structured sessions
The following Structured Sessions on topics of current interest in underwater acoustics are organized:
- Acoustic Monitoring of Ocean Environments and Processes: Biology, Ecology, Geophysics and Man-made activities
(presentations related to COVID-19 effects in the ocean acoustic record are highly encouraged)
Organizer: Jennifer Miksis-Olds - Acoustics in polar environments
Organizers: Jaroslaw Tegowski, Philippe Blondel, Hanne Sagen
, , - Advances in acoustic measurement systems: Technologies and applications
Organizer: Alessandra Tesei - Comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty monitoring
Organizers: Georgios Haralabus, Mario Zampolli and Peter Nielsen
, , - Environmental acoustics and noise
Organiser: David Barclay - Large Time-Bandwidth acoustic signals for target detection and tracking
Organizer: Alessandra Tesei
- Machine learning, compressive sensing and signal processing
Organizers:Angeliki Xenaki, Peter Gerstoft
, - Marine sediment acoustics
Organizers: Megan Ballard, Kevin Lee
, - Modeling techniques for underwater acoustic scattering and propagation (including 3D effects)
Organizers: Aaron Gunderson, Boris Katsnelson, Pavel Petrov
, , - Multibeam Echo Sounding: Bathymetry and sediment Classification
Organizers: Dick Simons, Mirjam Snellen , Tannaz Haji Mohammadloo
, , - Seabed acoustics
Organizers: Nick Chotiros - Situation-adaptive distributed networked systems
Organizers: Frank Ehlers, Arne Schulz
, - Sonar performance modeling and verification. Applications to active and passive sonar
Organizers: Mathieu Colin, Mark Prior, Kevin Heaney and Dale Ellis
, , , - Target Echo Strength-Measurements and Modelling
Organizers: Duncan Williams, David Nunn, Marten Nijhof
, , - Towards Automatic Target Recognition. Detection, Classification and Modelling
Organizers: Johannes Groen, Wolfgang Jans, Yan Pailhas, Vincent Myers, Roy Edgar Hansen
, , , , - Underwater acoustic calibration, testing, facilities and standards
Organizers: Stephen Robinson, Markus Linné, Steven Crocker
, , - Underwater Communications and Networking
Organizers: Charalampos Tsimenidis, Paul Mitchell, Konstantinos Pelekanakis
, , - Underwater Noise - Modelling and Measurements
Organizers:Alexander Gavrilov, Emmanuel Skarsoulis, Michael Taroudakis
, , - Underwater Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection and Remediation
Organizers: Wolfgang Jans, Mike Richardson, David Bradley
, , - Vector Hydrophone Research
Organizers: Desen Yang