Marine ICT Research

Publications

Collings, A, Williams, RN, Young, NW, Hyland, G, 'A Semi-Automated Line Tracing Technique for Monitoring Ice Margins in Antarctic Images', International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27 (1 and 2) 433-448 (2006).

Williams, RN, Michael, KJ, Pendelbury, S, Crowther, P, 'An Automated Image Analysis System for Determining Sea-ice Concentration and Cloud Cover from AVHRR images of the Antarctic', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23 (4) 611-625 (2002).

Williams, RN, Rees, WG, Young, NW, 'A Technique for the Identification and Analysis of Icebergs in Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of Antarctica', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20 (15 and 16) 3183-3199 (1999).

Young, NW, Turner, D, Hyland, G, Williams, RN, 'Near-Coastal Iceberg Distributions in East Antarctica, 50-145°E', Annals of Glaciology, 27 68-74 (1998).

FULL-PAPER REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

Pinkiewicz, T, Williams, RN, Purser, J, 'Application of the Particle Filter to Tracking of Fish in Aquaculture Research', Proceedings of the Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications Conference (DICTA 2008), Canberra, Australia (2008)

Fearn, RC, Williams, RN, Cameron-Jones, RM, Harrington, JJ, Semmens, JM, 'Automated Intelligent Abundance Analysis of Scallop Survey Video Footage', Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of 20th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'07), Gold Coast, Australia, 549-558 (2007)

Welch, SJ, Lucieer, A, Williams, RN, 'Interactive Visualisation Techniques for Data Mining of Satellite Imagery', Proceedings of the Spatial Science Institute Biennial International Conference (SSC2007), Hobart, Tasmania Australia, 14-18 May 2007, Hobart, Tasmania, 413-422 (2007)

Horton, MP, Cameron-Jones, RM, Williams, RN, 'Multiple Classifier Object Detection with Confidence Measures', Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of 20th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'07), Gold Coast , Australia, 559- 568 (2007)

Williams, RN, Lambert, TJ, Kelsall, AF, Pauly, T, 'Detecting Marine Animals in Underwater Video: Let's Start with Salmon', Twelfth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Environmental Decision Support Systems Mini-Track, Acapulco, Mexico (2006).

Buelens, B, Williams, RN, Sale, AHJ, Pauly, T, 'A Framework for Scientific Data Mining in Hydro-Acoustic Data Sets', Proceedings AISAT 2004 The 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Science and Technology, Hobart, 104-108 (2004).

Anderson, SJ, Williams, RN, Crowther, PC, 'Automatic Detection of Agricultural Field Boundaries Using High-Resolution Visible Light Satellite Images', AURISA 99, Blue Mountains, 1 (1999).

Williams, RN, Hartnett, JS, 'A Prototype Sea Ice Mapping System using a Geographical Information System and Expert Knowledge', International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'96), Lincoln, Nebraska,1111-1113 (1996).

Williams, RN, MacDonald, M, 'An Image Segmentation Technique to Infer the Outlines of Icebergs, Depicted in Satellite Images, from their Shadows and Bright Sunlit Surfaces', Third Annual Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Processing Systems (ANZIIS-95), Perth, 76-81 (1995).

Kilpatrick, D, Williams, RN, 'Unsupervised Classification of Antarctic Satellite Imagery Using Kohonen's Self-Organising Feature Map', IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, Perth, 32-36 (1995).

Williams, RN, Rolf, D, 'A Spatial Expert System Development Tool for Analysing Remotely Sensed Images of Antarctic Sea-Ice', First Annual Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Processing Systems (ANZIIS-93), Perth (1993).

Purser, J, Pinkiewicz, T, Williams, RN, , 'Estimating Swimming Speed of Salmon in Sea Cages using Computer Vision, Proceedings of the Australasian Aquaculture Conference, Brisbane, Australia (2008).

Buelens, B, Pauly, T, Williams, RN, Sale, A, 'Kernel Methods for Detection and Classification of Fish Schools in Single Beam and Multibeam Acoustic Data, SEAFACTS International Symposium, Bergen, Norway (2008).

Fearn, R, Williams, RN, Cameron-Jones, RM, Harrington, J, 'Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Marine Video Analysis', Australian Society for Fish Biology 2006 Conference and Workshop on Cutting Edge Technologies in Fish and Fisheries Science, Hobart, Tasmania (2006).

