Hugo E. Lazcano-Hernández, Ph.D.

Keynote lecture overview: Caribbean coasts have experienced atypical massive arrivals of pelagic Sargassum with negative consequences both ecologically and economically. Based on open-source satellite data and deep learning techniques, ERIS academic team have proposed a novel methodology for floating and accumulated pelagic Sargassum detection along the coastline of Quintana Roo, Mexico.