OCEANS'16 MTS/IEEE Monterey Advance Technical Program
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Portola: Redwood 1 Portola: Redwood 2 Portola: Ironwood 1 Portola: Ironwood 2 Portola: Cotton Wood 1 Portola: Cotton Wood 2   Portola: Bonsai 1 Portola: Bonsai 2 Portola: Bonsai 3 Marriott: Los Angeles Marriott: Ferrante Bay Room Marriott: Santa Barbara   Marriott: San Francisco Marriott: Santa Monica Marriott: San Diego Marriott: San Carlos Ballroom
Tuesday
Sep 20
13:30
to
15:00
Optical Communication 1
Session Chair(s):
B. Neuner
Propagation and Dynamic Manipulation of Coherent Orbital-Angular-Momentum Modes Through Underwater Turbid Environments
Kaitlyn Morgan
OptoCOMM and SUNSET to enable large data offloading in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks
Simone Grechi
Turbid-Harbor Demonstration of Transceiver Technologies for Wide Dynamic Range Undersea Laser Communications
Hemonth Rao
Deployable wavelength optimization for free-space communication undersea
Burton Neuner
Hydrography/ Seafloor Mapping / Geodesy
Session Chair(s):
E. Martin
Air and Underwater Survey of water enclosed spaces for ˇVAMOS! Project
Alfredo Martins
Enabling New Techniques in Environmental Assessment Through Multi-Sensor Hydrography
Eric Martin
Klein HydroChart 3500 Bathymetric Data Quality Control through CUBE Processing
Straud Armstrong
Comparisons of crest line extraction algorithms applied to marine dunes
julien ogor
An Autonomous Integrated System for 3-D Underwater Terrain Map Reconstruction
Zongyuan Shen
Imaging and Vision
Session Chair(s):
C. Collett
Underwater Image Enhancement Strategy with Virtual Retina Model and Image Quality Assessment
Rui Nian
Static Camera Arrays as a Solution for Increasing ROV Pilot Awareness During Operations
Chad Collett
Underwater Scene Search Scheme via Similarity Measure and Sparse Representation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Rui Nian
Using MB-System and Matlab to Generate Geographical Mosaics from Seafloor Images
Maxwell Woolsey
Development of an Enhanced Underwater Navigation System for Military Combat Divers
Dennis Gallagher
Acoustic Telemetry and Communication 1
Session Chair(s):
J. Tao
Turbo Equalization for SC-FDMA MIMO Underwater Acoustic Communications
Jun Tao
An Underwater Acoustic 64QAM OFDM Communication System with Robust Doppler Compensation
Tomohisa Wada
Some trial results of the hydroacoustic communication system operation for AUV and ASV group control and navigation
Sergey Kulik
Shallow Water Acoustic Channel Modeling and OFDM Simulations
Zongxin Sun
Iterative Frequency Domain Equalization Combined with LDPC-Decoding for Single-Carrier Underwater Acoustic Communications
xin zhang
Vehicle Navigation 1
Session Chair(s):
M. Candeloro, R. Song
Magnetic Signal Processing Methods with Application to Geophysical Navigation of Marine Robotic Vehicles
Joăo Quintas
Aspects of a Reliable Autonomous Navigation and Guidance System for an Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Rui Song
A Magnetohydrodynamic Auxiliary Propulsion System for Docking Assistance of Autonomous Vehicle
Marco Trapanese
A 3D Dynamic Voronoi Diagram-Based Path-Planning System for UUVs
Mauro Candeloro
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Localization Using Ocean Tomography Sensor Nodes
Sheng-wei Huang
Marine Law and Policy
Session Chair(s):
M. Benjamin, H. Eicken
Access to the Global Commons: How Creeping Jurisdictional Claims Can Lead to Disorder on the Oceans
George Galdorisi
Evolving roles of observing systems and data co-management in Arctic Ocean governance
Hajo Eicken
Collision Avoidance Road Test for COLREGS-Constrained Autonomous Vehicles
Michael Benjamin
Unmanned Aircraft as Mobile Components of Ocean Observing Systems for Management of Marine Resources
Trent Lukaczyk
Strengthening Marine and Maritime Research and Technology
Eduardo Silva
It's All About Your Network: Using ROVs to Assess Marine Protected Area Effectiveness
Dirk Rosen
Tuesday
Sep 20
1:30 PM
to
3:00 PM
Sound Propagation and Scattering 1
Session Chair(s):
S. Kargl, J. Fabre
Measuring Seafloor Roughness using a Laser Profiling System
Marcia Isakson
Environmental Acoustic Feature Vectors for Identification of Similar Ocean Acoustic Environments
Josette Fabre
Acoustic Transmission Loss through Modelled Oceanography over a Long Time Period Compared to Climatology
Josette Fabre
Locating Strong Acoustic Scattering on the Seafloor using Wedge Diffraction Theory
Richard Keiffer
Effects of Eddy on Close Range DOA estimation
Cheng Chen
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 1
Session Chair(s):
J. Manley
Automating MBARI's midwater time-series video surveys: the transition from ROV to AUV
Kim Reisenbichler
Network of Heterogeneous Autonomous Vehicles for Marine Research and Management
Martin Ludvigsen
Expanding the Capabilities of the Slocum Glider
Lauren Cooney
Characterizing the Critical Parameters for Docking Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Stephen Martin
Unmanned Maritime Vehicles, 20 Years Of Commercial and Technical Evolution
Justin Manley
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 10
Session Chair(s):
D. Pfitsch
Near real-time improved UUV positioning through channel estimation - The Unscented Kalman Filter approach
Renato Vio
Development and Deployment of Autonomous Scale Submarine Models for Hydrodynamic Testing of U.S. Navy Submarine Maneuvering Characteristics
Don Pfitsch
Comparison between glider-derived geostrophic velocity measurements and shipboard ADCP measurements
Nicole Couto
Underwater Multi-robot Persistent Area Coverage Mission Planning
Bingxi Li
Vehicle Design 1
Session Chair(s):
E. Maehle
Development of Hovering-type AUV "HOBALIN" for Exploring Seafloor Hydrothermal Deposits
Akihiro Okamoto
SEMBIO - A Small Energy-Efficient Swarm AUV
Erik Maehle
Hydrodynamic Simulation on Swing Wings of Vertical Underwater Glider
Chaoling Yao
Development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with Human-aware Robot Navigation
Yuya Nishida
A Portable ASV Prototype for Shallow-Water Science Operations
Christopher Kitts
Global Ocean Observing Systems
Session Chair(s):
C. McLean
Next Generation of Ocean Observing systems:Mobile Agile Observing Systems 1
Session Chair(s):
N. Wright
Aqua-Quad - Solar Powered, Long Endurance, Hybrid Mobile Vehicle for Persistent Surface and Underwater Reconnaissance, Part I - Platform Design
Kevin Jones
AquaQuad - Solar Powered, Long Endurance, Hybrid Mobil Vehicle for Persistent Surface and Underwater Reconnaissance, Part II - Onboard Intelligence
Vladimir Dobrokhodov
Protocol for Autonomous Landing of Unmanned Air Vehicles on Research Vessels
Rocco DiVerdi
Low-cost Internet of Things Ocean Observation
Nick Wright
Interannual variability and trends in the Middle Atlantic Bight cold pool.
