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Michael S. Tift

University of North Carolina Wilmington

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1

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Semi-Automated Seal Detection on the Western Antarctic Peninsula: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Ice Seals in Aerial Survey Data

Claire McGinnity, Connor C. G. Bamford, Nathan Fenney, Andrew Fleming, Jaume Forcada, Michael S. Tift, Luis A. Hückstädt, Daniel P. Costa, Peter T. Fretwell

This paper presents a semi-automated image analysis pipeline using hierarchical clustering to detect ice seals in aerial survey data from the Western Antarctic Peninsula, achieving 82% test recall.

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation · Mar 6, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology