{"674577":{"#nid":"674577","#data":{"type":"news","title":"FishStalkers Offers Campus Research Opportunities for Online Students ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom her home more than 800 miles away, Georgia Tech online master\u0027s student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jasmine-tata-6b9211102\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJasmine Tata\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is monitoring fish in aquariums at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETata is a New York-based QA analyst and project manager. She started the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS)\u003C\/a\u003E program in Fall 2022 and joined FishStalkers last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe student-led research program is part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u0027\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mcgrathlab.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMcGrath Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. Its researchers use machine learning, computer vision, and other technologies to better understand the evolution of animal behaviors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the lab\u0027s research projects studies Lake Malawi cichlids to explore connections between observed behavior and brain function.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe FishStalkers are vital to the project. They collect video, depth, and other data from individual fish using Raspberry Pi single-board computers. This information, coupled with open-source code they developed, allows the group to track, monitor, and classify the behaviors of a fish as it builds and maintains its bower, which is a sand structure these cichlids use to attract mates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/unique-program-offers-campus-research-opportunities-online-students\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story in the College of Computing newsroom. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"From her home more than 800 miles away, Georgia Tech online master\u0027s student Jasmine Tata is monitoring fish in aquariums at Georgia Tech."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom her home more than 800 miles away, Georgia Tech online master\u0027s student Jasmine Tata is monitoring fish in aquariums at Georgia Tech. The student-led research program is part of the School of Biological Sciences\u0027 McGrath Lab. Its researchers use machine learning, computer vision, and other technologies to better understand the evolution of animal behaviors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"From her home more than 800 miles away, Georgia Tech online master\u0027s student Jasmine Tata is monitoring fish in aquariums at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2024-05-07 21:14:46","changed_gmt":"2024-05-07 21:32:42","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673959":{"id":"673959","type":"image","title":"Researchers are studying Lake Malawi cichlids to explore connections between observed behavior and brain function.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are studying Lake Malawi cichlids to explore connections between observed behavior and brain function.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1715116527","gmt_created":"2024-05-07 21:15:27","changed":"1715116527","gmt_changed":"2024-05-07 21:15:27","alt":"Researchers are studying Lake Malawi cichlids to explore connections between observed behavior and brain function.","file":{"fid":"257419","name":"AdobeStock_272304360 (1).jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/07\/AdobeStock_272304360%20%281%29.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/07\/AdobeStock_272304360%20%281%29.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":51251,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/07\/AdobeStock_272304360%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=tde8eIN4"}}},"media_ids":["673959"],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"193266","name":"cos-research"},{"id":"192253","name":"cos-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}