Publications

KLC Bell†, JS Chow†, A Hope, M Quinzin, KA Cantner, DJ Amon, JE Cramp, RD Rotjan, L Kamalu, A de Vos, S Talma, S Buglass, V Wade, Z Filander, K Noyes, M Lynch, A Knight, N Lourenço, P Girguis, J Sousa, C Blake, BRC Kennedy, T Noyes, C McClain. In review. Participatory Design for Low-Cost, Deep-Sea Imaging and Analysis. Frontiers of Marine Science.

D Novy†, L Kawasumi†, J Ferguson, M Sullivan, P Bell, JS Chow, JB de Sousa, KA Cantner, B Woodward, A Adams††, KLC Bell††. In review. Maka Niu: A Low-Cost, Modular Imaging and Sensor Platform to Increase Observation Capabilities of the Deep Ocean. Frontiers of Marine Science.

Amon, DJ†, RR Rotjan, BRC Kennedy, G Alleng, R Anta, E Aram, KM Gjerde, J Gobin, T Edwards, M Creary-Ford, L-A Henderson, R Hinds, A Hope, B Phillips, RK Ali, S Lanser, K Lewis, H Lochan, S MacLean, N Mwemwenikarawa, B Rimon, S-A Sarjursingh, A Tekiau, T Teemari, A Turchik, H Vallès, K Waysang, KLC Bell. 2022. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: A Pilot Study to Build Capacity for Global Deep-Ocean Exploration and Research. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2021.0121.

Boulais O., B. Woodward, L. Lundsten, K. Barnard, B. Schlining, K.L.C. Bell, K. Katija. 2020. FathomNet: An underwater image training database for ocean exploration and discovery. arXiv: 2007.00114.

Buglass, S., S. Nagy, D. Ebert, P. Sepa, A. Turchik, K.L.C. Bell, F. Rivera, & J. Giddens. 2020. First records of the seven-gilled Notorynchus cepedianus and six-gilled Hexanchus griseus sharks (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae) found in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Journal of Fish Biology. Accepted 23 Jun 2020.

Bell, KLC, ML Brennan, M-H Cormier, M Legg, JE Conrad, CM Castillo, N Raineault, M Lubetkin, J Marlow, C Caldow. 2019. Initial Observations and Preliminary Interpretations from Telepresence-enabled Exploration of the Southern California Borderland, USA. In: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution. Eds. K Marsaglia, R Behl, and J Schwalbach. SEPM Special Publication 110: 296-327.

Brennan, ML, F Cantelas, K Elliott, JP Delgado, KLC Bell, D Coleman, A Fundis, J Irion, HK Van Tilburg, RD Ballard. 2018. Telepresence-enabled maritime archaeological exploration in the deep. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 13: 97.

Raineault, NA, KLC Bell, P Girguis, eds. 2018. Results of Telepresence-enabled Exploration, Deep Sea Research II. Vol 150.

Reports

Open Ocean

Bell, K. C. (n.d.). History of Open Ocean. Open Ocean. Retrieved from https://openocean.pubpub.org/pub/open-ocean-history.

Hope, A., Chow, J., & Bell, K. C. (2021). North Star Design Principles. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.0b7b143a

Bell, K. C., Cantner, K., Chow, J., Hope, A., & Quinzin, M. (2020). Co-Designing for Deep Ocean Imaging and Analysis. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.5afa6279

Bell, K. C. (2021). Contributions. Open Ocean. Retrieved from https://openocean.pubpub.org/pub/contributions

Here be Dragons

Bell, K. C., Chow, J., Hope, A., & Novy, D. (2021). Here Be Dragons 2018 Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e

Adams, A., & Bernstein, J. (2021). Project Prometheus Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/ec788172

Adams, M., Bray, B., Ellenbogen, K., Fornasaro, R., Marlow, J., McLean, C., & Rozendo, C. (2021). Micronauts Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/ac511e22

