BioDCASE: Using data challenges to make community advances in computational bioacoustics
Dan Stowell, Ester Vidaña-Vila, Inês Nolasco, Ben McEwen, Lucie Jean-Labadye, Yasmine Benhamadi, Gabriel Dubus, Benjamin Hoffman, Pavel Linhart, Ilaria Morandi, Dorian Cazau, Brian Miller, Elena Schall, Clea Parcerisas, Anatole Gros-Martial, , Vincent Lostanlen
This paper describes the BioDCASE data challenge, which aims to advance computational bioacoustics through structured public contests, and reports on its procedures, tasks, and recommendations for community initiatives.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition