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Clustering to characterize extreme marine conditions for the benthic region of the Northeastern Pacific continental margin

Listed in the registry Pilot Original language : English

About the initiative

Description of the initiative

We introduce a method for characterizing extremes that uses machine learning to divide the data into regions with relatively consistent environmental conditions (temperature, oxygen, acidity), and define the extremes based on the historical statistics of variability of each of these fields. unsupervised clustering with k-means

AI family

Automation and Decision Support

Bucket rationale

Analyzes structured environmental data to identify clusters/exceptions—decision support pattern recognition.

Lifecycle

  1. Ideation

    Stage status : Completed

    May 29, 2025

  2. Assessment

    Stage status : Completed

  3. Approved

    Stage status : Completed

  4. Development

    Stage status : Completed

  5. Pilot

    Stage status : In progress

  6. Production

    Stage status : Upcoming

  7. Archived

    Stage status : Upcoming

Schedule for this initiative

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2025 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2026 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
  1. Ideation

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Contacts

Requester
Quan, Eric
Sector contact
Holdsworth, Amber
Subject matter expert
Holdsworth, Amber

Data and tools

Sector
Ecosystems and Oceans Science
Region
Pacific
Could this initiative be shared with the Treasury Board Secretariat?
Yes
Submitted on
May 29, 2025

Primary users

  • Departmental employees

Government priorities and declaration

Declared to TBS Recorded as transmitted to TBS; not editable here.

Declared name of the AI system
Characterizing Environmental Extremes Using Machine Learning
TBS registry identifier
2526-DFO-MPO-015
Status declared to TBS
Pilot
Sent to TBS on
October 10, 2025
Purpose of the system, as declared
This project developed a machine learning-based method to identify environmental extremes by segmenting data into regions with consistent conditions (e.g., temperature, oxygen, acidity). Extremes were defined based on historical variability within each region, enabling more targeted and context-aware analysis of environmental changes.