While there exist ways to observe the sea surface, the underwater environment requires extended research. Filling this knowledge gap is in line with EU Mission Starfish 2030. Any movement in fluid creates a pressure change. The source of such changes can be natural phenomena like waves, currents, or iceberg calving. These pressure changes also include man-made dynamics, like moving vessels or wastewater release, and can be detected and monitored using pressure sensors. These sensors are non-invasive, energy-efficient, and work submerged. The sensitivity to weak signals may suffer in presence of strong sources like waves or currents. Separation of different sources can be treated as a ”cocktail party problem.” The main purpose of this proposal is to address this challenge and contribute to underwater sea monitoring. We aim at creation of algorithms for source separation, detection and localization to work on low-cost platforms, and validate performance in real deployments.
Recognitions
Finalist in Student poster competition MTS/IEEE Oceans’2021 (San Diego, USA)