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Please note, that the registration period starts 14.03.2024 at 8:00 h and ends 12.04.2024 at 23:59 h. All applications before and after this registration period will not be taken into account.

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Students write a scientific report on a topic closely related to the current research of the DSS group. Potential topics, therefore, deal with digital signal processing related to underwater applications.

Students will also present their findings in front of the other participants and the DSS group.

Underwater transducers are used for transmitting and receiving acoustic signals and, therefore, an essential part of every underwater acoustic application, like SONAR (sound navigation and ranging) and underwater communication. Since, in reality, there are no perfect transducers, each one has different properties, which will significantly impact in multichannel signal processing the results. Since these properties only vary a little over time, a beforehand characterization is helpful to improve the performance of the overall system. Often measurement water tanks are used as a low-noise environment, which has the drawback of reflections due to relatively small dimensions. This seminar aims to find and summarize the literature about the characterization of underwater transducers, especially in measurement water tanks and the particular environment it creates.

SONAR systems often produce a basic map of the scanned environment called a Plan Position Indicator (PPI). It is up to the operator to analyse this and identify objects. Besides some conventional detection algorithms, it is also possible to use a specific type of neural network - for example a type of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) - to take over the task of not only detecting objects using the PPI, but also to determine what kind of object is present using only the shape on the map. The aim of this seminar is to review and summarise the literature on neural network based object detection and classification for SONAR systems.

When an underwater target is to be detected by a SONAR system, that is in motion relative to the system, the backscatter signals will undergo a change in their time-domain shape and their spectral properties. This occuring Doppler effect differs for both narrow- and wide-band signals and also depends on the transmitted signal's Doppler sensitivity. Through Doppler analysis, the speed or direction of moving targets can be estimated. The aim of this seminar is to summarize the available literature and give an extensive overview over the Doppler effect in SONAR applications, to differentiate the Doppler properties of signals used for SONAR transmission and to give examples for the use cases of (adaptive) Doppler analysis.

Hydroacoustic arrays are essential in underwater acoustic applications such as SONAR and underwater communication. However, the presence of flow-induced noise can greatly impact the performance of these systems. This topic will examine the literature on methods for analyzing and reducing flow-induced noise in hydroacoustic arrays. It's aimed at the investigation to find current methods and techniques that are used to separate the noise from the actual sonar signal. The goal of this research is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in flow-induced noise mitigation in hydroacoustic array systems and to explore the potential future developments in this field.

SONAR (sound navigation and ranging) systems are used to detect underwater targets. To achieve good resolution over long distances, multiple transmitters and receivers are used in arrays in multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. In addition to the design of the transmitted signals, an optimal arrangement of the array elements for the subsequent signal processing is also important. The aim of this seminar is therefore to find and summarize literature on the behaviour of different array geometries and to compare them with each other. The literature may also come from other fields (for example RADAR).