Samuel Coakley
Tuesday
Sep 20
1:30 PM
to
3:00 PM
Systems and Observatories 1
Session Chair(s):
W. Wilcock, M. Shinohara
Development and installation of new seafloor cabled seismic and tsunami observation system using ICT
Masanao Shinohara
Designing an Offshore Geophysical Network in the Pacific Northwest for Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warning and Hazard Research
William Wilcock
Non-contact Wet Mate Connectors for Subsea Observation Networks
Tianlei Wang
Axial Seamount - Restless, Wired and Occupied: A Conceptual Overview of Resident AUV Operations and Technologies
Dana Manalang
NSF's Cabled Array: A Wired Tectonic Plate and Overlying Ocean
Deborah Kelley
Sonar Imaging 1
Session Chair(s):
S. Negahdaripour, B. Hobson
Despeckling of Sonar Images Based on a Naďve Homogeneity Index
SUPRIYA H
Range Sidelobe Suppression for FD-MIMO Sonar Imaging with FDCW Pulses
Long Yang
An introductory study of the impact of environmental parameters in the performances of imaging sonar systems
Olga Lopera
Effects of correlation between multiple looks on the expected probability of detection of an underwater target
Bao Nguyen
Efficient Ray Casting of Quadric Surfaces for Forward-Scan Sonars
Shahriar Negahdaripour
Information Management 1 (Cloud Computing)
Session Chair(s):
F. O'Donncha, S. James
Deploying and optimizing performance of a 3D hydrodynamic model on Cloud
Fearghal O'Donncha
Cloud Computing for Ocean and Atmospheric Science
Tiffany Vance
Development of a end-to-end Cloud Computing MetOcean solution
Brian McKenna
Leveraging cloud computing to speedup user access log mining
Yun Li
Ship-Based Cloud Computing for Advancing Oceanographic Research Capabilities
Philip McGillivary
Student Posters
Underwater optical communication link using Orbital Angular Momentum Space-Division Multiplexing (160511-085)
Mr. Joshua Baghdady
Design and development of SHAD - a Small Hovering AUV with Differential actuation (160511-045)
Mr. Carlos Gonçalves
Robust Tracking of Vessels in Oceanographic Airborne Images (160511-064)
Mr. Jorge Pedro Matos
Power-Efficient Spectrum Sharing for Noncooperative Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems (160511-007)
Mr. Antony Pottier
Segmentation, Classification and Modeling of Two-Dimensional Forward-Scan Sonar Imagery for Efficient Coding and Synthesis (160509-031)
Mohammad Haghighat
AoA Assisted Localization for Underwater Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks (160509-002)
Ms. Huai Huang
An Open-Source Control software to the Virtual submerged floating operational system(VSFOS) (160425-021)
Mr. Zheng Jiang
Chaotic Modulation Detection for Underwater Acoustic Communications via Instantaneous Features (160425-009)
Ms. Conghui Zhang
Real-time TDOA measurements of an underwater acoustic source (160424-143)
Jose Valente
Remote supervision system for aquaculture platforms (160424-123)
Mr. Manuel Silva
Multi-Coil MI Based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (160424-085)
Mr. Niaz Ahmed
Deep Residual Networks for Plankton Classification (160424-050)
Mr. Zuoying Cui
Mapping for Control in an Underwater Environment using a Dynamic Inverse-sonar Model (160423-041)
Mr. Mingxi Zhou
Robust Sonar ATR with Pose Corrected Sparse Reconstruction-Based Classification (160423-040)
John McKay
Robust Visual Fiducials for Skin-to-Skin Relative Ship Pose Estimation (160422-092)
Joshua Mangelson
New method of fish classification by using high-resolution acoustic video camera-ARIS and local invariant feature descriptor (160422-014)
Dr. Yasufumi Fujimoto
Wind Direction Determination From Rain-Contaminated X-Band Radar Images (160402-003)
Mr. Xinlong Liu
First-Order High Frequency Radar Ocean Surface Cross Section Incorporating a Dual-Frequency Platform Motion Model (160402-002)
Ms. Yue Ma
Portola: Redwood 1 Portola: Redwood 2 Portola: Ironwood 1 Portola: Ironwood 2 Portola: Cotton Wood 1 Portola: Cotton Wood 2   Portola: Bonsai 1 Portola: Bonsai 2 Portola: Bonsai 3 Marriott: Los Angeles Marriott: Ferrante Bay Room Marriott: Santa Barbara   Marriott: San Francisco Marriott: Santa Monica Marriott: San Diego
Tuesday
Sep 20
15:30
to
17:00
Optical Communication 2
Session Chair(s):
S. Grechi
OptoCOMM: development and experimentation of a new optical wireless underwater modem
Simone Grechi
A Narrow-beam Undersea Laser Communications Field Demonstration
Andrew Fletcher
Modeling and Experimental Validation of Narrow Beam Propagation Through a Turbid Harbor
Nicholas Hardy
Analysis of J-Pole Antenna Configurations for Underwater Communications
Hugo Santos
Hydrodynamics
Session Chair(s):
S. Wilder, P. Choboter
FutureWaves: a Real-Time Ship Motion Forecasting System employing Advanced Wave-Sensing Radar
Jason Rudzinsky
Behaviour of Water column inside turret and annular space of FPSO vessel
Abhishek Yadav
A fluid action with galilean electromagnetism
Shawn Wilder
2-D Moving Particle Simulation on Dynamic Motion of a Damaged Ship with Oil Leaking in Waves
Se-Min Jeong
Nesting Nonhydrostatic GCCOM within Hydrostatic ROMS for Multiscale Coastal Ocean Modeling
Paul Choboter
Imaging and Vision 2
Session Chair(s):
M. Radolko
Underwater Non-Rigid 3D Shape Reconstruction via Structure from Motion for Fish Ethology Research
Rui Nian
Estimation of Ambient Light and Transmission Map with Common Convolutional Architecture
Young-Sik Shin
Underwater Change Detection
Martin Radolko
Study on Ship Evacuation Supporting System based on 3D GIS
Xinjia Gao
Error-Resilient Coding for Underwater Video Transmission
Shahriar Negahdaripour
Acoustic Telemetry and Communication 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Paul
Probabilistic Broadcast for Dense AUV Networks
Mehmet Koseoglu
Effect of Buffering on the Throughput of ALOHA
Jyoti Paul
Variable Step-Size Least-Symbol-Error-Rate Adaptive Decision Feedback Turbo Equalization For Underwater Channel
Xiaohui Zhong
The Impact of Filtering on the Resolution of Sparsity in Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems
Ulas Güntürkün
Support-Aided Kalman Filter for Recursive Bayesian Estimation of Sparse Wideband Channels in OFDM Systems
Ulas Güntürkün
Vehicle Navigation 2
Session Chair(s):
R. Khan, P. Drews
EKF SLAM using Acoustic Sources for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle equipped with two hydrophones
Jinwoo Choi
Navigation of Unmanned Surface Vehicle and Detection of GPS Abnormality by Fusing Multiple Sensor Measurements
Nak Yong Ko
An Ocean Experiment of Inverse SSBL Acoustic Positioning Using Underwater Vehicle OTOHIME
Yoshitaka Watanabe
Tracking Control of Underwater Gliders in Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Observation Task
Jiancheng Yu
Towards Comparison of Underwater SLAM Methods: An Open Dataset Collection
Paulo Drews
Underwater navigation using maneuverable beacons for localization
Rubaina Khan
Ocean Color and Hyperspectral Measurements, Sensor Synergy
Session Chair(s):
Y. Raaj, A. Martins
Decentralized placement of heterogeneous nodes
Richard Tatum
3D Object Localization using Forward Looking Sonar (FLS) and Optical Camera via Particle Filter based Calibration and Fusion
Yaadhav Raaj
Bathymetry survey using an aerial image for a very shallow water region
Jin-Hak Yi
UAV Trials for Multi-Spectral Imaging Target Detection and Recognition in Maritime Environment
Alfredo Martins
Ocean Surface Currents Reconstruction: On the Transfer Function Between Infrared SST and Along-Track Altimeter Obersvations
Cristina González Haro
Tuesday
Sep 20
3:30 PM
to
5:00 PM
Sound Propagation and Scattering 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Fabre, S. Kargl
Study on the acoustic scattering from layered rough seafloor
Yang Shi
Scattering from a Finite Cylindrical Target in a Waveguide
Steven Kargl
A Simulator for Broadband Mobile-to-Mobile Shallow Water Acoustic Channels
Adrián Sauco-Gallardo
Calculation of the spectral and energy characteristics of the reflected waves for the purpose of solving the inverse problem of remote sensing
Yuriy Titchenko
Underwater Cylindrical Shell in Different Thickness Recognition Using Biomimetic Dolphin Clicks
Donghu Nie
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Pinto, L. Hotaling
A New Approach to Wide Area Survey
Bob Christ
Adaptive Learning for Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking
Sungjin Cho
Web Enabling Ocean Vehicles Under Intermittent Communications
Jose Pinto
Design of Expert Systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Control
Torsten Teubler
The Undersea Constellation: The Leading Edge of the Joint Information Environment
George Galdorisi
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 11
Session Chair(s):
A. Bouchard
Tracking of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using an Autonomous Surface Vehicle with Ranger Interrogator System
Boris Braginsky
DD-RRT Path Planning and Guidance in Heading-Vector Field for a UUV Recovery
Bing Hao
On the robust model predictive control method of dynamic positioning to line for UUV recovery
Yanbin Teng
Multi-Layered Vehicle Control via Payload Autonomy
Andrew Bouchard
ROS-IvP: Porting the Interval Programming Suite into the Robot Operating System for Maritime Autonomy
Joshua Weaver
Vehicle Design 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Sousa
Quadcopter platforms for water sampling and sensor deployment
Joăo Sousa
Parameter Study of Chain Trenching Machines of Underwater Construction Robots via Analytical Model
Patar Sitorus
Buoyancy Driven Autonomous Profiling Float for Shallow Waters
VINOTHKUMAR VISWANATHAN
Creating Ocean Virtual Reality Experience
Session Chair(s):
C. Sarason
Next Generation of Ocean Observing systems:Mobile Agile Observing Systems 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Manley
Mapping Antarctic phytoplankton physiology using autonomous gliders
Filipa Carvalho
ROBEX - Innovative robotic technologies for ocean observations, a deep-sea demonstration mission
Frank Wenzhoefer
A Task-priority based Control Approach to Distributed Data-Driven Ocean Sampling
Giuseppe Casalino
USVs as Tow Platforms: Wave Glider Experience and Results
Justin Manley
Range-Only Underwater Target Localization: Path Characterization
Brian Kieft
Tuesday
Sep 20
3:30 PM
to
5:00 PM
Systems and Observatories 2
Session Chair(s):
E. McRae, D. Kelley
Robotically Installed Online Remote Ocean Seafloor Observatory
Jonathan Berger
AIS-based Moblie Satellite Service Expands Opportunities for Affordable Global Ocean Observing and Monitoring
Donna Kocak
Study on the Short Fault Isolation of Cabled Ocean Observatory
Feng Zhang
FlexMoT - A flexible and adaptable environmental monitoring platform for offshore applications
Thomas Ruth
Continuous Real Time Scanning of the Upper Ocean Water Column
Eric McRae
Sonar Imaging 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Potter, B. Henson
Reconstructed real-time 3D image of chimneys using underwater acoustic video camera in the experimental field
Kazuki Abukawa
Prototype of Acoustic Video Camera
Sayuri Matsumoto
Local optical-flow estimation for forward looking imaging sonar data
Benjamin Henson
Underwater Optical and Acoustic Imaging: A Time for Fusion? A Brief Overview of the State-of-the-Art
John Potter
Using double-ping frequency diverse MIMO sonar to improve angle and range resolution
Long Yang
Information Management 2
Session Chair(s):
I. Vandor
Fish Tagging via RFID and Bluetooth
Isaac Vandor
Data Centric Approach to Analyzing Security Threats in Underwater Sensor Networks
Robert Martin
Portola: Redwood 1 Portola: Redwood 2 Portola: Ironwood 1 Portola: Ironwood 2 Portola: Cotton Wood 1 Portola: Cotton Wood 2   Portola: Bonsai 1 Portola: Bonsai 2 Portola: Bonsai 3 Marriott: Los Angeles Marriott: Ferrante Bay Room Marriott: Santa Barbara   Marriott: San Francisco Marriott: Santa Monica Marriott: San Diego
Wednesday
Sep 21
10:30
to
12:00
Advanced Sensors for Mine Countermeasures and Munitions Response
Session Chair(s):
T. Muir, D. Sternlicht
Mine-Like Objects Detection In Side-Scan Sonar Images Using A Shadows-Highlights Geometrical Features Space
Azriel Sinai
Buried Object Detection with Seismic Sonar in the Surf Zone
Thomas Muir
Advanced Sonar Technologies for High Clearance Rate Mine Countermeasures
Daniel Sternlicht
Investigating Munitions Mobility In Oscillatory Flows with Inertial Measurement Units
Donya Frank
Sensor-Based Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicle Teams
Sean Kragelund
Marine GIS and Data Fusion
Session Chair(s):
D. Brutzman, J. Paduan
Visualizing Sea Level Rise to Examine the Nexus of Climate Change and Socio-Economic Security
Jory Fleming
High-Resolution AUV Mapping and ROV Sampling of Mid-Ocean Ridges
Jennifer Paduan
Advances in Data Collection for Marine Planning and Fisheries Management: Capturing and Mapping For-Hire Fishing Activity Using an Onboard Tablet-Based Application
Peter Zaykoski
End-to-End Data Management Services for Access Discovery of NOAA's Research Data
Katharine Woodard
Imaging and Vision 3
Session Chair(s):
A. Spears, G. Matos
Under-ice Camera and Sonar Simulation for Visual Navigation
Anthony Spears
Vision-Based Shipwreck Mapping: on Evaluating Features Quality and Open Source State Estimation Packages
Ioannis Rekleitis
Online Depth Estimation and Application to Underwater Image Dehazing
Younggun Cho
Nontemporal Relative Pose Estimation for Opti-Acoustic Bundle Adjustment
Dae-Hyeon Gwon
Underwater Laser Triangulation Sensor Calibration Method
Gabriel Matos
Acoustic Telemetry and Communication 3
Session Chair(s):
B. Chang
Widely Linear SC-FDE Systems for Underwater Acoustic Communication: Experimental Results
Bruno Sens Chang
Testbed-based Performance Evaluation of Handshake-free MAC Protocols for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Yu Han
Energy Consumption Analysis of Underwater Acoustic Networks Using Fountain Codes
Bruno Chang
Modulation Order Optimization for Energy Efficient Underwater Acoustic Communications
Bruno Sens Chang
Ocean Noise
Session Chair(s):
Y. Joshi, M. Kemp
Feature-oriented striation processing of the noise field due to a moving ship
Qunyan Ren
Cyclostationary Analysis of Underwater Noise for Vehicle Propeller Monitoring
Sung-Hoon Byun
Analysis of Adaptive Filtering Techniques for Fresh Water Dolphin Signals in their Natural Habitat
Yashwant Joshi
Simulation of Colored and non-Gaussian Wind Noise for Tropical Shallow Waters
Yashwant Joshi
Temporal Analysis of Stationary Markov α-sub-Gaussian Noise
Ahmed Mahmood
Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics
Session Chair(s):
B. Philip
Periodic behaviors of deep-ocean flow and turbulent mixing in hydrothermal field on the Okinawa Trough, Japan
Yasuo Furushima
Wide-area Vertical Cable Seismic Survey: Repeated deployment using ROV in Iheya North Knoll, Okinawa-Trough
Shutaro Saito
Monitoring methane emissions at Southern Hydrate Ridge using the Ocean Observatories Initiative's Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
Brendan Philip
Wednesday
Sep 21
10:30 AM
to
12:00 PM
Array Signal Processing and Array Design 1
Session Chair(s):
Y. Yang
Effect of waveguide impedance and sidelobe suppression on radiation beampatterns in underwater acoustic leaky wave antennas
Jeffrey Rogers
Calibration of intersubarray displacement errors based on Sparse Bayesian Inference
Zhixiong Lei
Detecting the direction of arrival and time of arrival of impulsive transient signals
Yuen Min Too
Enhancing Capacity of Maritime Broadband Communication Systems
Ronald Raulefs
Source Localization based on Sparse Spectral Fitting and Spatial Filtering
Long Yang
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 3
Session Chair(s):
B. Hobson
Estimating and Compensating for Water Currents: Field Testing
Eric Wolbrecht
A Hybrid Approach for Visual Servoing of Underwater Vehicles
Jian Gao
Swimming Performance of a Hybrid Unmanned Air-Underwater Vehicle
Jason Geder
Dynamical Modeling of a Micro AUV in Hydrodynamic Ground Effect
Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Dual-eyes Visual-based Sea Docking for Sea Bottom Battery Recharging
Myo Myint
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 12
Session Chair(s):
S. Giodini
Hydrodynamic Characteristics and Stability Simulation of Four-rotor Dish-shaped UUV Landing on the Seabed
Baoshou Zhang
Maritime Autonomy in a Box: Building a Quickly-Deployable Autonomy Solution using the Docker Container Environment
Jesse Ardonne
An Efficient Time-Energy Trajectory Optimization Approach for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Docking
Amir Mehid Yazdani
Performance of acoustic communications for AUVs operating in the North Sea
Stefania Giodini
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Intervention for Advanced Undersea Networks
Dallas Meggitt
Vehicle Design 3
Session Chair(s):
M. Atmanand, P. Sahoo
Development and Implementation of a Marine Robotics Algorithm Validation Testbed
Jacob Anderson
Design Considerations of Submersible Unmanned Flying Vehicle for Communications and Underwater Sampling
Pierre Valdez
A Computing Based Design Model of Pneumatic Driven Variable Buoayncy System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Patitapaban Sahoo
Potential of Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation in the Towing Tank
Arthur Vrijdag
Blue Silicon Valley Emerges from the Serengeti of the Sea
Session Chair(s):
Z. Willis
Next Generation of Ocean Observing systems:Mobile Agile Observing Systems 3
Session Chair(s):
A. Ziegwied
Combined USV / Subsea-Glider fleets for Tidal Mixing Front tracking and monitoring
Christopher Haworth
Research to Operations: Evaluating Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Justin Manley
Using Autonomous Surface Vehicles for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM)
Andrew Ziegwied
Modular Low-Power, Low-Noise, Low-Cost, Wirelessly Networked Data Acquistion System
Michael Santora
Fish finding with autonomous surface vehicles for the pelagic fisheries
Rune Hauge
Wednesday
Sep 21
10:30 AM
to
12:00 PM
Systems and Observatories 3
Session Chair(s):
H. Schmitz, L. Ziccarelli
Design and Analysis of the Load Adaptive IPT System Applied to Underwater Docking System
Mingwei Lin
Extraction of crustal deformations and oceanic fluctuations from ocean bottom pressures
Keisuke Ariyoshi
Performance data of a pneumatic variable buoyancy engine for a newly designed underwater glider
Christoph Waldmann
A novel method of obtaining near real-time observations of phytoplankton from a mobile autonomous platform
Heike Schmitz
Sonar Imaging 3
Session Chair(s):
U. Herter
Autofocus Performance on Multi-Channel SAS in the Presence of Overlapping Phase Centers
Ulrich Herter
Analysis of Feature Matching Performance on Correlated Speckle Image Pairs
Victor Wang
Data Visualization 1
Session Chair(s):
D. Kbaier Ben Ismail
A study of signal processing method to detect juvenile tuna in set-net fishery
Masaaki WADA
From sensor to situational awareness - An extensible software approach for the integrated management and visualization of environmental monitoring data
Thomas Ruth
Estimation of vessel traffic density from Suomi NPP VIIRS day/night band
Takashi Yamaguchi
Application of Hilbert-Huang decomposition to temperature and currents data in the Réunion island
Dhouha Kbaier Ben Ismail
Web-Map Visualization Portal for Integrating Glider AUV Observation, Real-Time MetOcean, Field, Asset, and Project Execution Data
Joshua Potesta
Managing and Servicing Physical Oceanographic Data at a NASA Distributed Active Archive Center
David Moroni
Portola: Redwood 1 Portola: Redwood 2 Portola: Ironwood 1 Portola: Ironwood 2 Portola: Cotton Wood 1 Portola: Cotton Wood 2   Portola: Bonsai 1 Portola: Bonsai 2 Portola: Bonsai 3 Marriott: Los Angeles Marriott: Ferrante Bay Room Marriott: Santa Barbara   Marriott: San Francisco Marriott: Santa Monica Marriott: San Diego
Wednesday
Sep 21
13:30
to
15:00
Seismo-acoustics
Session Chair(s):
T. Yang
Sediments parameters inversion from head wave and multipath using compressive sensing
Tsih C Yang
Combining pressure and particle velocity sensors for seismic processing
Paulo Felisberto
A Second Look at Chip Scale Atomic Clocks for Long Term Precision Timing: Four Years in the Field
Alan Gardner
Interface Wave Sediment Profiler: A measurement system for shear wave speed
Gopu Potty
Identifying mid-water targets using the higher frequencies emitted by seismic sources of opportunity
Nikhil Banda
Pollution Monitoring, Clean-up and Remediation
Session Chair(s):
M. Marques
Oil Spills Detection: Challenges addressed in the scope of the SEAGULL project
Mario Marques
Comparing Environmental Impacts of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Spills from Cruise Boats in Ha Long Bay
Tu Anh Nguyen
Quantifying the Effects of Model-simulated Winds and Ocean Currents On an Oil Spill Risk Analysis Model
Zhen Li
Imaging and Vision 4
Session Chair(s):
L. Torres Mendez
On Preprocessing Methods for Feature-based Photo-mosaic Underwater
Jeonghwe Gu
A Statistical Learning Approach for Underwater Color Restoration with Adaptive Training based on Visual Attention
Abraham Noé Ponce-Hinestroza
A Bag of Relevant Regions Model for Place Recognition in Coral Reefs
Angel Alejandro Maldonado Ramírez
Underwater Image Enhancement using CLAHE in a Reconfigurable Platform
Supriya M. H.
Self referenced laser system for optical 3D seafloor mapping
Jan Albiez
Acoustic Telemetry and Communication 4
Session Chair(s):
E. Martin
Joint Equalization and Decoding Scheme Using Modified Spinal Codes for Underwater Communications
Yupeng Tai
JANUS: Lingua Franca
Pedro Forero
An Improved Data Transport Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Hao Wang
Vehicle Navigation 3
Session Chair(s):
S. Rock
A Data-Driven Control Strategy in Synergy With Continuous Active Sonar for Littoral Underwater Surveillance
Joao Alves
Fault-tolerant Control Allocation Technique Based on Explicit Optimization Applied to an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Rafael Meireles Saback
Research on Coordinated Control for the Floating Body and Mining Robot
Zhi Li
Intensity Based Local Terrain Estimation with a Multi-Beam Sonar
David Stonestrom
Waypoint Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Terrain Relative Navigation
Steven Krukowski
Author education workshop: Oceans paper to journal
Session Chair(s):
R. Chapman
Wednesday
Sep 21
1:30 PM
to
3:00 PM
Array Signal Processing and Array Design 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Diaz-Santos
Sidelobe Suppression for Time-Domain Adaptive Broadband Beamforming with Sparse Constraint
Yixin Yang
Synthetic Aperture Processing for Creating Completely Virtual Arrays from Towed Co-prime Sensor Array Data
Juan Ramirez
Improving whitening filter design using broadband snapshots
Jose Diaz-Santos
Direction of arrival estimation based on spherical harmonics decomposition
Wen Xu
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 4
Session Chair(s):
L. Bush
3D Heuristic Path Following for Under-actuated Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with Bounded Controls and Control Rates
Caoyang Yu
AUV Bathymetric Mapping Depth Planning for Bottom Following Splice Linear Programming Algorithm
Lawrence Bush
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Patch Tracking Control: Comparison of a Generalized Super-Twisting Algorithm and Backstepping Technique
Eduardo Campos
Design, Development and Testing of a Punting Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Matthew Perkins
Research on Reconstructive Fault-tolerant Control of an X-rudder AUV
Yinghao Zhang
Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors 1
Session Chair(s):
J. Broeders
The Potential of Ocean Energy Capture Devices to Support Persistent Oceanographic Sensors
Jennifer Ayers
Speedometer Fault Detection and GNSS Fusion using Kalman Filters
Hugo Kerhascoet
Development of all-in-one-type deep-sea camera for monitoring red snow-crab habitats
Hyeonwoo Cho
Smart electronics for high accuracy wave height measurements in the open ocean
Jeroen Broeders
Automatic Control 1
Session Chair(s):
C. Calnan, S. Gibson
An H Infinity Loop-Shaping Design Procedure for Attitude Control of an AUV
Scott Gibson
The Application of 'Optimal Search' to Marine Mapping
Claire Walton
Stable Sliding PD Control for Underwater Gliders: Experimental Results
Tomas Salgado-Jimenez
Controller Design and Motion Compensation for Marine Towed Bodies
Clark Calnan
Ocean Innovation
Session Chair(s):
Z. Willis
Next Generation of Ocean Observing systems:Mobile Agile Observing Systems 4
Session Chair(s):
R. Davis
Detection and Quantification of Hydrocarbons in Sediments
Jeff Wynn
Multi-domain Autonomous Mobile Network for Sensing
Tawfiq Taher
Tracking whales on the Scotian Shelf using passive acoustic monitoring on ocean gliders.
