3D Multibeam Echo Sounder Data Processing Using Distributed Computing. Application To False Alarm Reduction And Unsupervised Underwater Object Recognition For Safe Navigation

The goal of this study is to take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and distributed computing ecosystem to enhance the 3D-multibeam echo sounder data processing functionality. We consider first the post processing case, where a complete dataset has been recorded during sea trials. Hence, our suggested framework designed for massive real world data processing allows employing false alarm reduction and underwater object recognition techniques, which can be easily used as decision making for underwater autonomous vehicle safe navigation.