CRIMAC Workshop on data processing methods for large volumes of plankton and fisheries-acoustics data

Workshop details

Registration link

• For contributing presentations to the WK: Registration by 1 September 2024 or until spaces are filled.
• For in person attendance: Registration by 15 September or until spaces are filled.
• For online attendance: Registration by 15 September.
   

Objectives

Acoustic data are being collected from a range of platforms and purposes, leading to an increase in data volume. Additionally, historical records from years of data collection are now more accessible for analysis. In both scenarios, traditional manual data processing methods are challenging as they do not scale well. The workshop will cover both the use cases where large amounts of data are collected and the technological and logistical solutions for processing and analyzing the data. The objectives of the workshop are to investigate best practices for big data processing on fisheries acoustic data, to identify current bottlenecks, and to write up a summary report with guidance for the community.

Approach

This first part of the workshop will focus on use-cases that have collected or plan to collect large amounts of acoustic data, what the objectives are for the data collection, how the data processing is currently carried out, and the challenges that the users are facing.

The second part of the workshop will focus on technological solutions for working with big data and how these technologies can be applied to fisheries acoustics data. 

Preliminary program – day 1

10:00-10:15    Doors open and morning coffee
10:15-10:45    Welcome and introductions
Welcome address, introduction to the CRIMAC SFI (www.crimac.no), and plan for the day (Nils Olav Handegard, IMR)

10:45-11:30     Use cases
Introductions by participants

11:30-12:30    Lunch

12:30-14:00     Use cases/Data processing techniques 
Introductions by participants

14:15-14:45    Short break
14:45-16:00    Data processing techniques 
Introductions by participants

19:00         Dinner

Preliminary program – day 2

08:30-09:00    Doors open and morning coffee
09:00-11:30    Discussion and summary recommendations

11:30-12:30    Lunch

12:30    Meeting closure