Richard Davis
AXIAL SEAMOUNT - WIRED AND RESTLESS: A Cabled Submarine Network Enables Real-time, Tracking of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Eruption and Live Video of an Active Hydrothermal System Juan de Fuca Ridge, NE Pacific
John Delaney
Underwater Atomic Force Microscope: Development and In-situ Testing in Deep-sea
Shuhei Nishida
Wednesday
Sep 21
1:30 PM
to
3:00 PM
Sonar and Signal Processing 1
Session Chair(s):
H. Shiba, C. Ioana
Observing Ocean Ecosystems with Sonar
Shari Matzner
Forward-looking Sonar Image Registration using Polar Transform
Jian Zhang
Compensation of position offset of acoustic transducers using compressive sensing concept
Cornel Ioana
Active Sonar Processing Gain under Reverberation Dominant Environments
Hisashi Shiba
Cavitation characterization using wide band signals in an acoustic active sensing system
Cornel Ioana
Sonar and Transducers 1
Session Chair(s):
G. VASILE, M. Ehrhardt
Potential of Active Ultrasound Monitoring Systems for Jellyfish Detection
Gabriel VASILE
Quantifying error sources that affect long-term accuracy of Doppler Velocity Logs
Jerker Taudien
Low Frequency Range Tracking Transducer
Harold Robinson
Evaluation of a high-resolution real-time capable 3D sonar camera for deep sea operation
Michael Ehrhardt
Experimental study of superdirective frequency-invariant beamforming for a circular hydrophone array
Long Yang
Marine Education and Outreach
Session Chair(s):
L. Hotaling
Integrating learning and environmental sustainability in a living learning community: A case study with marine science freshmen
William Jones
Project based approach to promote interest in marine technology
Rubaina Khan
Exploration and Remote Instrumentation by Students (ERIS): Video Documentation in Undergraduate Ocean Technology Education
Malea Saul
Communicating local relevance of ocean observations: integrating real-time ocean sensor data visualizations, online communications and ocean issues to engage public audiences.
Aric Bickel
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Wednesday
Sep 21
15:30
to
17:00
Bioacoustics
Session Chair(s):
S. Nishida, H. Sugimatsu
Fin whale calls observed with submarine cabled observatories off Kushiro-Tokachi during ten years
Shuhei Nishida
An integrated method for adaptive discrimination of bio-sonar clicks of Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) and various types of boat noise pulses for environmental impact assessment on dolphin habitat
Harumi Sugimatsu
Offshore Test of a Real-time Acoustic Observing System (RAOS) for Killer Whale Detections
Haru Matsumoto
Intrinsic structure study of whale vocalizations
Yin Xian
Using acoustics for monitoring seagrass beds
Paulo Felisberto
Pollution Monitoring, Clean-up and Remediation 2
Session Chair(s):
B. Chadwick, L. Herbst
GPS Drifter Technologies for Tracking and Sampling Stormwater Plumes
Bart Chadwick
Challenges of Membrane Filtration for Produced Water Treatment in Offshore Oil & Gas Production
Kasper Jepsen
New pathways for developing and testing oil spill response equipment in real world conditions.
Larry Herbst
Imaging and Vision 5
Session Chair(s):
A. Marburg
Underwater image segmentation method based on MCA and fuzzy clustering with variational level set
Jisong Bai
Medusa 360: A Camera Designed to Record 360° Videos from a Submersible
Christian Sarason
Dense Realtime Underwater Reconstruction with a Low-Cost Stereo Camera
Aaron Marburg
Underwater 3D shape measurement using inverse triangulation through two flat refractive surfaces
Pedro Buschinelli
Development of a new hybrid Raman insertion probe for deep-ocean science
Xin Zhang
Acoustical Oceanography
Session Chair(s):
A. Gardner, A. Morozov
New Passive Acoustic Monitoring in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
John Ryan
Sub-satellite Validation Using Ultrasonic Wave Gauge: In-situ Measurements of Surface Waves Slope Variance and Other Parameters of Surface Waves
Yuriy Titchenko
Modeling 'acoustic color' of fish at ultrasonic frequencies
Kenneth Foote
Highly Efficient Tunable Sound Sources for Ocean and Bottom Tomography-15 Years of Operating History
Andrey Morozov
Inter-­node Distance Estimation from Ambient Acoustic Noise in Mobile Underwater Sensor Arrays
Riley Yeakle
Vehicle Navigation 4
Session Chair(s):
L. Zhang, R. Costanzi
Simultaneous navigation state and sea current estimation through augmented state Unscented Kalman Filter
Riccardo Costanzi
Range-Based AUV Navigation Expressed in Geodetic Coordinates
Daniel Stilwell
Optimal Formation of Multiple AUVs Cooperative Localization Based on 3D Virtual Structure
Lichuan Zhang
Adaptive Fuzzy Control Method for Dynamic Positioning Ships with Time-delay Actuator
Guoqing Xia
Kalman-Based Underwater Tracking With Unknown Effective Sound Velocity
Zhongben Zhu
Seafloor Engineering
Session Chair(s):
J. McInerney, K. Ochi
Automation of CRD100 Seafloor Drill
Serdar Soylu
A New Generation Seafloor Drill UNICORN-1
Koji Ochi
Scour propagation beneath a subsea pipeline in high and low energy environments
Jasmin McInerney
Articulated Concrete Mattress Block Size Stability Comparison Under Omni-directional Current
Rory McLaren
Wednesday
Sep 21
3:30 PM
to
5:00 PM
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 13
Session Chair(s):
B. Hobson
Bearing-only AUV tracking performance: the effect of uncertainty in underwater nodes position
Vincenzo Manzari
Energy Consumption Optimization of Steady-State gliding for a Blended-Wing-Body Underwater Glider
Chunya Sun
TURTLE - A robotic autonomous deep sea lander
Eduardo Silva
Autonomous Trajectory Planning for an Underwater Electric Manipulator Based on Force Sensing
Qifeng Zhang
AUV terminal docking experiments based on vision guidance
Tao Zhang
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 5
Session Chair(s):
B. Raanan
A Hidden Markov Model Application with Gaussian Mixture Emissions for Fault Detection and Diagnosis on a Simulated AUV Platform
Mariela De Lucas Alvarez
Assessment of design trade-off s for wireless power transfer on seawater
Hugo Santos
Development of a Robust Line Capture, Line Recovery (LCLR) Technology for Autonomous Docking of AUVs
Jacob Piskura
A passivity-based framework for coordinated distributed control of AUV teams: guaranteeing stability in presence of range communication constraints
Filippo Fabiani
Experimental Validation of Dynamic Multi-Body Modelling for Reconfigurable Underwater Robots
Mikkel Nielsen
Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors 2
Session Chair(s):
G. Hatcher, A. Ritzenthaler
Heave Cancellation for a Maritime Infrasound Sensor
Doug Grimmett
Underwater Cable Shape Detection Using ShapeTape
Chaoling Yao
THe Development of Small, Cabled, Real-Time Video Based Observation Systems for Near Shore Coastal Marine Science Including Three Examples and Lessons Learned
Gerald Hatcher
Development of the first autonomous, in-situ microcystin immunoassay for the inaugural freshwater deployment on the robotic Environmental Sampler Processor
Alicia Ritzenthaler
Foul Free for over Two Years - Presentation of results from AML Oceanographic UV-Xchange biofouling control experiment at Folger Pinnacle
James Walton
Automatic Control 2
Session Chair(s):
A. Dubey
Self-tuned PID Control based on Backpropagation Neural Networks for Underwater Vehicles
Tomas Salgado-Jimenez
Coordinated formation control of autonomous underwater vehicles based on leader-follower strategy
Xianbo Xiang
Development of Autonomous System for Scaled Ship Model for Seakeeping Tests
Awanish Dubey
Providing Nautical Chart Awareness to Autonomous Surface Vessel Operations
Samuel Reed
A game theoretic approach for antagonistic-task coordination of underwater autonomous robots in asymmetric threats scenarios
Simone Nardi
Underwater Docking Technique for Manta-type AUV and its Experimental Studies in Water Tank Environment
Hyungjoo Kang
