Towards Automated Annotation of Benthic Survey Images: Variability of Human Experts and Operational Modes of Automation

• Oscar Beijbom ,

  * E-mail: obeijbom@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Peter J. Edmunds,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States of America

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• Chris Roelfsema,

  Affiliation Biophysical Remote Sensing Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

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• Jennifer Smith,

  Affiliation Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• David I. Kline,

  Affiliation Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Benjamin P. Neal,

  Affiliations Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America, Catlin Seaview Survey, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

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• Matthew J. Dunlap,

  Affiliation Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• Vincent Moriarty,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States of America

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• Tung-Yung Fan,

  Affiliation National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Chih-Jui Tan,

  Affiliation National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Stephen Chan,

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Tali Treibitz,

  Affiliation Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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• Anthony Gamst,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• B. Greg Mitchell,

  Affiliation Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• David Kriegman

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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