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Professor Paul White

Professor Paul White

Prof of Statistical Signal Processing

Research interests

  • Paul has research interests which include signal processing, underwater acoustics and bioacoustics (the way animals, especially marine mammals, use sound). He is primarily concerned with developing tools to assist in the computer-aided analysis of underwater sounds and understanding the role of those sounds in the marine environment.
  • Acoustics, in the form of sonar, is an important tool for the exploration of the marine environment. It is used by the seismic industry to locate oil and gas reserves, by the military to detect objects, by oceanographers to make measurements and by marine mammals to survive.
  • Man-made underwater acoustic systems rely upon computers to process the data coming from sensors to interpret the environment. The processing methods within the computer systems are a critical component often defining the overall success of the instrument.

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Connect with Paul

Email: p.r.white@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Paul has research interests which include signal processing, underwater acoustics and bioacoustics (the way animals, especially marine mammals, use sound). He is primarily concerned with developing tools to assist in the computer-aided analysis of underwater sounds and understanding the role of those sounds in the marine environment.
  • Acoustics, in the form of sonar, is an important tool for the exploration of the marine environment. It is used by the seismic industry to locate oil and gas reserves, by the military to detect objects, by oceanographers to make measurements and by marine mammals to survive.
  • Man-made underwater acoustic systems rely upon computers to process the data coming from sensors to interpret the environment. The processing methods within the computer systems are a critical component often defining the overall success of the instrument.
  • Examples of current research The processing of calls of marine mammalsUnderwater noiseFish acousticsAcoustics of birds 

Research projects

Active projects

Greensands Carbon Capture and Storage Project
Sponsor: Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
RAINDROP: tRansforming Acoustic SensINg for leak detection in trunk mains and water DistRibutiOn Pipelines
Sponsor: EPSRC
Using acoustic signatures to determine gas pathways through marine sediment
Sponsor: National Oceanography Centre
Toward enabling sustainable expansion of offshore wind while protecting marine benthic biodiversity and functioning (BEcoWIND)

Completed projects

Auralization Methods Applied to Malta Plateau False Clutter Track Database
Sponsor: Office Of Naval Research
Quantifying fish response to acoustic bubbles in fresh and saline water: the pathway to effective "Scarefish" technology
Sonic- EU FP7-V.Humphrey
Sponsor: European Union
Underwater high resolution monitoring of vast areas by Distributed Optical Fibre Acoustic Sensors
BESST - EU FP7 - C Karatsovis
Researchers:
Professor Paul White
Sponsor: European Union
Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage (STEMM-CCS)
Sponsor: European Union
Human responses to airborne ultrasound in public spaces
Sponsor: Colt Foundation
ONR Funding- Martin Solan
Sponsor: Office Of Naval Research
EARS II -Metrology for modern hearing assessment and protecting public health from emerging noise sources
Sponsor: European Union
T Leighton - Geophysical quantification of seafloor greenhouse gas
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