Future of Oceans Panel
Session Chair(s):
R. Spinrad
Next Generation of Ocean Observing systems:Mobile Agile Observing Systems 5
Session Chair(s):
N. Cruz
Collaborative Observational and Operational Oceanography to Improve 2015 and 2016 Loop Current Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico
Ruth Perry
A remote monitoring and control system for ecosystem replication experiments
Nuno Cruz
Experimental analysis of submerged flapping foils: implications for autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs)
James Bowker
Wednesday
Sep 21
3:30 PM
to
5:00 PM
Sonar and Signal Processing 2
Session Chair(s):
D. Abraham
Improvement of the Detection of Envelope Modulation on Noise (DEMON) and its application to small boats
Alexander Pollara
Two schemes for forward scattering detection: an experimental demonstration
Yang Shi
An Acoustic Simulation System Used In ADCP Calibration
Zhang XiangJun
Underwater acoustic localization with uncertainties in propagation speed and time synchronization
Yiyin Wang
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Velocity Accuracy Assessment Method Based on Hypothesis Test for Paired Measurements
Zhaowei Zhang
Sonar and transducers 2
Session Chair(s):
M. Ehrhardt
Testing of Ice Profiler Sonar (IPS) Targets Using a Logarithmic Detector
Jan Buermans
SIMSON - visualization and analysis of ASW sonar data
Tale Sĺstad
Research on Water Surface Gateway Deployment in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Min Sun
Man Machine: Working Together with AUVs
Session Chair(s):
N. Lawrance
Bridging Multiple Autonomous Systems Disciplines
George Galdorisi
A Cooperative Multi-­Robot Team Approach for the Surveillance of Shipwreck Survivors at Sea
Ricardo Mendonça
Tracking Multiple Fragmented Objects with 2D Imaging Sonar
Kevin DeMarco
Ocean Deployment and Testing of a Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Nicholas Lawrance
Classifying Objects in 2D Imaging Sonar via Tracking of Diver Fins
Kevin DeMarco
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Thursday
Sep 22
8:30
to
10:00
Ocean Energy, Aquaculture, etc. in the Blue Economy 1
Session Chair(s):
T. Orekan
Experimental and Numerical Study on Performance of Shrouded Hydrokinetic Turbines
L. Gish
Numerical Optimization of Pre-Swirl Stators for Horizontal Hydrokinetic Turbines
L. Gish
Hybrid Testing of Floating Wind Turbines using Autonomous Actuation and Control
Samuel Kanner
Mooring Systems For Marine Energy Converters
John Flory
Interoperabiltiy
Session Chair(s):
J. Pearlman, J. Alves
Moving JANUS forward: Turning the page in underwater communications interoperability
Joao Alves
An Open Software Framework for Adaptive, Autonomous operation of Maritime Autonomous Systems
Christopher Haworth
Ocean Data Interoperability Platform (ODIP): addressing key challenges for marine data management on a global scale
Helen Glaves
Rapid Environmental Picture Atlantic exercise 2015: a field report
Joăo de Sousa
Oceans of Tomorrow Sensor Interoperability for In-situ Ocean Monitoring
Jay Pearlman
Moorings Rigging and Anchors
Session Chair(s):
B. Diaz
Performance of Anchors for Floating Offshore Windfarms
Brian Diaz
Design Considerations for Accelerated Life Tests Conducted on Cable Hardware Subject to Cathodic Delamination
Thomas Ramotowski
Analysis Method and the Related Computer Program to Predict the Towing Condition of a Towed Vessel Using Multiple Tugboats and Pushers
Eun-Chan Kim
Signal Coherence and Fluctuation
Session Chair(s):
D. Grimmett
Characterization of High-frequency Underwater Acoustic Channel around 100 kHz in a Shallow Water
Sea-Moon Kim
Mode decomposition using l1 regularized least-square estimation applied to the SW06 data
Tsih Yang
Matched-filter loss from multiple time-varying rough-surface reflections
Douglas Abraham
Temporal and Doppler Coherence Limits for the Underwater Acoustic Channel during the LCAS'15 High Duty Cycle Sonar Experiment
Doug Grimmett
Remotely Operated Vehicles 1
Session Chair(s):
G. Young, C. Kitts
A Small Scale ROV Shallow-Water Science Operations
Christopher Kitts
Development of 7000m work class ROV "KAIKO Mk-IV"
Hidehiko Nakajoh
MARUM-Squid - a powerful, yet compact 2000 m ROV system designed for marine research operations from smaller vessels
Nicolas Nowald
Qualification of Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle at East Antarctica
Atmanand Aravindakshan
Electro-Opto-Mechanical (EOM) Cables for Deep Water
Cal Peters
Real time Quality Control of Oceanographic Data 1
Session Chair(s):
M. Bushnell, J. Thomas
Wave Data Analysis and Quality Control Challenges
Julie Thomas
Operational data management procedures for the Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network
Andrew Middleditch
Automated Quality Control of High Frequency Radar Data II
Hugh Roarty
HF Radar QC on Azimuth Measurement: Dealing with Sea Echoes seemingly from the Land
Malcolm Heron
Quality Assurance / Quality Control of Real-Time Oceanographic Data: A QARTOD Progress Update and Vision for the Future
Mark Bushnell
Thursday
Sep 22
8:30 AM
to
10:00 AM
Naval Use of Unmanned Systems 1
Session Chair(s):
K. DeMedeiros, J. Weaver
Cooperative Swarm Optimization: A teamwork Based Approach to Reduction of Uncertainty
Kyle DeMedeiros
Design and Analysis of an Improved Wave Glider Recovery System
Janice Rice
Communications-Optimized Task Planning for Maritime Search and Survey
Pierre Valdez
ASV Operability at Sea: Size Matters as much as Hull Form Design
Abiodun Olaoye
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 6
Session Chair(s):
Y. Zhang
Lessening biofouling on long-duration AUV flights: Behavior modifications and lessons learned
Clinton Haldeman
Cooperation and Networking in an Underwater Network composed by Heterogeneous Assets
Luigi Picari
A hybrid approach to underwater docking of AUVs with cross-current
Albert Sans-Muntadas
In situ results from a new energy scavenging system for an autonomous underwater vehicle
Nick Townsend
Autonomous Front Tracking by a Wave Glider
Yanwu Zhang
Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors 3
Session Chair(s):
TBD
An autonomous field sensor for Total Coliform and E. coli monitoring at remote sites
Vaizanne Huynh
Advances in Wave Sensing Using MEMS
Timothy Crandle
Development of a portable carbon system sensor for ocean acidification research
Lori Adornato
Design of a Low-Cost and Extensible Acoustically-Triggered Camera System for Marine Population Monitoring
Antonella Wilby
Optimization of a Robust and Reliable ISFET Sensor for Measuring pH in the Deep Ocean
Charles Branham
Coastal Radars and E-M Propagation 1
Session Chair(s):
D. Barrick, J. Vesecky
Ship Tracking by HF Radar in Coastal Waters
John Vesecky
High Frequency Radar Oceanic Current Monitoring System on the Texas Coast
Luz Zarate
Frequency Response of Evaporation Duct Channel for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
Yang Shi
Methodology for Electric Potential Sensor Noise Measurement in Salt Water
Michael Santora
Large Area Sea Mapping with Ground-Ionosphere-Ocean-Space (GIOS)
Paul Bernhardt
Crowd funding, Citizen science, and Innovation
Session Chair(s):
D. Lang
Classification and Pattern Recognition (Parametric and Nonparametric) 1
Session Chair(s):
A. Marburg, M. Kemp
SOS Based Selection and Parameter Optimization for Underwater Target Classification
Supriya H
The convolution neural network based agent vehicle detection using forward-looking sonar image
Juhwan Kim
Deep Learning for Benthic Fauna Identification
Aaron Marburg
Online Robust Dictionary Learning with Density-Based Outlier Weighing
Pedro Forero
Thursday
Sep 22
8:30 AM
to
10:00 AM
Sonar and Signal Processing 3
Session Chair(s):
Y. Han, Y. Joshi
Performance assessment of noise reduction methods applied on underwater acoustic signals
Moreaud Ugo
A LBF-associated Contour Tracking Method for Underwater Targets Tracking
Lixin Liu
