Convenor : Franzis Althaus, CSIRO (franzis.althaus@csiro.au)
Co-convenors:
Jacquomo Monk, IMAS (jacquomo.monk@utas.edu.au)
Candice Untiedt, CSIRO (candice.untiedt@csiro.au)
Rachel Przeslawski, DPI NSW (rachel.przeslawski@dpi.nsw.gov.au)
Rationale for workshop:
Aim: This workshop aims to bring together the marine imagery community to outline the future development of CATAMI 2.0, a hierarchical classification scheme for marine imagery.
Collaborative and Automated Tools for Analysis of Marine Imagery (CATAMI; Althaus et al. 2015), is a high-level, hierarchical classification scheme developed in Australia, that can be used by both, non-taxonomist and taxonomist annotators to consistently classify biota and substrates in underwater imagery. CATAMI was developed with the vision to achieve standardised labelled data sets that can be used for developing AI algorithms for annotating underwater imagery. This hierarchical schema, now over a decade old, has been adopted both nationally and internationally. It has now become apparent that revisions to the CATAMI schema are required to ensure it is a fit-for-purpose and an accurate tool that facilitates consistent annotation of physical and biological objects in underwater imagery using standardised labels. This workshop aims to unite the marine imagery community to outline the future development of CATAMI 2.0.
Significance of your workshop to the conference theme:
This workshop relates to the theme of ‘Navigating uncertainty for a future sustainable ocean’ by bringing together the marine imagery community to refine and revise an existing classification scheme. CATAMI’s standardised and hierarchical classification scheme allows for data from different surveys, regions, and annotators to be compared and collated to address regional, national, and global needs.
CATAMI is now over a decade old and has been adopted internationally. It has become apparent that revisions are required of CATAMI to reflect the growing use of marine imagery and maturing knowledge of the marine imagery community who analyse and use these data for a range of applications.
Experience of the principal convenor in the symposium content:
Franzis has led the scientific publication introducing the CATAMI classifications (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141039). She has co-convened the international Quatre-A Group for FAIR marine imagery workshop held at CSIRO in 2022. Franzis has also been a member of the Scientific committee of the Marine Imaging Workshop 2017 where she chaired a Break-out Discussion session focussed on annotation in imagery. Franzis is a member of the Challenger 150 megafaunal image-based technical working group led by Kerry Howell (Plymouth University), and the Ocean Vision AI Marine Scientist Working Group, an international working group led by Kakani Katjia.
List of attendees:
CATAMI working group - initial list
|
Franzis Althaus |
convenor |
|
Untiedt, Candice |
co-convenor |
|
Jacquomo Monk |
co-convenor |
|
Rachel Przeslawski |
co-convenor |
|
Tim Langlois |
|
|
Ari Friedman |
|
|
Samuel Chan |
|
|
Renata Ferrari |
|
|
Andrew Carroll |
|
|
Neville Barrett |
|
|
Jan Jansen |
|
|
Peter Walsh |
|
|
Gretchen Grammer |
|
|
Jamie Colquhoun |
|
|
Samuel Mc Cormack |
|
|
Caroline Chin |
Proposed workshop venue:
We will host the workshop at CSIRO or IMAS to minimise costs to attendees. This will ensure that any workshop fee is solely used for catering, not room hire.
Expected number of participants:
ca.20
Proposed charge to participants:
Workshop convenors are CSIRO and IMAS staff so there is no room hire fee required for these facilities. We will seek external support (i.e. NESP) for catering, but if this is unable to be secured, we will charge up to $20 per person.
Preferred timing of workshop:
Sunday 15th September, half-day session: ca 1pm to 4:30pm
Potential sponsors for your workshop:
NESP, IMAS, CSIRO, IMOS-UMI
WORSHOP SUMMARY
Collaborative and Automated Tools for Analysis of Marine Imagery (CATAMI), is a high-level, hierarchical classification scheme developed in Australia designed to be used by both, non-taxonomist and taxonomist annotators to consistently classify biota and substrates in underwater imagery. CATAMI is now over a decade old and has received widespread adoption both nationally and internationally. It has become apparent that revisions are required of CATAMI to reflect the growing use of marine imagery and maturing knowledge of the marine imagery community who analyse and use these data for a range of applications. This invite-only workshop aims to map out the future development of CATAMI 2.0 and to establish a community of CATAMI users to ensure CATAMI’s long-term relevance and success.