Tutorials

Welcome to the OCEANS 2025 Brest selected Tutorials, where advanced technology meets practical expertise. We are excited to present three meticulously curated sessions designed to delve into cutting-edge innovations that are shaping the future of ocean science and engineering taking place Monday, June 16.

Each tutorial has been carefully chosen by our Conference Committee to complement the Technical Program themes of OCEANS 2025 Brest. These sessions offer a unique blend of in-depth analysis, interactive learning, and hands-on application, providing attendees with actionable insights and strategies to address current and future challenges in the maritime field.

Join us in exploring these specialized sessions to gain valuable knowledge, enhance your technical skills, and engage with industry leaders who are driving advancements in ocean technology. We look forward to an enriching experience that will empower you to push the boundaries of innovation in our dynamic sector.

Tutorial I

AUV Technology and Application Basics

Quinn SHEMET & Brian KIEFT
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA

HALF DAY (MORNING)

AUV Application Basics is a half-day tutorial that provides an overview of current AUV technologies and operations. The objective is to equip participants to navigate the complexities of AUV technology by establishing a basic understanding of what currently available AUV systems can provide for oceanographic applications. The first half will cover AUV anatomy and terminology, a comparative overview of diverse AUV styles, and consideration of mission planning and real-world at-sea operations. The second half will dive deeper into vehicle architecture, payloads, survey optimization, and navigation options. It will culminate in a survey of advanced applications and current research in the field. Key points will be illustrated by applications and results from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s (MBARI) Dorado AUV and Long Range AUV operations.

Tutorial II

SAR Added-Value Products for Marine and Maritime Applications

Ferdinando NUNZIATA
Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

FULL DAY

The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a microwave active imaging radar that, due to its all-day and almost all-weather observation abilities together with a fine-to-moderate spatial resolution, is a very versatile remote sensing instrument for regional-scale applications. Nowadays, there is an increasing trend in the number of conventional or small satellite scientific and commercial missions equipped with very high-performance SARs operating in a range of frequencies that span from P-band up to K-band and capable of performing both intensity-only and polarimetric measurements. This means that the huge amount of SAR measurements collected (especially in coastal areas) calls for robust and effective models and methods to generate added value products. This full-day tutorial is to describe the leading-edge methodologies and the underpinning physical rationale to generate SAR added-value products. It will notably covers 1) the theoretical basics aspects related to SAR imaging (including examples of marine/maritime features such as: ships, pollutants, wind patterns, internal waves) ; and 2) a practical part where, together with the attendees, the following topics will be addressed: SNAP toolbox, Ship detection, Sea surface wind estimation.

Tutorial III

Swarm robotics and collective AI in underwater environment: the swarmswim simulator

Saverio IACOPONI¹, Andrea INFANTI², Federico RENDA¹, Giula DE MASI³
1. Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2. Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
3. Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

HALF DAY (AFTERNOON)

This tutorial aims to familiarize attendees with SwarmSwim’s functionality, implementation, and integration into their research projects.

This tutorial will be focused on theoretical and practical aspects of swarm robotics in underwater environment and a hands-on session based on the newly developed open-access tool for simulation: “SwarmSwim”. This simulator has been developed within the Project HSURF: Heterogenous Swarm of Underwater Robotic Fish (2020-2024). SwarmSwim is specifically designed for underwater robotic agents, featuring a modular architecture that accommodates the diverse research needs of the underwater robotics community. The simulator introduces several novel features and methodologies that will be detailed in an accompanying paper (241217-001).