The Team

HALLO formed and began research efforts in 2019. Since then, we’ve been working on several objectives that work towards developing the real-time whale forecasting system in the Salish Sea.

Team photo -- June 2023
Team photo – June 2023

Researchers

Dr. Ruth Joy, Principal Investigator

  • School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Mike Dowd

  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University

Fabio Frazao

  • Department of Computer Science, Dalhousie University

Dr. Bruno Padovese

  • School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University

Teng-Wei Lim

  • School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Peter Thompson

  • School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Oliver Kirsebom

  • Open Ocean Robotics

Dr. Scott Viers

  • OrcaSound Collective, Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School

Dr. Val Viers

  • OrcaSound Collective, Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School

Dr. Dave Campbell

  • School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University

Collaborators

SMRU Consulting

  • Jason Wood

JASCO Applied Sciences

  • Jennifer Wladichuk, April Houweling, David Hannay

Ocean Networks Canada

  • Jasper Kanes

Saturna Island Marine Research and Education Society (SIMRES)

  • Dr. Martin Wale

Digital Research Alliance of Canada

  • Jillian Anderson, Andrei Vassilenko, Ishan Sahay, Dr. Alireza Ensan

Previous Researchers

Dr. Paul Nguyen Hong Duc

  • School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University

Dr. Steven Bergner

  • School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University