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CS Colloq: Dr. Hanumant Singh

Title: Underwater Robotics and Imaging: Recent Advances in Imaging the Deep SeafloorSpeaker: Hanumant Singh, Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHost: Gaurav SukhatmeAbstract:This talk examines the recent successes in utilizing optical and acoustic imaging from underwater vehicles in the deep sea. Using examples from a variety of application areas - including Arctic Operations, Fisheries, Deep Sea Archaeology and Coral Reef Ecology - we look at how recent advances in the technology are contributing to our understanding of the deep sea environment and use this work to motivate some of the challenges that the upcoming generation of researchers are in a position to tackle.Bio:Hanumant Singh completed his Ph.D. in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in 1995. Since then he has been on the scientific staff at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where his interests lie at the intersection of underwater robotics and imaging. He has worked on a variety of underwater vehicles including the US Navy's NR-1 submarine, the DSV Alvin, the Jason ROV, and the Abe, Odyssey, Hugin and Seabed class of AUVs.
He has been to sea on numerous expeditions across the globe. His academic awards include the 2006 King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Transactions on Robotics Paper Award of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the Ruth and Paul Fye Award for the Best paper in Oceanographic Engineering between 2000 and 2005.Links:http://www.whoi.edu/DSL/hanu
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/expedition11/index.html
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http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/expedition2/index.html
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Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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