AquaSignal: An Integrated Framework for Robust Underwater Acoustic Analysis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14285v1
• Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 12:35:43 GMT
• Title: AquaSignal: An Integrated Framework for Robust Underwater Acoustic Analysis
• Authors: Eirini Panteli, Paulo E. Santos, Nabil Humphrey,
• Abstract summary: AquaSignal is a modular and scalable pipeline for preprocessing, denoising, classification, and novelty detection of underwater acoustic signals.<n>System is evaluated on a combined dataset from the Deepship and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) benchmarks.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: This paper presents AquaSignal, a modular and scalable pipeline for preprocessing, denoising, classification, and novelty detection of underwater acoustic signals. Designed to operate effectively in noisy and dynamic marine environments, AquaSignal integrates state-of-the-art deep learning architectures to enhance the reliability and accuracy of acoustic signal analysis. The system is evaluated on a combined dataset from the Deepship and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) benchmarks, providing a diverse set of real-world underwater scenarios. AquaSignal employs a U-Net architecture for denoising, a ResNet18 convolutional neural network for classifying known acoustic events, and an AutoEncoder-based model for unsupervised detection of novel or anomalous signals. To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study to apply and evaluate this combination of techniques on maritime vessel acoustic data. Experimental results show that AquaSignal improves signal clarity and task performance, achieving 71% classification accuracy and 91% accuracy in novelty detection. Despite slightly lower classification performance compared to some state-of-the-art models, differences in data partitioning strategies limit direct comparisons. Overall, AquaSignal demonstrates strong potential for real-time underwater acoustic monitoring in scientific, environmental, and maritime domains.

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