Project CETI
@projectceti.bsky.social
Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI
https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
Dive into our article written in partnership with MOTH (@nyulaw.bsky.social) now published in Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) here: bit.ly/4hnUfbz 🐋🐝🐘🦋Co-authored by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social. 📸:Amanda Cotton, 🎨: Alejandro Ospina.
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Dive into our article written in partnership with MOTH (@nyulaw.bsky.social) now published in Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) here: bit.ly/4hnUfbz 🐋🐝🐘🦋Co-authored by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social. 📸:Amanda Cotton, 🎨: Alejandro Ospina.
Thank you @cacmmag.bsky.social and @neilsavage.bsky.social for highlighting our work! Read the article here: bit.ly/42wEV6q
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank you @cacmmag.bsky.social and @neilsavage.bsky.social for highlighting our work! Read the article here: bit.ly/42wEV6q
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
Featuring our team: Shafi Goldwasser, Shane Gero, Jacob Andreas, Pratyusha Sharma, @begus.bsky.social and David Gruber.
Thank you BBC World Service and Maria Margaronis for having our Founder and Lead David Gruber on The Documentary Podcast! Listen to the episode here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thank you BBC World Service and Maria Margaronis for having our Founder and Lead David Gruber on The Documentary Podcast! Listen to the episode here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
Listen to Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier, CETI Drone Pilot and David Gruber, CETI Founder & Lead, discuss on @reuters.com how we execute our “tap-and-go” drone based approach to whale tagging & explain advancements it brings to marine mammal research! 🎥:Thank you @reuters.com, watch here: bit.ly/4p498U1
September 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Listen to Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier, CETI Drone Pilot and David Gruber, CETI Founder & Lead, discuss on @reuters.com how we execute our “tap-and-go” drone based approach to whale tagging & explain advancements it brings to marine mammal research! 🎥:Thank you @reuters.com, watch here: bit.ly/4p498U1
Thank you @sierramagazine.bsky.social and @kathrynhulick.substack.com for highlighting our work!🐋Read the quote from Daniela Rus (@csail.mit.edu), PI on CETI Machine Learning and Robotics Team and more in the piece “Could AI Help Humanity Understand Whales?” here: bit.ly/45tksRL 📸: Arun Madisetti
September 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you @sierramagazine.bsky.social and @kathrynhulick.substack.com for highlighting our work!🐋Read the quote from Daniela Rus (@csail.mit.edu), PI on CETI Machine Learning and Robotics Team and more in the piece “Could AI Help Humanity Understand Whales?” here: bit.ly/45tksRL 📸: Arun Madisetti
Thank you @nytimes.com & @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social for diving into our “tap-and-go” drone based approach! & Thanks Jeremy Goldbogen @standforddoerr.bsky.social & Ari Friedlaender @ucscscience.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts! Read here: bit.ly/45uizEI 📸: Jaime Rojo.
@harvardseas.bsky.social
@harvardseas.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thank you @nytimes.com & @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social for diving into our “tap-and-go” drone based approach! & Thanks Jeremy Goldbogen @standforddoerr.bsky.social & Ari Friedlaender @ucscscience.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts! Read here: bit.ly/45uizEI 📸: Jaime Rojo.
@harvardseas.bsky.social
@harvardseas.bsky.social
Available now!🐬🪸🦜🐋 Listen to experts explored at the fourth annual Decoding Communication in Nonhuman Species conference, which we co-hosted in July with the @ucberkelyofficial.bsky.social @simonsinstitute.bsky.social & Oceankind, here: bit.ly/41yYkDe
September 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Available now!🐬🪸🦜🐋 Listen to experts explored at the fourth annual Decoding Communication in Nonhuman Species conference, which we co-hosted in July with the @ucberkelyofficial.bsky.social @simonsinstitute.bsky.social & Oceankind, here: bit.ly/41yYkDe
Dive into our new paper by: Daniel Vogt & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social; Stefano Pagani; CETI Drone Pilot Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier; CETI Biology Lead Shane Gero & CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber; here: bit.ly/4oxVati
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Dive into our new paper by: Daniel Vogt & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social; Stefano Pagani; CETI Drone Pilot Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier; CETI Biology Lead Shane Gero & CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber; here: bit.ly/4oxVati
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
🎥: Jaime Rojo, Ganesh Marin, Thor Morales & National Geographic.
