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Paul L. D. Roberts received
the B.S. degree (with honors)
in computer engineering and
the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
electrical engineering (applied
ocean sciences) from the
University of California at
San Diego, La Jolla, in 2002,
2004, and 2009, respectively.
He is interested in statistical
signal processing, machine
learning, computer vision,
and oceanography. His cur-
rent research efforts are in
developing parameter estimation and classification algo- rithms to extract biophysical information (such as size, shape, and taxa) from multiview, broadband, acoustic and optical scattering from marine animals. The goal of this research is to develop new tools that improve our ability to remotely survey marine animals in the ocean. He is current- ly working as a Development Engineer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, where he builds acoustic and optical underwater imaging systems for studying a wide array of marine animals from microns to meters.
Jules S. Jaffe is a Research Oceanographer in the Marine Physical Laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Dr. Jaffe attended the State University of New York, (SUNY) Buffalo (Physics, B. A.), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Biomedical Information Science, M. S.), and the University of California (UC), Berkeley
(Biophysics, Ph.D.). He worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts prior to his present position. Dr. Jaffe is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a past recipient of a National Science Foundation Creativity Award, as well as a Visiting Miller Professor at U. C. Berkeley. He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering as well as Limnology and Oceanography Methods. His lab specializes in the development of underwater optical and acoustical instru- ments and has recently launched a new initiative in building swarms of miniature vehicles for upper ocean measurements.
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