byJiazhi Ou jzou@cs.cmu.eduTal Blum blum@cs.cmu.edu.ppt

Wild Dolphin Project 11-751 Speech Final Project by Jiazhi Ou jzou@ Tal Blum blum@ Outline Wild Dolphin Project, Dolphin Speech Data, Labeling, Labeling problems Previous work Models training Experiments Results Conclusions The Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) The Wild Dolphin Project (WDP), founded by Dr. Denise Herzing in 1985, is engaged in an ambitious, long-term scientific study of a specific pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins that live 40 miles off the coast of the Bahamas, in the Atlantic Ocean. For about 100 days each year, Phase I research has involved the photographing, videotaping, and audio taping of a group of resident dolphins, aiming to learn about their lives. /index.cfm Dolphin’s Speech Range of frequencies is wider Two mechanisms for producing sound simultaneously Directionality of some of the frequencies Carried in water Can travel large distances Dolphin’s Speech(2) Is used for: Identification Communicating Fighting Defending Courting Warning Calling Hunting Dolphin’s Speech(3) 3 main types Whistles Signature Non-signature Clicks Spike trains What do we know Not much We know that each dolphin has a unique whistle called signature whistle. The signature whistle is similar to those that are in close contact with the baby dolphin Data 164 files containing sounds of one dolphin whose name is known. Average file length is 7 sec Total data length less than 20 minutes out of which about half is silence The data does not contain all of the relevant frequencies Labeling Dolphin Names Dolphin ID project Pause, Noise, Dolphin Signature Whistles, Dolphin Non-Signature whistles. Labeling Problems How do we distinguish between those 2 whistles? How to distinguish between whistles and non-whistles? They co-occur How to determine the duration of the label? Should close labels be labeled as one label? This has an effect on the model Some signals are weak, probably due to a change in the dolphins direction Mapping from Labels to Models Label Statistics Previo