Mandar Anil Chitre
Faculty & Department
Joint Appointments
Associate Professor, Acoustic Research Laboratory, Integrative Sciences and Engineering
Jt Appt - Assoc Prof, Acoustic Research Laboratory, Tropical Marine Science Institute
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bachelor of Engineering (Elect) Hons Class 2A, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Contact Information
Underwater Acoustics & Signal Processing
- Underwater acoustic communication & networking
- Underwater video compression based on priors (3D models)
- Automated classification & clustering of acoustic signals
- Distributed & robust array signal processing
- Differentiable acoustic propagation modeling
- Monte Carlo methods & Bayesian inference in matched field processing (MFP)
- Ambient noise imaging (ANI) & passive acoustics
- Snapping shrimp noise
Passive Acoustic Monitoring
- Estimation of arctic glacial melt rate using passive acoustics
- Coral reef health monitoring with passive acoustics
- Bird species monitoring with passive acoustics
Underwater Robotics
- Informative path-planning for teams of robots
- Adaptive sampling with teams of robots
- Human-robot cooperation under severe communication constraints
- Cooperative terrain-aided underwater navigation
- Path-planning for cooperative navigation
- Emergent behaviors in small teams of robots
- Tether-less underwater human-in-the-loop vehicles
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