🥳Join us to congratulate Antonio, Chelsea, Gordon, Phoenix & T’Keyah, the 2024/2025 cohort of Dominica Marine Conservation Fellows on completing the 10-month multi-module program developed by CETI x The National Geographic Society! Find out more: bit.ly/4kL6v6d. 🎥: One Off Productions
August 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🥳Join us to congratulate Antonio, Chelsea, Gordon, Phoenix & T’Keyah, the 2024/2025 cohort of Dominica Marine Conservation Fellows on completing the 10-month multi-module program developed by CETI x The National Geographic Society! Find out more: bit.ly/4kL6v6d. 🎥: One Off Productions
CETI scientists developed a system which accurately locates sperm whales in the deep & the implementation code is available for others! By: Yaakov Buchris & Roee Diamant from the Underwater Acoustics and Navigation lab at University of Haifa & Yaniv Aluma. Read: bit.ly/4kN6wGX%F0%9...: Amanda Cotton
July 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
CETI scientists developed a system which accurately locates sperm whales in the deep & the implementation code is available for others! By: Yaakov Buchris & Roee Diamant from the Underwater Acoustics and Navigation lab at University of Haifa & Yaniv Aluma. Read: bit.ly/4kN6wGX%F0%9...: Amanda Cotton
Thank you @nbcnews.com for offering a glimpse behind the scenes of our research at Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab @harvardseas.bsky.social that features our Founder and Lead David Gruber, CETI Robotics Lead Robert Wood & PI on CETI Robotics Team Stephanie Gil. 🎥: @nbcnews.com watch here: bit.ly/4kPVBMk
July 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thank you @nbcnews.com for offering a glimpse behind the scenes of our research at Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab @harvardseas.bsky.social that features our Founder and Lead David Gruber, CETI Robotics Lead Robert Wood & PI on CETI Robotics Team Stephanie Gil. 🎥: @nbcnews.com watch here: bit.ly/4kPVBMk
Meet Dr. Antonio Torralba! He is a computer vision specialist and Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering & CS at @mit.edu, @csail.mit.edu & head of the AI + Decision Making faculty in the MIT EECS Department. Learn about his work: bit.ly/4nqMYdZ & read his book here: bit.ly/4eo3cjO!
July 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Meet Dr. Antonio Torralba! He is a computer vision specialist and Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering & CS at @mit.edu, @csail.mit.edu & head of the AI + Decision Making faculty in the MIT EECS Department. Learn about his work: bit.ly/4nqMYdZ & read his book here: bit.ly/4eo3cjO!
Explore how we take up Carl Sagan’s queries on cetacean intelligence🐋& theorize on how discoveries into their cognition and communication can lead to tangible legal opportunities for them, in our article with @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program here: bit.ly/42q1wSy 📸: Amanda Cotton
July 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Explore how we take up Carl Sagan’s queries on cetacean intelligence🐋& theorize on how discoveries into their cognition and communication can lead to tangible legal opportunities for them, in our article with @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program here: bit.ly/42q1wSy 📸: Amanda Cotton
New CETI T-shirt alert! & All the proceeds support our research!🐋The t-shirt is 100% cotton and printed in NYC with artwork designed by Colombian born, NYC based graffiti artist, Calicho Arevalo. 👕Get yours here: bit.ly/4nxSGul
July 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New CETI T-shirt alert! & All the proceeds support our research!🐋The t-shirt is 100% cotton and printed in NYC with artwork designed by Colombian born, NYC based graffiti artist, Calicho Arevalo. 👕Get yours here: bit.ly/4nxSGul
Join us to congratulate Micheal Awah, CETI Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Harvard SEAS, on his outstanding senior capstone project: a hybrid aerial and underwater vehicle. Micheal won the Hoopes Prize & Dean’s Award for outstanding Engineering Projects for his work. Learn more: bit.ly/4k1lRTy
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us to congratulate Micheal Awah, CETI Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Harvard SEAS, on his outstanding senior capstone project: a hybrid aerial and underwater vehicle. Micheal won the Hoopes Prize & Dean’s Award for outstanding Engineering Projects for his work. Learn more: bit.ly/4k1lRTy
✨New CETI research shows that sperm whale vocalizations behave like human vowels!🐋 Written by @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski and Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber & Shane Gero. Read here: bit.ly/40e6HTX @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @carleton.ca @cuny.edu 📸: Arun Madisetti
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
✨New CETI research shows that sperm whale vocalizations behave like human vowels!🐋 Written by @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski and Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber & Shane Gero. Read here: bit.ly/40e6HTX @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @carleton.ca @cuny.edu 📸: Arun Madisetti
✨Our Founder and Lead David Gruber, explored the future of our oceans & the role humanity & emerging technology can play in that effort, in the panel, “What’s Next for Oceans?” at @milkeninstitute.org’s Global Conference here: bit.ly/4kK3uU1 #MIGlobal📸: Jane Kachmer; @milkeninstitute.org
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
✨Our Founder and Lead David Gruber, explored the future of our oceans & the role humanity & emerging technology can play in that effort, in the panel, “What’s Next for Oceans?” at @milkeninstitute.org’s Global Conference here: bit.ly/4kK3uU1 #MIGlobal📸: Jane Kachmer; @milkeninstitute.org
🌟Join us in NYC for “Listening to the Whales” at @pioneerwork.bsky.social on Tues. June 24 at 8pm! Our Founder and Lead David Gruber will be in conversation with comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg and hosted by astrophysicist Janna Levin!
