Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative)

Thank you to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert and The New Yorker for featuring our work in this week’s issue! Read the article to learn about how our nonprofit organization, Project CETI, came to be, the interdisciplinary work we are doing across a team of over 40 scientists and 15 institutions to translate whale communication and to join our field team on the ground in Dominica. You’ll also get a first look at an unexpected event we witnessed this summer:  a sperm whale birth! CETI’s synced drones and hydrophones  captured the before, during and after the birth. We saw and recorded 11 whales work together to support the birth and lift the new baby whale out of the water to breathe. Later the sperm whales were joined by pilot whales and dolphins. The CETI science team is now working to uncover insights from this extraordinary event - we already know that the baby whale’s mother, nicknamed “Rounder” and sibling “Accra” were among the group..stay tuned for more on this to come! https://bit.ly/3P1die5 David Gruber Shane Gero Yaniv Aluma Yaly Mevorach Kevin George Odel Harve Ricardo Barrett Darren Gibbons Dan Tchernov shafi goldwasser Pernille Tønnesen Courtney Baumgartner Mapal Ishay Fiona Korwin-Pawlowski Makeda Warner Peter G Tyndale Stephon Camara Denley Delaney Gasper Begus Andrej Leban Michael Bronstein Antonio Torralba Daniela Rus Giovanni Petri Jacob Andreas Peter M. Maxime Lucas António Leitão Joseph DelPreto Pratyusha Sharma simone poetto Lakshyana K.C. Alaa Maalouf Shai Einbinder Leigh Livne Sarah de Haas Zhimin Y. Robert Wood Daniel M. Vogt Stephanie Gil Michael Salino-Hugg Sushmita Bhattacharya Ninad Jadhav Byungchul Kim Orr Paradise Roee Diamant Alik Chebotar Shlomi Dahan Adam Kalai #research #translation #whales #listening #ai #conservation #machinelearning #nonprofit #communication #interspecies

Continuing our #CETIScientists series, we are honored to introduce Stephanie Gil one of CETI’s Robotics Team members.👩🏻🔬🤖 Stephanie is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the director of the Harvard REACT (Robotics, Embedded Autonomy and Communication Theory) Lab. As an undergraduate student at Cornell University, Stephanie was a researcher on the panoramic camera team on the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2003 Mars Exploration Rover! Her research is centered on developing and using technologies for improving robot-robot and human-robot teamwork; looking at ways that use wireless signals to improve communication in multi-robot teams, enhancing situational awareness, and core multi-agent algorithms. Stephanie’s research is vital for CETI’s work, as robotics such as: aerial drones and underwater drifters, amongst others, are utilized by CETI in order to locate, follow and document whale movements and behaviors. Learn more about Stephanie’s research and discoveries here: https:/react.seas.harvard.edu/ 📸: Stu Rosner, Harvard Magazine #CETI #Robotics #Harvard #SEAS #science #robots #REACTLab

We are excited to announce our partnership with New York University School of Law’s “More Than Human Life” Project (MOTH)!🐋🪲🐘🦒🦚🦫 The MOTH Project is an interdisciplinary initiative working to bridge the gap between human and non-human rights and well-being. MOTH aims to address the disconnect of humanity from the larger web of life which sustains it; through re-considering our understanding of rights in general, to be inclusive of the rights of nature and the rights of non-humans. Combining the scientific findings of CETI with MOTH's goals of legal protection for the more-than-human world, this partnership opens the door for brand new policy to be developed and generates discourse for global advocacy!🌎 To learn more about MOTH and CETI’s partnership check out MOTH’s blog here: https://bit.ly/3BIxkHp 📸: Arun Madisetti #CETI #MOTH #Morethanhumanrights #interspeciescommunication #policy #law #nonhumanrights #interspeciescollaboration New York University

CETI is excited to share that our Founder and Lead David Gruber will be speaking at the 32nd annual Animal Law Conference, happening Oct. 18-20th in Portland OR and online!🐋🦎🐘 ⭐️David will be joined by CETI partner Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito, the director of New York University School of Law’s “More Than Human Life” Project (MOTH), for a panel discussion on Sunday 20th Oct, which will explore key evidence demonstrating the complexity and sophistication of language-like features in whales and other species, and discuss a strategy to advance case law, and develop legal and ethical guidelines necessary for the protection of these species. The nation’s preeminent animal law event, the Animal Law Conference is co-presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark College Law School. Learn more about the conference and purchase tickets for the livestream here: https://lnkd.in/gMKGFnX 📸: Amanda Cotton #CETI #animallawcon #morethanhumanrights #conference #science #law #interspeciescommunication #listeningtoanimals #ethics #artificialintelligence

Last weekend CETI had a whale of a time at Emerson Collective’s #ClimateScienceFair!🐳 It was an absolute joy to be a part of the Fair, learn from all of the inspiring innovators and entrepreneurs working on audacious climate solutions at the Fair and to share CETI’s mission with visitors at The Highline NYC (Friends of the High Line)!⭐️ 📸: Ashley Zafaranlou #ProjectCETI #CETI #EmersonCollective #EmbraceWonder #ClimateWeekNYC #science #innovation

Thank you Dalio Philanthropies! We so appreciate your support, collaboration and vision! The Audacious Project

“Fragrance is a form of communication in itself and LET’S DIVE opens a portal between the wearer and the whales that inspired it”🐋💙 CETI was honored to have our World Oceans Day partnership with D.S. & DURGA featured in Forbes Magazine.💫Thank you Afdhel Aziz (He/Him) for interviewing CETI team members Fiona Korwin-Pawlowski and Ashley Zafaranlou! Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3SU76Y0 and LET’S DIVE is available for purchase in D.S. & DURGA stores in NYC and LA and online here: https://lnkd.in/eR_-c3eN! #CETI #forbes #dsanddurga #LETSDIVE #perfume #syntheticambergris #spermwhales #ocean #summer #Dominica

✨CETI is excited to announce that we will be presenting at Emerson Collective’s #ClimateScienceFair with Friends of the High Line from September 21 to 23!✨ Join us, alongside 25+ other passionate problem solvers, for a weekend of curiosity and experimentation as we dive into what possibilities exist in our collective climate future. The fair is free and open to the public, so we’d love for you to join us as we #EmbraceWonder! Check out https://lnkd.in/eKr7szmd for more information. #CETI #EmersonCollective #ClimateWeekNYC #climatejustice #innovation

In June, CETI was honored to attend the annual National Geographic Society’s Explorers Fest in Washington, D.C.!🦎✨ 🌎The week-long festival brought together #NatGeoExplorers, scientists and storytellers from around the world for a week of innovation and collaboration, to share their discoveries, insights, and solutions for creating a more sustainable future. 📸: Mark Thiessen, Joy Asico-Smith #CETI #NatGeoFest #natgeosociety #spermwhales #explorers #conservation

Throwback to World Oceans Week in June NYC, our Founder and President David Gruber joined “Her Deepness” Sylvia Earle marine biologist, oceanographer, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, for a fireside chat about “Big Ideas” for ocean conservation with the The Explorers Club!🌎🌊🐋 📸: Pier Nirandara Mission Blue / Sylvia Earle Alliance #CETI #worldoceansweek #explorersclub #ocean #marineconservation #nationalgeographic