2 papers
cs.LG2025
WhAM: Towards A Translative Model of Sperm Whale Vocalization
Orr Paradise, Pranav Muralikrishnan, Liangyuan Chen +6
Sperm whales communicate in short sequences of clicks known as codas. We present WhAM (Whale Acoustics Model), the first transformer-based model capable of generating synthetic spe…
cs.SI2025
Evidence of social learning across symbolic cultural barriers in sperm whales
António Leitão, Maxime Lucas, Simone Poetto +5
We provide quantitative evidence suggesting social learning in sperm whales across socio-cultural boundaries, using acoustic data from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Traditionall…