32887-06496-S02

THE TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST.ANDREWS (STA), CURRENTLY COPI DOUGLAS P. GILLESPIE, WILL COLLABORATE WITH PROJECT PL FRANTS H. JENSEN (SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND AU), CO-PL SUSAN E. PARKS (SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY), POSTDOC JEANNE SHEARER, AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS TO ACHIEVE PROJECT OBJECTIVES. FOR WORK PACKAGE A (2023 PROJECT ACTIVITIES), STA WILL LEAD DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMS FOR VECTOR SENSOR LOCALIZATION OF BALEEN WHALE CALLS FROM ACCELEROMETERS AND SOUND SENSORS IN DT AGS AND POSSIBLY OTHER SOUND AND MOVEMENT RECORDING TAGS, AND WILL TAKE PART IN THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXAMINATION OF OTHER BALEEN WHALE CALLER IDENTIFICATION METHODS AS POSSIBLE. STA WILL CONSULT ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE BALEEN WHALE DATABASE, INCLUDING DATA FORMATS, DATA EXTRACTION AND PRE-PROCESSING STEPS, AND DATABASE STRUCTURE. STA WILL ASSIST WITH ASSESSING PERFORMANCE OF VECTOR SENSOR LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES ON DATABASE CALLS AND SUBSEQUENT VALIDATION DATASETS COLLECTED IN STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. COPI GILLESPIE WILL PARTICIPATE IN PL MEETINGS AND PROJECT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REPORTS, PAPERS, AND ANNUAL IPR MEETING PRESENTATIONS. A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES AT ST ANDREWS WITHIN THE LARGER CETACEAN CALLER ID PROJECT ARE CURRENTLY RESERVED AS OPTIONS FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK WILL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY AS THE CONTRACT IS EXPANDED AND MORE TASKS AND DELIVERABLES ARE ADDED.

The University Court Of The University Of St Andrews

$52,957.00

Aug. 6, 2024

St Andrews Ky

Syracuse University

None

N3943023C2502

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) IN RESPONSE TO NEED TOPIC N-0259-22: "IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY CALLING INDIVIDUALS FROM ACOUSTIC TAGS" FROM SYNOPSIS NOTICE ID N3943021S2330 FOR LIVING MARINE RESOURCE PROGRAM.

NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) [DoD - USN - NAVFAC]

Not Reported

AH52 - Natural Resources And Environment R&D Services; Other Natural Resources; Applied Research

Fixed Price

Syracuse, NY 13244 United States

None

Full And Open Competition