Suman Das Sreepuram

LiteDebrisNet: A Light-Weight Hybrid Architecture of Real-Time Underwater Marine Debris Detection in Shallow Waters of a Coastal Environment

Marine litter along passive coastal zones is a growing problem. The Andhra Pradesh coast runs 974 km along the Bay of Bengal with a reported litter density near 1.147 items per square meter, and India emits about 9.3 million tonnes of macroplastic waste each year. Autonomous underwater vehicles offer a scalable way to...