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SharkEye is a research effort that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect great white sharks to learn more about their biology and help people safely share the ocean with marine wildlife.

Our team consists of marine biologists, software engineers, and FAA-certified drone pilots at UC Santa Barbara's Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory.

Our Process

We fly drones on standardized survey flights to capture video footage of nearshore waters where sharks may be present.

Screenshot+2019-10-08+14.19.55.jpg — We use machine learning models to scan the video to automatically detect great white sharks in the footage.

Tower+Shot+2019-10-04.jpg — We share information on shark detections with local public safety officials and communities.

Great_White_Shark_%2814730723649%29.jpg — This information builds a database for marine scientists to better predict when and where heightened great white shark activity will occur and to inform conservation efforts.

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Shark populations have declined in many parts of our oceans as a result of overfishing and other stressors.

Apex predators—like sharks—a play an important role in marine ecosystems. A goal of smart ocean management should be helping to recover the health of ocean wildlife populations while also promoting ocean safety. The purpose of SharkEye is to demonstrate how emerging technologies, like AI, can help us to better observe and understand our oceans in order to help coastal communities develop best practices for sharing our wild oceans.

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AI + oceans

SharkEye is a research effort that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect great white sharks to learn more about their biology and help people safely share the ocean with marine wildlife.

Our team consists of marine biologists, software engineers, and FAA-certified drone pilots at UC Santa Barbara's Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory.

Our Process

We fly drones on standardized survey flights to capture video footage of nearshore waters where sharks may be present.

We use machine learning models to scan the video to automatically detect great white sharks in the footage.

We share information on shark detections with local public safety officials and communities.

This information builds a database for marine scientists to better predict when and where heightened great white shark activity will occur and to inform conservation efforts.

Shark populations have declined in many parts of our oceans as a result of overfishing and other stressors.

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