Echo Signal Analysis for Underwater Sediment Classification in Tropical Regions
Yashwant Joshi
Subsea transponder localization using Modified Hough Transform (MHT) and Least Square Method (LSM)
Yunfeng Han
Offshore Structures 1
Session Chair(s):
S. Mouring
Experimental Investigation of Cross flow - Inline Coupled VortexInduced Vibration on Riser with Finite Length Buoyancy Module
Jorlyn Le Garrec
On collapse failure analysis of subsea corroded sandwich pipelines under external pressure
Xiaoli Shen
Hybrid Steel-to-Composite Joint Behavior Under Tensile Loading
Sarah Mouring
Effects of inlet flow rate and concentration fluctuations on the separation performance of a novel dynamic hydrocyclone
Han Ge
Collapse of dented subsea pipelines under external pressure
Hao Ye
Buoy Technology
Session Chair(s):
B. Magnell, K. Grissom
Indigenous drifting buoys for the Indian Ocean observation
Atmanand M.A
Development of Mini-Buoy for Ocean Wave Measurement in Short Term
Yoshiaki Hirakawa
Validation of simulation against experimental data of deep water moorings in severe sea conditions
Shoichiro Baba
Modeling the Performance of a Winged Sub-surface Float for Acoustic Profiling and Wave Measurements
Bruce Magnell
An Evaluation of Adding a Low-Cost Temperature String to NDBC Weather Buoys for Monitoring Heat Content in the Caribbean Sea
Karen Grissom
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Thursday
Sep 22
10:30
to
12:00
Ocean Energy, Aquaculture, etc. in the Blue Economy 2
Session Chair(s):
P. Marshall
Model Predictive Control Strategy for Direct Drive PMSG and DFIG for Ocean Wave Energy Converter System
Asha Luckins
Nemo's Garden: Growing Plants Underwater
Giorgio Dini
Anode Improvements to Increase Current Production in Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells
Gabriel Tukeman
Greening Island: Renewable Energies Mix to Satisfy Electrical Needs of Pantelleria in Mediterranean Sea
MARCO TRAPANESE
Sea water desalination and energy consumption: A case study of wave energy converters (WEC) to desalination applications in Sicily
MARCO TRAPANESE
Future Needs, Opportunities, and Applications for Advanced Intelligent Robotics in Ocean Sciences
Session Chair(s):
V. Zykov, J. Sousa
Ropes and Tension Members
Session Chair(s):
J. Flory
Comprehensive Model and Testing Method for Fatigue Life of Fiber Ropes in Cyclic Tension
Mark Bottorff
Fatigue and Modulus Characteristics of Wire-Lay Nylon Rope
Mark Huntley
Working At Depth Less Work With Synthetic Ropes And Cables
William Fronzaglia
Remotely Operated Vehicles 2
Session Chair(s):
L. Bezanson
Design and validation of a robotic subsea winch with minimal sensor feedback
Leverett Bezanson
ROVBus: A Modular Electronics Backbone For Flexible ROV Capability Integration
Matthew Cook
Autonomous Robotic Intervention using ROV: An Experimental Approach
Trygve Fossum
Development and implementation of a low-level control system for the underwater remotely operated vehicle Visor3
Julio Correa
Towable Instrumentation for use with a hand-deployed Remotely Operated Vehicle
Laughlin Barker
UUV Simulator: A Gazebo-based Package for Underwater Intervention and Multi-Robot Simulation
Musa Morena Marcusso Manhăes
Real time Quality Control of Oceanographic Data 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Patterson, L. Belabbassi
Real-time quality control practices on a cabled ocean observatory: A 10 year case study in Saanich Inlet, BC
Maia Hoeberechts
The U.S. National Glider Network: Application of QARTOD Recommended Quality Assurance and Quality Control Methods to Glider CTD Data Sets
John Kerfoot
Automated QA/QC and Time Series Analysis on OOI High-Definition Video Data
Friedrich Knuth
Successes and Lessons Learned from OOI End-to-End System Data Quality Audit
Leila Belabbassi
Thursday
Sep 22
10:30 AM
to
12:00 PM
Naval Use of Unmanned Systems 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Weaver, A. Olaoye
Advanced Autonomy Architecture for Maritime Applications AVA
Joshua Weaver
Hell Bay Trials: A Multinational Collaborative Marine Autonomy Field Experimentation Program
Damion Dunlap
Utilization and Risk of Undersea Communications
Prof. Luqi
Ethical Mission Definition and Execution for Maritime and Naval Robotic Vehicles: A Practical Approach
Donald Brutzman
Unmanned Vehicles for Anti-Submarine Warfare
Steve Fahey
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 7
Session Chair(s):
S. Ziaeefard
Testing Multi-Agent Autonomy in Complex Communications Environments
Matthew Ferro
Acquiring Environmental Information Yields Better Anticipated Search Performance
Harun Yetkin
A Novel Roll Mechanism to Increase Maneuverability of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Shallow Water
Saeedeh Ziaeefard
Low Cost AUV Design and Conceptual Operations for Larger Scale Sensing and Observatory Applications
Matthew Silvia
Heterogeneous Autonomous Mobile Maritime Expeditionary Robots
George Galdorisi
Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors 4
Session Chair(s):
K. Hardy, L. Hotaling
Tadiran HLCs Extend Battery Life for Oceanographic Deployments
Lee Gordon
Autonomous recording system for simultaneous long-term ambient noise and marine mammal monitoring
Paul Lepper
Enabling a New Era of Ocean Discovery and Research
Kevin Hardy
Design for Power Distribution & Control System of OMAS
Zhiqiang Yao
Coastal Radars and E-M Propagation 2
Session Chair(s):
R. Shahidi
A New Method for Ocean Spectrum Extraction from High-Frequency Second-Order Doppler Radar Data
Reza Shahidi
Effectiveness of a Bistatic System on High Frequency Radar Resiliency
Chloe Baskin
Simulator to Evaluate Tsunami Warning Performance for Coastal HF Radars
Donald Barrick
Call Sign Specifically Optimized for FMCW HF Oceanographic Radars
Donald Barrick
Xprize workshop panel
Session Chair(s):
J. Virmani
Classification and Pattern Recognition (Parametric and Nonparametric) 2
Session Chair(s):
J. Hall
Underwater UXO Classification using Matched Subspace Classifier with Synthetic Sparse Dictionaries
John Hall
Seabed Classification using a steerable Multibeam Echo Sounder
Trung-Kien Nguyen
Automatic Annotation of Coral Reefs using Deep Learning
Ammar Mahmood
A Comparison of Different Machine Learning Algorithms for Automatic Classification of Sonar Targets
Henrik Berg
Thursday
Sep 22
10:30 AM
to
12:00 PM
Ocean Energy 1
Session Chair(s):
Y. Li, D. Wilson
Excitation force estimation for a wave energy converter for feedback control
David Wilson
Modeling and analyzing low frequency noise of offshore wind turbines with acoustics vector sensors
Jiannan Zhu
Heave-Enhanced Linear Sliding Wave Energy Converter
Donald DelBalzo
End-To-End Efficiency of Liquid Piston based Ocean Compressed Air Energy Storage
Vikram Patil
Temperature Abatement Using Hollow Spheres in Liquid Piston Compressor for Ocean Compressed Air Energy Storage System
Vikram Patil
Offshore Structures 2
Session Chair(s):
R. Hall
On the collapse failure of dented pipes under bending moment and external pressure
Xiaoli Shen
Practical Aspects of the Block Wind Plant Structures
Rudolph Hall
Development of underwater housings for the deep sea made of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and long-term testing at the arctic sea
Sebastian Wilhelm
Section Design and Analysis of ICH RC Tower Supporting 5MW Wind Turbine
Sungwon Kim
Vector Sensor Processing
Session Chair(s):
Q. Ren, F. Fauziya
Geoacoustic characterization using vector ship noise field in a hard-bottom environment
Qunyan Ren
A Novel Calibration Method for Acoustic Vector Sensor
Yao Zhang
Higher Order Statistics Based Direction of Arrival Estimation with Single Acoustic Vector Sensor in the Under-determined Case
Ashish Agarwal
Underwater acoustic source localization by vector sensor array using compressive sampling
Gargeshwari Anand
Channel Capacity of a Vector Sensor based Underwater Communications System