🎟️RSVP for FREE here: bit.ly/4jP1b0Z
🎟️RSVP for FREE here: bit.ly/4jP1b0Z
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌟Join us in NYC for “Listening to the Whales” at @pioneerwork.bsky.social on Tues. June 24 at 8pm! Our Founder and Lead David Gruber will be in conversation with comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg and hosted by astrophysicist Janna Levin!
🎟️RSVP for FREE here: bit.ly/4jP1b0Z
🎟️RSVP for FREE here: bit.ly/4jP1b0Z
🐋🎉As seen in @naturecomms.nature.com- Our collaborative paper, which elucidates the sperm whale phonetic alphabet is among the Top 25! By: Pratyusha Sharma, Shane Gero, Roger Payne, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Antonio Torralba & Jacob Andreas. Read here: go.nature.com/3FLJwcK 📷: Amanda Cotton
June 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🐋🎉As seen in @naturecomms.nature.com- Our collaborative paper, which elucidates the sperm whale phonetic alphabet is among the Top 25! By: Pratyusha Sharma, Shane Gero, Roger Payne, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Antonio Torralba & Jacob Andreas. Read here: go.nature.com/3FLJwcK 📷: Amanda Cotton
Breaking news: Whales May Someday Be Heard in Court & In Their Own Words.🐋Learn how decoding nonhuman animals’ communication can unlock new legal possibilities in the #natgeo article diving into MOTHxCETI’s partnership & #ELQ_Berkeley article here: bit.ly/4kfYzu1 📷:#NatGeo
June 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Breaking news: Whales May Someday Be Heard in Court & In Their Own Words.🐋Learn how decoding nonhuman animals’ communication can unlock new legal possibilities in the #natgeo article diving into MOTHxCETI’s partnership & #ELQ_Berkeley article here: bit.ly/4kfYzu1 📷:#NatGeo
We won a Webby!🌟 Thanks for voting! We are honored to be a 2025 Webby Winner and to have the opportunity to keep listening to the whales!🐋🏆Learn more: bit.ly/3S5TKHz 📸: Amanda Cotton #TheWebbyAwards
June 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We won a Webby!🌟 Thanks for voting! We are honored to be a 2025 Webby Winner and to have the opportunity to keep listening to the whales!🐋🏆Learn more: bit.ly/3S5TKHz 📸: Amanda Cotton #TheWebbyAwards
🐋Decoding sperm whale communication is just the beginning- we hope to revolutionize nonhuman animal research for good. Learn how we are pioneering and prioritizing non-invasive technologies and ethical research practices in our 2024 Annual Report here: bit.ly/4dtnBUj
🎨: Pact Media
🎨: Pact Media
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🐋Decoding sperm whale communication is just the beginning- we hope to revolutionize nonhuman animal research for good. Learn how we are pioneering and prioritizing non-invasive technologies and ethical research practices in our 2024 Annual Report here: bit.ly/4dtnBUj
🎨: Pact Media
🎨: Pact Media
🎨Art has the power to transcend borders, languages, and even species– read our 2024 Annual Report to see how our interdisciplinary approach is bringing the stories of the Dominican sperm whales to the world.🇩🇲🌎 Read the report here: bit.ly/4dtnBUj
Design: Pact Media
Design: Pact Media
May 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎨Art has the power to transcend borders, languages, and even species– read our 2024 Annual Report to see how our interdisciplinary approach is bringing the stories of the Dominican sperm whales to the world.🇩🇲🌎 Read the report here: bit.ly/4dtnBUj
Design: Pact Media
Design: Pact Media