Ocean is alive with noise and approximately 71% of the earth surface is covered by the ocean. The advancement and research in underwater technologies has direct impact on human endeavour to explore the nature. The field of underwater technologies spans over a wide range which includes ocean vehicles, sonar systems, oceanography and has ever increasing role in defense applications. Research areas like marine life preservation, seafloor geological resources and marine pollution hazards etc are of significant importance for Pakistan which has more than 1000kms of coastline.

 

The Underwater Technologies chapter of IBCAST provides opportunities for spread of information, exchange of knowledge and novel ideas among the practitioners of various fields of underwater technologies.

 The Underwater Technologies chapter of the 9^th IBCAST - 2012 invites contributions in

 

1.     Sonar Signal/Image Processing, Communication and Sensors.

a.    Array Signal Processing and Array Design

b.    Detection classification localization

c.    High Resolution Spectral Analysis

d.    Synthetic Aperture Sonar (Active and Passive)

e.    Sonar Imaging and Displays

f.     Acoustic telemetry and communication

g.    Transducer Arrays

h.    Transducer Materials

 2.     Ocean Vehicles

a.    Vehicle Design

b.    Vehicle Navigation and Positioning

c.    Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)

d.    Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)

e.    Naval Architecture

 3.     Underwater Acoustical Oceanography

a.    Sound Propagation and Scattering

b.    Channel Modeling

c.    Noise and Reverberations

4.     Marine Science

a.    Marine Surveys

b.    Marine Renewable energy

c.    Marine Pollution

d.    Marine Geology and Mineral Resources