« We are going to probe the abyss using passive acoustics, classify biosonar waveforms using neural representation learning or wavelet learning, and follow the 3D dives of large cetaceans at -1000m,” explains Hervé Glotin. These are the first masses of underwater high-definition acoustic data acquired from surface drones. Cetaceans are our ambassadors of the abyss, they tell us about this little-known world. »
During the past years, François Sarano and his team have been periodically returning to Mauritius island in order to record local sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus, Pm).