UT 2025 Student Poster Competition Results
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Student Poster Competition at UT2025! This year’s competition highlighted outstanding research contributions across three specialized categories. Congratulations to all participants for their dedication and exceptional work!
Category A: Acoustics & Communications
First Place
Yen-Hsiang Chen (National Taiwan University)
Comparison of Regularization Methods for Multipath Mitigation in Mirror-Type Coastal Acoustic Tomography
Second Place
Ryoichi Ishijima (University of Tsukuba)
Efficient Parameter Determination for BPDN in Underwater Acoustic MIMO-OSDM Communications Using Stein’s Unbiased Risk Estimate
Third Place
Chien-Yu Ho (National Taiwan University)
Robustness Analysis of Frequency-Difference Methods for Shallow-Water Source Localization Under Water Depth Mismatch
Category E: Environmental Monitoring & Sensing
First Place
Hsiang-Chuan Huang (National Taiwan University)
Parameter Selection for Using Permutation Entropy in Cetacean Whistle Detection
Second Place
Ryo Miyakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Survey of the Tsuzuraozaki Underwater Archaeological Site Using Hovering Type Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Third Place
Fan Zhao (University of Tokyo)
Underwater Sea Cucumber Detection using Consumer-grade Amphibious UAV and Deep-learning Based Computer Vision
Category R: Marine Robotics & Control
First Place
Cailei Liang (University of Southampton)
Lifelong Clustering for Seafloor Images Interpretation in AUV Surveys
Second Place
Satoshi Ogaki (Chuo University)
Development of a Peristaltic Ice Drilling Robot for Arctic Under-sea Ice Exploration – Evaluation of Excavation Performance of an Excavation Unit –
Third Place
Hiroki Yokohata (University of Tokyo)
Evaluation of the Water Entry Impact of an Air-Launched AUV
Lisa Hakataya (University of Tokyo)
A Method of Avoiding Floating Obstacles During AUV Surfacing Using Sonar and Camera
Congratulations to all winners and participants!
We sincerely appreciate the efforts and hard work of every student who participated in this competition. Your research is shaping the future of underwater technology and ocean sciences.