Beulens, B, Williams, RN, Sale, AHJ, Pauly, T, 'Computational Challenges in Processing and Analysis of Full-Watercolumn Multibeam Sonar Data', Eighth European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA'06), Carvoeiro, Portugal (2006).

Beulens, B, Williams, RN, Sale, AHJ, Pauly, T, 'A Scientific Data Mining Approach to Midwater Multibeam Echosounding for Fisheries Applications', First International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies and Results, Heraklion, Crete. (2005).

Buelens, B, Williams, RN, Sale, AHJ, Pauly, T, 'Model Inversion for Midwater Multibeam Backscatter Data Analysis', OCEANS'05 Europe, Brest, France (2005).

Inkson, M, Williams, RN, Gardner, C, Semmens, JM, 'Triton: Spatial Analysis Software for Interpretation of Acoustic Telemetry Data in Marine Fisheries', Seventh International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, Hobart (2004).

Beulens, B, Williams, RN, Sale, AHJ, Pauly, T, 'Midwater Acoustic Modeling for Multibeam Sonar Simulation', Acoustical Society of America Conference, Austin, Texas (2003).

Crowther, PC, Hartnett, JS, Williams, RN, 'Developing Quality Training Data for a Statistical Decision Tree Classifier in a Spatial Environment', GeoComputation '99, Fredricksburg, 1 (1999).

Williams, RN, Hartnett, JS, 'A Mini-Raster Data Structure for Representing and Reasoning with Spatial Objects in Satellite Images', Geocomputation '98, Bristol, 767-771 (1998).

Williams, RN, Pendlebury, S, Michael, KJ, Hill, K, 'An Expert System for Discrimination of Sea Ice and Clouds using AVHRR Data', International Symposium on Operational Weather Forecasting in the Antarctic, Hobart (1998).

Williams, RN, Crowther, PC, 'Applications of a Technique, Based on Local Image Homogeneity, to Delineate Spatial Objects in Satellite Images', IGARSS'98 Sensing and Managing the Environment, Seattle, 1602 - 1604 (1998).

Williams, RN, Michael, KJ and Pendlebury, S, 'A Semi-Automated Technique for Creating Sea Ice and Total Cloud Maps from AVHRR images', International Symposium on Antarctica and Global Change: Interactions and Impacts, Hobart, 0421 (1997).

Crowther, P, Hartnett, JS, Williams, RN, 'A Visual Tool for Capturing the Knowledge of Expert Image Interpreters: A Picture is Worth More than a Thousand Words', IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARRS'97), Singapore 328-330 (1997).

Williams, RN, Crowther, P, Pendlebury, S, 'Design and Development of an Operational Sea Ice Mapping System for Meteorological Applications in the Antarctic', 1997 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARRS'97), Singapore, 1689-1691 (1997).

Williams, RN, Crowther, P, Hartnett, JS, 'An Image Analysis Development System, with Artificial Intelligence Capabilities, Designed for Glaciological Applications', Eight Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Canberra, 27 (1996).

Hartnett, JS, Williams, RN, Crowther,P, Hill, K, 'Providing a Graphical User Interface for Customised GIS Applications', Joint European Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information, Barcelona, 507-516 (1996).

Hartnett, J, Williams, RN, Crowther, P, 'Per Pixel Reasoning Using a GIS Closely Coupled to an Expert System to Produce Surface Classifications Based on Remotely Sensed Data and Expert Knowledge', Fifth European Conference and Exhibition on GIS, Paris (1994).

Williams, RN, Crowther, P, Michael, K, 'Interpretation of Remotely Sensed Sea-Ice Images for Climatological Studies using an Expert System', Seventh Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Melbourne (1994).

Pinkiewicz, T, Purser, J, Williams, RN, 'A Tracking System to Estimate Swimming Velocity of Salmon in Aquaculture Sea Cages', Oral Presentation to the Sharing Excellence in Research Conference (SEiR2008), University of Tasmania, 2008

Pinkiewicz, T, Williams, RN, Purser, J, 'Tracking Individual Fish in Aquaculture Research Tanks using the Particle Filter, Poster Presentation to the Sharing Excellence in Research Conference (SEiR2008), University of Tasmania, 2008