Prof. Chi-Fang Chen (National Taiwan University)

Talk Title: coming soon.

Biography: coming soon.

 

 

Prof. Douglas H. Cato (University of Sydney)

Talk Title: Combining Physics and Biology in Underwater Acoustics

Biography: Doug Cato is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Geosciences and the Marine Studies Institute at the University of Sydney. Most of his career has been in Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation and before that the Royal Australian Navy Research Laboratory. He has decades of research experience in underwater acoustics in both the physical and biological aspects. His research has included the mechanisms of sound generation by sea surface motion, the contribution of biological noise, particularly choruses, to ambient noise, marine animal acoustic communication and the effects of noise on marine mammals. He developed the ambient noise prediction model for the Indo-Pacific region around Australia, integrating the physical and biological components. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and the Australian Acoustical Society.

 

 

Prof. Eva-Marie Nosal (University of Hawai'i)

Talk Title: Good enough? Balancing model complexity and practicality in passive acoustic marine mammal tracking

Biography: Eva-Marie Nosal is a Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her multidisciplinary academic background includes a PhD in Geology and Geophysics, as well as degrees in Applied Mathematics. She has extensive research experience in marine bioacoustics, specifically focusing on localization and the automated tracking of multiple marine mammals using wide-baseline passive acoustic arrays. Her work involves developing advanced frameworks to monitor species such as sperm whales, fin whales, and humpback whales. In addition to her research, she is the Chair of the Hawai'i Chapter of the Marine Technology Society and frequently serves on organizing and technical committees for international acoustic conferences.

 

 

Prof. Geert Leus (Delft University of Technology)

Talk Title: Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Modulation for Underwater Acoustic Communications

Biography: Geert Leus received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium, in June 1996 and May 2000, respectively. Currently, Geert Leus is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science of the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Geert Leus received the 2021 EURASIP Individual Technical Achievement Award, a 2024 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, a 2005 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, and a 2002 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of EURASIP. Geert Leus was a Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the Chair of the IEEE Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee, the Chair of the EURASIP Technical Area Committee on Signal Processing for Multisensor Systems, the Editor in Chief of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing and the Editor in Chief of EURASIP Signal Processing. Currently, he is on the Board of Directors of EURASIP.