For a long time, underwater acoustic technology has been playing an important role in civilian and defense applications. Based on this technology, more and more accurate information about target under water can be obtained. In recent years, sparse technique, multistatic technique, deep learning, artificial intelligence, synthetic aperture technique, inverse synthetic aperture technique and so on are applied to underwater acoustic filed. These techniques brings many advantages for imaging, target detection, tracking, characterization based on underwater acoustic. For example, more accurate results can be obtained. Today, the users require that the sonar platforms like smart unmanned vehicle are smart and flexible. This makes the underwater acoustic signal processing much more challenge. Topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

Underwater acoustic imaging
Cognitive sonar signal processing
sonar tracking
sonar detection
Sonar technology for autonomous vehicles
Automatic target detection and classification
Artificial intelligence for underwater acoustic data processing
Deep learning for underwater acoustic data processing
Sparse technique for underwater acoustic data processing
Multistatic sonar
Automotive sonar
Data fusion
Platform design
Sonar image processing
Feature extraction
Sonar technology for autonomous vehicles
Target classification
Underwater acoustic communication
Waveform design techniques in sonar applications
Array signal processing

Topics of interest include but not limited to these listed ones. The papers related to signal processing are also welcome. Furthermore, along with the conference, three special issues of International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Frontiers in Marine Science and Electronics have been opened to the authors of excellent papers presented during the conference. Please note that papers submitted to special issues of these three journals should NOT be the same as the conference papers. A 2 to 3 times longer paper is typically expected, with a more detailed presentation of the work, enhanced techniques and approaches, including additional data sets and comparisons in an enhanced experimental section.

Journal Special Issue

1. Special Issue: Development of Oceanic Engineering based on Radar/Sonar/optical Technology in journal of "Recent Patents on Engineering" (ISSN: 2212-4047; Scopus CiteScore: 1.4); review papers are preferred.
The link for submission：https://bentham.manuscriptpoint.com/journals/eng (Using this Hot Topic Code when you submit: BMS-ENG-2024-HT-74)

2. Special Issue: Ocean Remote Sensing Based on Radar, Sonar and Optical Techniques in journal of "Remote Sensing" (Impact Factor: 4.2 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 4.9 (2023); all papers are welcome.

3. 《电子与信息学报》：ESCI, EI Compendex, Scopus, CSCD, etc

4. Journal name: Frontiers in Marine Science (IF2021=5.247):
Special Issue: Ocean Observation based on Underwater Acoustic Technology
Note: welcome papers related to underwater acoustic technique
Web: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/39641/ocean-observation-based-on-underwater-acoustic-technology

Chair:
● Suleman Mazhar, Professor, Harbin Engineering University (China)

Co-Chair:
● Xuebo Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northwest Normal University (Lanzhou, China), Email:xby_zhang@nwnu.edu.cn;