Amon, D., Rotjan, R., Kennedy, B., Alleng, G., Anta, R., Aram, E., … Bell, K. C. (2021). My Deep Sea, My Backyard Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/870cd5da

Katija, K., Orenstein, E., Schlining, B., Lundsten, L., Barnard, K., Sainz, G., … Bell, K. C. (2019). Big Ocean, Big Data Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/853ce745

Najjar, D., & Normandin, A. (2021). Ocean Cultures Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/e79271f1

Normandin, A., & Najjar, D. (2021). Boston Intertidal Exploration Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/00b0d1bd

Oran, D., Smith, R., Novy, D., Babakhanova, S., Phillips, B., Adams, A., & Chronopoulos, C. (2021). Wheels of Poseidon Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/56e2b8e0

Salvador, E., & Lutz, N. (2021). Connected Coral Report. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.207c346e/4f361cef

Training & Expeditions

Bell, K. C. (2021). Deep Sea Camera System Training & Expedition Assessment Report 2019. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.f07b8a66

Jang, J., Xia, C., & Bernstein, J. (2021). Appendix A: New Technology Deployments. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.f07b8a66

Bell, K. C. (2021). Appendix B: LEX/NG/MIT Participants. Open Ocean. https://doi.org/10.21428/a680be9a.f07b8a66

Student Theses

Boulais, O.E. 2020. Emerging computational methodologies for transparency in fisheries. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2020.

Jang, J. 2020. Marine snow tracking stereo imaging system. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2020.

Shoeppner, T. 2020. Large Interactive Laser Light-Field Installation (LILLI). Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2020.

Conference Papers

K.L.C. Bell. 2020. Affordable, Accessible Ocean Exploration. MIT Portugal Conference 2020. Poster #028.

Bell, K.L.C., R. Rotjan, D. Amon, B. Kennedy, B. Phillips & A. Turchik. 2020. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: Building Deep Sea Capacity in Big Ocean Developing States. Ocean Sciences Meeting, IS31A-05. San Diego, CA.

Katija, K., B. Woodward, B. Schlining, L. Lundsten, K. Barnard, K.L.C. Bell. 2020. Towards an open, underwater image repository (FathomNet) for automated detection and classification of midwater and benthic targets using machine learning. Ocean Sciences Meeting, IS31A-05. San Diego, CA.

Katija, K., B. Woodward, L. Lundsten, B. Schlining, K. Barnard, K.L.C. Bell. 2019. FathomNet: An open, underwater image repository for automated detection and classification of midwater and benthic targets using machine learning. Marine Imaging Workshop 2019. Victoria, British Columbia.

Press

Marquez, Melissa C. 2021. Two Shark Species Sighted for the First Time in the Galapagos. Forbes. 6 Jan 2021.

Marquez, Melissa C. 2018. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: Empowering Nations To Study The Deep. Forbes. 21 Nov 2018.

Professional Service

2020 [KCB] UN Global Compact COVID-19 Task Force: Towards a more robust ocean economy: advancement of technology and data-sharing

2020 [KCB] Chair, Advancing Technologies for the Future of Deep Ocean Exploration (Session IS002 & IS34A). Chair, Town Hall on All Hands on Deck: Results of the 2018 National Ocean Exploration Forum (TH25A). Career Panel. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2020 [NS] Co-Chair, Imagining Ocean Science: Education and Outreach Using Visualization, Storytelling, and the Arts, Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA (Sessions ED11B, ED12A, and ED14C) 

2019 [KCB] Testified for the hearing on Ocean Exploration: Diving to New Depths and Discoveries for the Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

2017-2019 [KCB] Vice Chair, Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee, US Department of Commerce & Department of the Interior.

2018-2019 [KCB] National Geographic Massachusetts Education Advisory Council

2018-2019 [KCB] Advisor, Blue Tech Challenge, Inter-American Development Bank Group