Fusion Reactors, Fuel Cells and Distributed Acoustic Sensing
What do they have in common and what might DAS now offer?
Prof. John Potter - NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Friday July 23th, h 11:30 - Aula Magna Pacinotti, School of Engineering (Pisa)
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The seminar is part of the Distinguished Lectures series of the IEEE Oceanic Eng. Society (OES), is jointly organized by the OES Chapters of Norway and Italy, with the collaboration of the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Pisa and the IEEE OES Joint Student Branch of the Universities of Pisa and Florence.
Abstract: Has Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) finally reached a performance level to become a game-
changer? Together with other wonderful and near-miraculous technologies such as fusion reactors and fuel cells, we have
become accustomed over the years to hearing that these technologies are just about to break onto the scene. But
perhaps we really do live in a special moment in time. While many would claim this is always true in some sense, it is
undeniable that there is an accelerating confluence of technologies that are revolutionising the way that we sense and
manage the marine environment. We are now seeing the end of the century of under-sampling, the conclusion of an age
where data were few and costly to obtain, allowing us only short and narrow glimpses into the workings of our vast global
ocean-atmosphere system. With the growing maturity of autonomous maritime systems, the fusion of in-situ and remote
sensing capabilities and the advent of new sensing modalities such as DAS, we are entering a new age of Big Marine Data,
automated data collection and near-real-time processing and cloud-based virtual observatories.
Bio: Prof. Potter is a marine scientist with degrees in mathematics, physics, polar oceanography and glaciology from
Bristol and Cambridge Universities in the UK. An IEEE and MTS Fellow and International Fellow of the Explorers Club, he
has extensive senior management & technology development experience and a holistic 'big picture' vision with a focus on
environmental conservation and sustainability. His specialisations include underwater acoustics, Internet of Underwater
Things (IoUT), polar oceanography, ambient noise and marine mammals. Prof. Potter is the founder of the Acoustic
Research Laboratory in the National University of Singapore, has received numerous international awards for his marine
research and technology projects and is an IEEE OES Distinguished Lecturer. It is no longer true that he neither owns nor
operates a television.