arXiv AI

Robustness Verification of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle-based Plankton Classifier

arXiv:2607. 04453v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The assessment of planktonic standing stocks and microorganism structures is critical for understanding upper ocean biological processes.

arXiv AI
Jun 17

A geometric and deep learning reproducible pipeline for monitoring floating anthropogenic debris in urban rivers using in situ cameras

arXiv:2510. 23798v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The proliferation of floating anthropogenic debris in rivers has emerged as a pressing environmental concern, exerting a detrimental influence on biodiversity, water quality, and human activities such as navigation and recreation.

By Gauthier Grimmer, Romain Wenger, Cl\'ement Flint, Germain Forestier, Gilles Rixhon, Valentin Chardon
arXiv AI
Jun 12

GetNetUPAM: Ecologically Informed Nested Cross-Validation and Noise-Robust Attention for Marine Bioacoustic Monitoring

arXiv:2509. 04682v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Deploying reliable bioacoustic monitoring systems requires models that generalize under high-noise, low-SNR conditions and evaluation protocols that expose deployment-relevant failure modes, gaps largely unaddressed in current UPAM practice.

By Nicholas R. Rasmussen, Rodrigue Rizk, Longwei Wang, KC Santosh
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 16

BenthiCat: An opti-acoustic dataset for advancing benthic classification and habitat mapping

arXiv:2510. 04876v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Benthic habitat mapping is fundamental for understanding marine ecosystems, guiding conservation efforts, and supporting sustainable resource management.

By Hayat Rajani, Valerio Franchi, Borja Martinez-Clavel Valles, Raimon Ramos, Rafael Garcia, Nuno Gracias
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 3

ASVSim (AirSim for Surface Vehicles): A High-Fidelity Simulation Framework for Autonomous Surface Vehicle Research

arXiv:2506. 22174v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The transport industry has recently shown significant interest in unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), specifically for port and inland waterway transport.

By Bavo Lesy, Siemen Herremans, Robin Kerstens, Jan Steckel, Walter Daems, Siegfried Mercelis, Ali Anwar
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 26

Comparative Assessment of Deep Learning Architectures for Underwater Subsurface Kelp Forest Segmentation with The Kelp-o-Tron

arXiv:2608.24594v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Submerged kelp forests are vital coastal ecosystems that support marine biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics, yet accurate underwater kelp segmentation...

By Sundarabalan Balasubramanian, C\'esar Borja, Ana C. Murillo, Lexi N. Wilkes, Meredith L. McPherson, Kira A. Krumhansl, Jennifer A. Dijkstra, Jarrett E. K. Byrnes
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 18

Towards Scaling Marine Perception with Synthetic Data

The paper introduces an extension to the OceanSim underwater perception simulator, adding a Synthetic Data Generation pipeline that produces large, automatically labeled, photorealistic datasets with configurable scene and sensor settings. The authors evaluate this pipeline on a real-world sea urchin detection task, examining how different synthetic scene variations influence sim-to-real performance. They discuss the pipeline’s findings, limitations, and future directions for improving rendering fidelity, scene diversity, and sim-to-real generalization.

By Haoyu Ma, Onur Bagoren, Anja Sheppard, Elias Fandi, Ashrith Edukulla, Tanner Aslan, Natasha Sieh, Jingyu Song, Katherine A. Skinner
arXiv AI
Jun 30

AEGIS: A Semantic GAN and Evidential Learning Frameworkfor Robust Adversarial Detection in Vision Sensors

arXiv:2606. 28416v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deep neural networks (DNNs) have shown outstanding performance in visual recognition tasks within vision sensor networks; however, they are still vulnerable to adversarial manipulations and imperceptible perturbations that can lead to erroneous predictions.

By Maher Boughdiri, Mounira Msahli, Albert Bifet