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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · 15h

Great time at this year’s NERC Digital Gathering, chatting with colleagues from across NERC-funded centres and sharing ideas about the role of emerging technologies in environmental science.

Lots of interesting discussion from my talk on Southern Ocean benthic image analysis using computer vision!

A photo showing myself (top-left) standing in front of a room of people (4 in shot) giving a talk. I am standing next to a presentation slide (top-right) displaying 4 QR codes directing to our research paper, code, dataset, and guide.

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EurIPS Conference @euripsconf.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to everyone who got their @neuripsconf.bsky.social papers accepted 🎉🎉🎉

At #EurIPS we are looking forward to welcoming presentations of all accepted NeurIPS papers, including a new “Salon des Refusés” track for papers which were rejected due to space constraints!

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is the same for the UK. I wouldn’t be allowed to book an Airbnb _or_ a conference hotel. Ignoring some nuance, I simply have to take the cheapest option available to me through our contracted travel agent. I do not book hotels or travel myself and claim back, it’s done for me.

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Peter T Fretwell @ptfretwell.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are hiring:
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...

British Antarctic Survey Careers | Seabird Remote Sensing Data Analyst

Interview date – 16 September 2025

bas.ciphr-irecruit.com

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Big thanks to my coauthors @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social, @ming-tfk27.bsky.social, and @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social for their support!

@bas.ac.uk

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌺 I'll be presenting the work in person this October in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Come say hi at #ICCV2025 if you're around, especially if you're interested in collaborations in the marine vision space!

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jul 30

We

🪸Tackle key challenges in marine imagery: scarce annotations, variable object sizes, & complex seafloor terrain

📷 Combine resolution-preserving patching, spatial augmentation, & SAHI to detect 25 key morphotypes

❄️ Release the first CV dataset of Antarctic benthic organisms

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An overview diagram showing how our new framework works. We start by taking in large scale benthic images as input, splitting them into training, validation, and testing sets based on substrate, depth, and sea floor angle. Then we use SAHI to patch the high res images down to small image chunks. An object detection model is then trained using the patches. We perform some post processing, generating a large high-res image with detections as output.

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jul 30

🇦🇶 Our new paper detailing the automated detection of Antarctic benthic organisms using high-res in situ imagery has been accepted to the #ICCV2025 Joint Workshop on Marine Vision!

📄 Read the preprint now: arxiv.org/abs/2507.21665

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An example output from our framework. An image of the Antarctic seafloor, with hundreds of organisms on it. The organisms each have a bounding box around them, a class label, and a confidence score produced by our framework.

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EurIPS Conference @euripsconf.bsky.social · Jul 16

EurIPS is coming! 📣 Mark your calendar for Dec. 2-7, 2025 in Copenhagen 📅

EurIPS is a community-organized conference where you can present accepted NeurIPS 2025 papers, endorsed by @neuripsconf.bsky.social and @nordicair.bsky.social and is co-developed by @ellis.eu

eurips.cc

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Malte Pedersen @maltep.bsky.social · Jun 3

Join us at the Joint Workshop for Marine Vision at #ICCV25

We have full-paper and nectar tracks.
Accepted papers are included in the official ICCV workshop proceedings.
Submission deadline: June 30

More at: vap.aau.dk/marinevision/

@iccv.bsky.social
@jbhaurum.bsky.social
@justin-kay.bsky.social

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jun 2

And I’ve made it! About 14h from Newcastle to San Sebastián via London, Paris, and Hendaye, but that wasn’t much longer than flying (no direct) and *far* more environmentally friendly! Now to get some sleep ready for tomorrow!

Thanks to @seatsixtyone.bsky.social for providing my route!

A view of Amara station in San Sebastián at night.

A map of Western Europe showing my journey. The red marker is Newcastle, and the blue circle is San Sebastián.

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jun 2

5h later and I’ve arrived in Hendaye/Hendaia on the 🇫🇷/🇪🇸 border! Now just a quick light rail to San Sebastián.

A view of the entrance to the light rail station in Hendaye. It’s a small black stone building with the words “Euskotren Hendaia” above the door.

A view of the Euskotren to San Sebastián, at the station in Hendaia.

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Lucien Hinderling @lhinderling.bsky.social · Jun 2

Inkscape plugin to rescale figures without distorting the text, and other useful features!
github.com/burghoff/Sci...

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jun 2

Next, a very quick metro from Gare du Nord to Gare Montparnasse, ready to catch a TGV across France to Hendaye, on the French-Spanish border.

