The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across a wide range of domains comes with both
high expectations of its benefits and dire predictions of misuse. While AI systems have …

Close-range underwater photogrammetry, hereafter referred to as photogrammetry, is
rapidly emerging as a new standard in measuring and monitoring coral reefs due to its …

Understanding and preserving the deep sea ecosystems is paramount for marine
conservation efforts. Automated object (deep-sea biota) classification can enable the …

Achieving underwater coral seabed image segmentation involves dividing an image into
meaningful regions or segments, which, in this case, could represent different types of …

Mangrove forests provide valuable ecosystem services to coastal communities across
tropical and subtropical regions. Current anthropogenic stressors threaten these ecosystems …

Image-based coral reef survey technologies have revolutionized the monitoring of coral
reefs by offering a cost-effective and noninvasive method for collecting data across large …

Broad-scale marine surveys performed by underwater vehicles significantly increase the
availability of coral reef imagery however it is costly and time-consuming for domain experts …

The Turing test for comparing computer performance to that of humans is well known, but,
surprisingly, there is no widely used test for comparing how much better human-computer …

Abstract South Penghu Marine National Park, Taiwan experienced severe coral bleaching in
2020 that may lead to coral mortality. Corals are important animals that enrich marine …

Detecting the impacts of natural and anthropogenic disturbances that cause declines in
organisms or changes in community composition has long been a focus of ecology …