Contributing to Awesome Computational Primatology
Thank you for your interest in contributing! This document explains how to add papers and improve the project.
🚀 Quick Start
Preview Your Changes Locally
# 1. Fork and clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/awesome-computational-primatology.git
cd awesome-computational-primatology
# 2. Make your changes to README.md
# 3. Preview the website (auto-generates index.html and opens browser)
python scripts/dev-preview.py
# 4. Commit BOTH README.md and index.html, then create a pull request
Important: Always commit index.html along with your README.md changes. The CI will fail if they're out of sync.
Automatic PR Previews
When you submit a PR, our automation will:
- ✅ Generate a preview website with your changes
- ✅ Post a comment with the preview link
- ✅ Validate table formatting and links
- ✅ Check that
index.htmlis in sync withREADME.md
1. Branch Protocol
- Fork the repository
- Create a branch with format:
add-paper/YYYY-AuthorName(e.g.,add-paper/2024-Smith) - For multiple papers or other changes:
update/brief-description - Add your paper in the correct section following the format below
- Verify all links are working
2. Pull Request Process
- Create a draft PR first
- Use title format: "Add: YYYY AuthorName paper" or "Update: brief description"
- Fill out the PR template
- Mark as ready for review when complete
3. Review Process
- Maintainers will review within 1-2 weeks
- Automated checks will verify table formatting and links
- Reviews focus on:
- Correct formatting
- Working links
- Appropriate categorization
- Complete information
Eligibility Criteria
- Papers must be at the intersection of deep learning and non-human primatology
- Published from 2012 onwards (around AlexNet era)
- Must provide novel approaches or applications in computational primatology
- Cross-species datasets including primates are acceptable
Table Format
Add your paper to the appropriate table section using this format: | Year | Paper | Topic | Animal | Model? | Data? | Image/Video Count |
Where:
- Year: Publication year
- Paper:
[Title](link)or just Title if preprint - Topic: Use abbreviations from Topic Legend (PD, BPE, FD, etc.)
- Animal: Specific primate species or "Cross-species"
- Model?:
[Yes](link)if code + pretrained models available[Code only](link)if repository available but no pretrained models[No](link)if repository with information but no functional code- "N/A" if neither available
- Data?:
[Yes](link)if publicly available- "Upon request" if available through contact
- "N/A" if not available
- Image/Video Count: Number or "N/A" if not applicable
Topic Legend
Use these abbreviations for the Topic column:
- PD: Primate Detection
- BPE: Body Pose Estimation
- FD: Face Detection
- FLE: Facial Landmark Estimation
- FR: Face Recognition and/or Re-Identification
- FAC: Facial Action Coding / Units
- HD: Hand Detection
- HPE: Hand Pose Estimation
- BR: Behavior Recognition / Understanding / Modeling
- AM: Avatar / Mesh
- SI: Species Identification
- RL: Reinforcement Learning
- O: Other
Verification Steps
Before submitting your PR:
- Verify all links are accessible
- Check table formatting matches existing entries
- Ensure topic abbreviations are correct
- Confirm model/data availability is accurately represented
- Test any code repository links
Questions or Issues?
- Open an issue for:
- Clarification on guidelines
- Suggesting improvements
- Reporting broken links
- Discussing paper categorization
- Expect response within 1 week