A view from the Eurostar platform at Gare du Nord after arriving in Paris.

An image of Gare du Nord station, Hall 1. On the Mezzanine level above is a sign stating “Hall 2” with a Union Jack, and an arrow pointing left. Behind a group of people in the middle of the scene is a sign pointing down for the metro.

Gare Montparnasse from the outside; a mixture of concrete and glass.

Boarding the TGV train to Hendaye from Gare Montparnasse. The train is to the right of the image. Top left, an electronic board shows the route: Bordeaux Saint-Jean, Dax, Bayonne, Biarritz, Saint-Joan-de-Luz-Ciboure, and Hendaye.

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jun 2

A quick 2 minute walk over to St. Pancras, and onto the Eurostar to Paris!

An image of St. Pancras station in London, taken from outside of Kings Cross. In the foreground is a small road with many London black cabs. In the far left of the image, you can see St. Pancras clock tower.

A photo from the door of my Eurostar train from London to Paris, looking down the train. The platform is empty, with the train ready to depart.

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jun 2

Heading to San Sebastián 🇪🇸 for the @azti.bsky.social #SummerSchool25 the low-carbon way!

Looking forward to seeing how others are using AI in the benthos, similar to my work @bas.ac.uk.

First leg: Newcastle to London Kings Cross

A picture from a moving train of the river Tyne and the bridges. The train is crossing the river, also over a bridge.

An image of my train, after pulling into London Kings Cross.

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Pioneer Centre for AI @aicentre.dk · May 23

We invite submissions to the #ICCV Joint Workshop on Marine Vision dedicated to advancing computer vision for monitoring and assessing marine environments through underwater imagery and related technologies.
⏰ Deadline June 30
📣Notification July 11
📷Camera ready Aug 8
🏆Best paper award-$1,000

6th Workshop on Computer Vision for Analysis of Underwater Imagery (CVAUI)

vap.aau.dk

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Mar 10

Come hear me chat about my work building an AI assistant for Southern Ocean biodiversity monitoring @bas.ac.uk! I promise there will be lots of pictures of sea critters 🪸🦑🦀

MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · Mar 6

Please join us for the upcoming Open Forum Session by the Marine #AI Forum!

The session titled Understanding the Current State of #SouthernOcean #Benthic Ecosystems Using #DeepLearning Computer Vision with Dr Cameron Trotter (@bas.ac.uk) will be taking place online on Thurs 3 Apr at 10 am UTC.

MASTS Open Forum Session "Deep Computer Vision & Benthic Ecosystems" - MASTS

MASTS invites everyone to this free Open Forum Session hosted by the Marine Artificial Intelligence Research Forum.

masts.ac.uk

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Jim Labisko💚🐸🦎🐍🐢🦇🐆🧪💙😷4/4 @jimlabisko.bsky.social · Feb 25

Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded

www.theguardian.com

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Huw Griffiths @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social · Feb 22

A spectacular and emotional experience leaving #SouthGeorgia and passing through a group of around 500 #humpback #whales. They were everywhere! #biopole2 #marninebiology #cetaceans #Antarctic @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · Feb 21

Brilliance from @privateeyenews.bsky.social !!

@bas.ac.uk

❄️🥼🧪🌊

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Jan 29

BAS Scientists are not only found in Antarctica, they also appear on bookshelves! 📖

Here is a selection of children’s books that feature the expertise of BAS scientists ⬇️

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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig.

If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪

www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...

REMOTE ROLE FOR ECOLOGISTS, NATURALISTS, AND TAXONOMIC EXPERTS at Pivotal Future in London, UNITED KINGDOM

Jan 2, 2025 | Ecologists, Naturalists, and Taxonomic Experts ‍ Can you identify birds, bats or frogs from acoustic data? Or can you identify plants,... | EXPIRES IN 4 DAYS

www.researchgate.net

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jan 27

This review was a joint effort between myself, @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social, and @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social, as a result of our interdisciplinary work @bas.ac.uk 🇦🇶

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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨 New paper 🚨

Benthic ecologist curious about using computer vision? 🤖

Computer scientist wondering how to help protect benthic biodiversity? 🦀

Our latest review bridges the gap between these fields!

Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Surveying the deep: A review of computer vision in the benthos

The analysis of image data for benthic biodiversity monitoring is now commonplace within the domain of marine ecology. Whilst advances in imaging tech…

www.sciencedirect.com

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