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T146. The Future of Quantitative Paleontology: Biometry, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning

 
ALGORITHMIC APPROACHES FOR SPECIES' DELIMITATION IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL MORPHOSPACE
EZARD, Thomas H.G., Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, tomezard@gmail.com, PURVIS, Andy, Imperial College London, Ascot, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom, and PEARSON, Paul, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom
 
THE PROMISE, AND THE CHALLENGE, OF AUTOMATED SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
MACLEOD, Norman, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD United Kingdom, N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
 
IS THE CONSISTENCY OF EXPERT-LEVEL TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF ERROR IN BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS?: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT
CULVERHOUSE, Phillip1, MACLEOD, Norman2, WILLIAMS, Robert1, BENFIELD, Mark3, LOPEZ, Rubens4, and PICHERAL, Marc5, (1) Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, P.Culverhouse@plymouth.ac.uk, (2) The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3) Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (4) Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-120, Brazil, (5) Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230, France
 
QUANTIFYING THE COMPLEXITY OF BIOLOGICAL SHAPE
MIO, Washington1, LI, Mao1, MANDER, Luke2, and PUNYASENA, Surangi W.2, (1) Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4510, mio@math.fsu.edu, (2) Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
 
COMPUTER VISION CRACKS THE LEAF CODE
WILF, Peter, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, pwilf@psu.edu, CHIKKERUR, Sharat, Google, 6425 Penn Ave. Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, LITTLE, Stefan A., Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, WING, Scott L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, and SERRE, Thomas, Dept. of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
 
APPLICATION OF AN AUTOMATED PALYNOLOGY SYSTEM TO QUATERNARY FOSSIL POLLEN ANALYSIS: PROGRESS AND PITFALLS
HOLT, Katherine Angharad1, FLENLEY, John1, HODGSON, Bob2, PLAW, Colin2, MERCER, Ken2, BUTLER, Kevin3, and STILLMAN, Eleanor4, (1) Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand, k.holt@massey.ac.nz, (2) School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand, (3) School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand, (4) School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
 
HUMAN-BASED COMPUTATION FOR MICROFOSSIL IDENTIFICATION
WONG, Cindy M.1, HARRISON, Adam P.1, RANAWEERA, Kamal2, and JOSEPH, Dileepan1, (1) Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, ECE Research Facility, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada, dil.joseph@ualberta.ca, (2) Arts Resource Centre, University of Alberta, Arts & Convocation Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E6, Canada
 
THE TRIBRACHIATUS LINEAGE: CONDUCTING SHAPE ANALYSIS ON NON-BIREFRINGENT NANNOFOSSILS
BORD, David, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, dbord@eps.rutgers.edu and AUBRY, Marie-Pierre, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Labs, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066
 
MORPHOLOGICAL STASIS IN AN ON-GOING RADIATION OF BELLAMYA GASTROPODS FROM ANCIENT LAKE MALAWI
VAN BOCXLAER, Bert, Departments of Paleobiology and Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, vanbocxlaerb@si.edu, HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, and STRONG, Ellen, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 163, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
 
ARLO: AN ADVANCED HUMAN AND MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED POLLEN CLASSIFICATION
TCHENG, David K., Automated Learning Group, Illinois Informatics Institute / National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, 1205 W. Clark St., Room 1008, Urbana, IL 61801, dtcheng@illinois.edu, HASELHORST, Derek, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, and PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
 
IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IN PALYNOLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF POLLEN AND SPORES
MANDER, Luke and PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, luke.mander@gmail.com
 
DISCRIMINATING BLACK AND WHITE SPRUCE POLLEN USING LAYERED MACHINE LEARNING
PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, punyasena@life.illinois.edu and TCHENG, David K., Automated Learning Group, Illinois Informatics Institute / National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, 1205 W. Clark St., Room 1008, Urbana, IL 61801
 
MODEL RANKING METHOD FOR BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORE ALIGNMENT
HANDLEY, John C., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, jhandley@rochester.rr.com, ROFF, George, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia, and PANDOLFI, John M., Centre for Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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