Deployed Real Time AI on OceanX Mission in Cabo Verde
07/07/2025: Deployed SeaSwipe, an AI Platform which ingests videos collected thousands of meters deep in real time and in real time it detects vulnerable organisms. The AI Model is included in a mobile application that expedition members can use to provide feedback to the model, which retrains in real time and improves its accuracy throughout the expedition.
16/10/2025: OceanX, in collaboration with other partners hosted the Deep Blue Pavillion at the United Nations Ocean Confernece. There, we showcased the AI Project we have been carrying out, to analyze deep sea video in real time, and detect organisms requiring protection.
Seminar Presentation: SharkTrack: AI-enhanced video analysis of sharks
and rays
04/10/2024: Hosted by the FishAI Consortium, describe how to deploy the open-source SharkTrack software, as well as future development perspectives in the Ocean Vision AI domain.
25/09/2024: Filippo Varini, Joel H. Gayford, Jeremy Jenrette, Matthew J. Witt, Francesco Garzon, Francesco Ferretti, Sophie Wilday, Mark E. Bond, Michael R. Heithaus, Danielle Robinson, Devon Carter, Najee Gumbs, Vincent Webster, Ben Glocker
SharkTrack nominated Outstanding Project by Imperial College
25/06/2024: The project was awarded the Imperial Solidatus Project Prize and was presented at the Imperial College Open Day
SharkTrack deployed in the Revillagigedo Archipelago
01/06/2024: In collaboration with Pelagios Kakunja and Ocean Blue Tree, we deployed SharkTrack in the biggest MPA of North America, in a 3-week boat expedition to the archipelago
Imperial Climate Pre Accelerator Cohort 1 completed!
30/05/2023: The Cohort 1 supported 103 climate entrepreneurs to launch 13 Climate Tech startups. The pitch day awarded £4,000 in prizes and was attended by 100 partners and investors.
Imperial Climate Pre Accelerator was featured in Forbes
03/03/2023: The startup accelerator inaugurated the Cohort 1 with 103 climate entrepreneurs from 7 universities worldwide.
