Intelligent Underwater Systems for Ocean Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

Over the last two decades, The development of underwater systems for ocean monitoring has grown sharply. As a matter of fact, the demand of data collected by such systems has become more and more important for numerous research fields but also for industries including renewable energies, offshore oil and gas or underwater mining. It has become clear that a better understanding of our oceans is necessary for their preservation and safe exploitation. However, the ocean environment presents unprecedented challenges for data collection including, but not restricted to, poor precision in localization or poor communication rate. Therefore, the collection of relevant underwater data requires intelligence in the platforms, the data collection procedures and the sensors themselves on top of smart data processing.

This Special Issue calls for papers on intelligent underwater systems ranging from the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle design and autonomy to the development and the exploitation of underwater sensors as well as data. Contributions can also include new concepts for greater autonomy of system platforms, as, for instance, single and multi platform architectures and also smarter ways to gather and process data provided by a single sensor as well as sensor networks.

Dr. Yan Pailhas
Dr. Francesco Maurelli
Dr. Danilo Orlando
Dr. Chengpeng Hao
Guest Editors

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