Farheen Fauziya
Bearing Estimation With a Single Moving Pressure -Vector Sensor
Edmund Sullivan
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Thursday
Sep 22
13:30
to
15:00
Ocean Energy, Aquaculture, etc. in the Blue Economy 3
Session Chair(s):
P. Marshall, C. Khan
Development of a Dual Flapping Tidal Stream Generator in Korea
Jin Hwan Ko
NUS Tripod and TLP for Point Conception Wind Farm
Peter Marshall
Underwater Wireless Power Transfer for Ocean System Applications
Taofeek Orekan
Remotely Operated Vehicles 3
Session Chair(s):
V. Zykov
Development of Underwater Inspection System for Dam Inspection: Results of Field Tests
Soji Shimono
Universal Jamming Grippers for Deep-Sea Manipulation
Stephen Licht
Automatic Relative Motion Control and Photogrammetry Mapping on Steep Underwater Walls using ROV
Stein Nornes
Thursday
Sep 22
1:30 PM
to
3:00 PM
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 8
Session Chair(s):
S. Kemna
Research on Autonomous Planning Method Based on Improved Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
HeXiong Zhou
Automatic Fault Diagnosis for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using Online Topic Models
Ben Yair Raanan
WAVE: a wave energy recovery module for long endurance gliders and AUVs
Davide Fenucci
Adaptive informative sampling with autonomous underwater vehicles: acoustic versus surface communications
Stephanie Kemna
Archaeology oriented optical acquisitions through MARTA AUV during ARROWS European project demonstration
Riccardo Costanzi
Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors 5
Session Chair(s):
J. Bosma
Challenges with measuring pH&DIC; in coastal waters
Jeff Bosma
Removal of nested heave loops from depth profiles of seawater conductivity and temperature
Christian de Moustier
Latest Developments for Next Generation Wave Sensor Technology
Stephen Naeth
Retrieval of Ocean Wave Characteristics from K-band Radar
Ralf Bachmayer
Development of a Portable Water Quality Sensor for River Monitoring from Small Rafts
James Schneider
Next Generation of Ocean Observing systems:Polar Region Observing Systems
Session Chair(s):
C. Janzen
Project CONVERGE: Impacts of local oceanographic processes on Adélie penguin foraging ecology
Josh Kohut
TRAMPER - An autonomous crawler for long-term benthic oxygen flux studies in remote deep-sea ecosystems
Frank Wenzhoefer
The Alaska Ocean Observing System's Past and Future Presence in the Arctic
Carol Janzen
Preliminary Simulation of a Deployable GPS Navigation System for Ice-Relative Dead Reckoning of Underwater Vehicles Under Moving Sea Ice
Laughlin Brker
Classification and Pattern Recognition (Parametric and Nonparametric) 3
Session Chair(s):
F. Maussang
Detection of MLO in sand ripple seafloor using the monogenic signal and intrinsic dimensionality.
Laurent Picard
Computational Coral Feature Monitoring for the fixed underwater Observatory LoVe
Jonas Osterloff
Marine Life Airborne Observation using HOG and SVM Classifier
Frederic Maussang
Automated Detection and Identification of Blue and Fin Whale Foraging Calls by Combining Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning Techniques
Ho Chun Huang
Thursday
Sep 22
1:30 PM
to
3:00 PM
Ocean Energy 2
Session Chair(s):
M. Trapanese, I. Garrido
Oscillating Water Column Control and Monitoring
Izaskun Garrido
The helicoidal magnetic generator
Marco Trapanese
Investigation of the structural dynamic response for tidal current or wind turbine based on geometrically exact beam theory
PengKun Zhang
Hydrodynamic modeling and optimization of mobile wave energy harvesting system for the Robotic Buoy
Hyunwoo Roh
Kuchinoshima Island Ocean Current Measurements for Kuroshio Current energy
John Imamura
Numerical Modeling and Simulation 1
Session Chair(s):
M. Garcia
Near-Field Leakage and Diffusion Characteristics of Hazardous and Noxious Substance
Seong Hyuk Lee
Calibration of a 3D Hydrodynamic Aquaculture Model
Scott James
Integrating an Ensemble Data Assimilation System with a 3D Nonhydrostatic Coastal Ocean Model, an OSSE Experiment.
Mariangel Garcia
On the role of frequency dispersion on the trans-pacific tsunamis: Study of the 2010 and 2015 Chilean tsunamis
Adrien Poupardin
Evolution of the Propeller Near-Wake and Potential Energy in a Thermally-Stratified Environment
Matthew Jones
Portola: Redwood 1 Portola: Redwood 2 Portola: Ironwood 1 Portola: Ironwood 2 Portola: Cotton Wood 1 Portola: Cotton Wood 2   Portola: Bonsai 1 Portola: Bonsai 2 Portola: Bonsai 3 Marriott: Los Angeles Marriott: Ferrante Bay Room Marriott: Santa Barbara   Marriott: San Francisco Marriott: Santa Monica Marriott: San Diego
Thursday
Sep 22
15:30
to
17:00
Remotely Operated Vehicles 4
Session Chair(s):
V. Zykov
Study of tendon-based haptic mechanism for underwater manipulator operation
Jinhyun Kim
Experiment Research on Control Performance for the Actuators of a Deep-sea Hydraulic Manipulator
Qifeng Zhang
Development of A Surface Vessel for Aqueducts Inspection and Condition Assessment in High Flow Environments
Shuo Pang
Thursday
Sep 22
3:30 PM
to
5:00 PM
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 9
Session Chair(s):
S. Kemna, K. Headley
Seabed resource exploration performed by AUV Yumeiruka
Yutaka Ohta
AUV Localization Using Depth Perception of Underwater Structures from a Monocular Camera
Jongdae Jung
Reconfigurable Distributed Software Platform for a Group of UUVs (Yet Another Robot Platform)
Alexander Pavin
Repeated close-distance visual inspections with an AUV
Jan Albiez
Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Fault Diagnostics of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Alexander Pavin
Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors 6
Session Chair(s):
W. Wilson
Measurement of Rain-induced Oceanic Surface Salinity Stratification using L-band Satellite Radiometers
W Linwood Jones
Meeting the International Hydrographic Organization Requirements for Bottom Feature Detection Using the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL)
Viktor Feygels
A Comparison of Current Profiles Collected from Bottom- and Buoy-Mounted Instruments
William Wilson
Continued Current Meter Development
Albert Williams
Classification and Pattern Recognition (Parametric and Nonparametric) 4
Session Chair(s):
L. Picard
Multi-view SAS Image Classification Using Deep Learning
Joao Alves
Seafloor characterization for ATR applications using the monogenic signal and the intrinsic dimensionality
Laurent Picard
Validation of Channel Model for Evaluating the Performance of Probing Signal Design in Shallow Tropical Waters
Venugopalan Pallayil
Thursday
Sep 22
3:30 PM
to
5:00 PM
Ocean Energy 3
Session Chair(s):
J. Taboada, C. Khan
Section Design of DSCT Tower Supporting Wind and Tidal Power Turbines
Hyemin Hong
Optimization of a CO2-based Shipboard Waste Heat Recovery System
Young-Jin Baik
Reliability and Maintenance management analysis on Offshore Wind Turbines (OWTs)
Jose Taboada
Numerical Modeling and Simulation 2
Session Chair(s):
B. Nguyen
Kernel density estimation (KDE) with adaptive bandwidth selection for environmental contours of extreme sea states
Aubrey Eckert-Gallup
The Investigation on Calculating and Measuring Fluid Noise from Underwater Viscous Elastic Materials
Yongwei LIU
An Algorithm for Formation-Based Chemical Plume Tracing Using Robotic Marine Vehicles
Jorge Soares
Optimal fleet scheduling integer programming
Bao Nguyen
The Relationship between Upper-Ocean Variability and the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Extended-Range Simulations
Xiaodong Hong
Portola: Redwood 1 Portola: Redwood 2 Portola: Ironwood 1 Portola: Ironwood 2 Portola: Cotton Wood 1 Portola: Cotton Wood 2   Portola: Bonsai 1 Portola: Bonsai 2 Portola: Bonsai 3 Marriott: Los Angeles Marriott: Ferrante Bay Room Marriott: Santa Barbara   Marriott: San Francisco Marriott: Santa Monica Marriott: San Diego