planned, in order to get acquainted with the context.

The publication of a scientific article will also be considered.

Minimum qualifications

• Currently pursuing a M.S. in Informatics and/or Acoustic
  
• Experience in deep learning and/or audio processing
• Programming experience (preferably python)
• Interest for ecology
  

Useful info

• Duration: 6 months, from Match 2020
• Salary: legal grant for french internships (about 550€/month)
• Localization : Researcher center LGI2P, 7 rue Jules Renard. IMT Mines Alès, France.
• Supervisor: Patrice Guyot

To apply, please send CV and cover letter to m("mines.ales.fr","patrice.guyot");" moz-do-not-send="true"> , m("migrateursrhonemediterranee.org","p.campton");" moz-do-not-send="true"> , and m("migrateursrhonemediterranee.org","f.alix");" moz-do-not-send="true">

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Patrice Guyot - Assistant professor
IMT Mines Alès
LGI2P - Bureau M117
+33 4 34 24 62 49