Citizen Science - Introducing Digital Fishers (0:57 min)

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Citizen Science - Introducing Digital Fishers (0:57 min)
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citizen science - digital fishers may 2014-V01.mp4
Title
Citizen Science - Introducing Digital Fishers (0:57 min)
Date
2015-05-01 00:00:00
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Ocean Networks Canada
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  • Ocean Networks Canada
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  • Barkley Canyon
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Public
Digital Fishers is a science-oriented crowdsourcing game-with-a-purpose that recruits people on the Web to gather data selected from thousands of hours of video, archived every year from undersea cameras. But, how do we make this massive flood of data scientifically useful. This is where you come in. Your eyes and observations will not only support ocean research projects but also help computer scientists at the University of Victoria's Computer Vision Research Lab develop algorithms that will be able to automate the long process of watching many hours of undersea footage.
With a big boost of support from the David Suzuki Foundation's Ocean Keepers, the latest Digital Fisher mission is a fishing derby, of sorts. The goal is to count sablefish, or black cod, that appear in a series of one-minute clips--almost 1,500 clips in total. Alongside the growing community of Digital Fishers from around the world, the David Suzuki Foundation is encouraging its community to tackle the mission. The game has five levels, with reward cards earned as your experience grows. Who can "catch" the most?
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