Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100431 [ 2014-01-01 - 2017-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Uli Siebeck (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Uli Siebeck (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Guy Wallis (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Guy Wallis (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Dr Matthias Franz (Partner Investigator)
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Brief description Pattern recognition in animals and machines: using machine learning to reveal cues central to the identification of individuals. The power to recognise individuals of a species requires significant image and pattern discrimination abilities. Yet, individual recognition has been found in a huge range of species, from humans to invertebrates demonstrating its importance for social interactions. The project will investigate this ability in lower vertebrates (fish, with no visual cortex), so as to understand the underlying mechanisms of pattern discrimination. The project will also test how robust this ability is during changes in water quality (elevated carbon dioxide levels and increased turbidity). The outcomes will further our knowledge base in lower vertebrate vision and evolution, and also have implications for human vision, image analysis, and artificial vision.

Funding Amount $360,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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