Augmented Reality Applications
Project leads: Kevin Gomes, Thomas O'ReillyProject manager: Doug Au
This team proposes a feasibility study to explore augmented reality, mobile, and user technologies. They plan to produce a prototype application that will graphically display MBARI marine assets and other information to improve the efficiency of our future marine operations.
Core Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) Data
Project lead: John RyanProject manager: Erich Rienecker
This project centralizes the maintenance and calibration of MBARI’s CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) instrumentation and data streams. CTD sensors and support systems will be migrated to the new coastal vessel, the R/V Rachel Carson. A new O2 sensor protocol will be explored in 2013.
Core Navigation Data
Project lead: Dave CaressProject manager: John Ryan
ROV and ship navigation are core data streams supported institutionally.
Core Mooring Data
Project leads: Francisco Chavez, Mike McCann, John RyanProject manager: Mike McCann
Data from MBARI’s moorings are core data that are centrally collected, processed, and archived.
Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH)
Project leads: Kevin Gomes, George MatsumotoProject manager: George Matsumoto
Project website
This project supports a teacher workshop co-hosted by MBARI and the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) and the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) in Hawaii in 2013. Microbial oceanography and data will likely be topics for the workshop.
Integrated Time Series
Project leads: Francisco Chavez, Kevin Gomes, Bruce Robison, Alana Sherman, Ken SmithProject manager: Ken Smith
Francisco Chavez, Bruce Robison, and Ken Smith will work with MBARI engineers on a feasibility study of how to move the collection and analysis of MBARI time-series data toward most cost-effective, autonomous methods.
Legacy Data System
Project managers: Kevin Gomes, Todd RustonThis project will update access to the Expedition Database and explore how to integrate data with methods and procedures already used by Information Services.
MB-System Software for Processing Seafloor Mapping Sonar Data
Project manager: Dave CaressProject website
This project supports a major, open-source software program that allows researchers to manipulate, renavigate, and plot multibeam bathymetric data from all systems that are or have been in use by the academic community, including MBARI's AUV D. Allan B. The software is used by individuals from more than 190 research institutions, universities, and companies worldwide. The source code is distributed by anonymous file transfer protocol (ftp).
Monterey Bay Aquarium and MBARI Partnership
Project leads: Kevin Gomes, George MatsumotoProject manager: George Matsumoto
MBARI and Monterey Bay A quarium staff will collaborate on an array of projects that include collection and research toward a live cephalopod exhibit; support for exhibit, program, and social media videos; and education programs for teachers and students. MBARI engineers will build and test a prototype video camera to be included on tags on sharks, so aquarium researchers can learn more about white shark congregations near the North Pacific gyre.
Observatory Software Technology Transfer
Project leads: Kevin Gomes, Kent Headley, Bob Herlien, Tom O'ReillyProject manager: Duane Edgington
Ocean observatories are being developed and deployed around the world. This project supports transfer of MBARI software infrastructure developed for ocean observatories to external observatory projects, industry groups, and standards organizations.
Outline Annotation of Dive Video
Project leads: John Ryan, Brian SchliningProject manager: Nancy Jacobson Stout
This project allocates personnel and financial resources to maintain MBARI’s outline annotation of all dive tapes. Minor improvements to the Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS) system continue to improve the ability to create and access more meaningful and useful annotations.
Streaming Data Middleware
Project manager: Duane EdgingtonA central theme of this project is software integration into complex science environments. Systems must incorporate instruments from across the spectrum of complexity and require the integration of numerous hardware components and software modules. These systems must operate under a variety of networking conditions and they have stringent requirements on data timeliness and integrity. Managing these systems and their data streams presents serious challenges. This externally funded project is to extend Open Source Data Turbine (OSDT), and to apply it to a number of production research infrastructures at several research institutions, including MBARI. The MBARI application is FOCE.
Testing Student-Developed Marine Systems
Project leads: Bill Kirkwood, Christopher KittsProject manager: Bill Kirkwood
Students and faculty of the Santa Clara University Robotic Systems Laboratory continue to work with Bill Kirkwood in the development and field operation of ROVs and surface vessels. Research activities focus on multi-vehicle autonomous control and algorithm development.