Echoview

Click here to register for one of the scheduled fundamentals courses below. If none of these are suitable for you, please email training@echoview.com.

European, African and Asian time zones

• 27-31 May 2024 (online): Payment deadline 13 May 2024

Online: USD $1600/person standard rate, USD $1150/person student rate

In person: USD $2750/person standard rate, USD $2150/person student rate

The 5-day fundamentals course provides an overview of the theory and practice of single-beam and multibeam echosounder data processing for scientific applications. Our philosophy is to teach you how to think—not what to think—when seeking solutions to your unique research questions using hydroacoustic data.

This course is applicable to all users of echosounders (active sonars) for aquatic studies, whether you’re new to the field, or you’ve been working with echosounders for a number of years and wish to brush up on your knowledge.

Scientific echosounding is a highly specialized field with few options for formalized training, and we’re confident that the Echoview fundamentals course is a worthwhile and unique investment of your valuable time. This course is continually being developed and refined, and has been delivered to many hundreds of acousticians worldwide over the last 20 years. As we delight in hearing often, “I wish I’d done this years ago!”.

Topics covered

• Echosounder theory
  Understanding underwater sound (hydroacoustics), echosounders (active sonars), echosounder targets, and the echosounder equations.
• Data exploration
  Visualizing, inspecting and understanding your data prior to detailed processing.
• Data calibration
  Calculating the correct location, time, range, depth, backscattering strength, and off-axis angle of each sample.
• Data cleaning
  Removing unwanted samples and accounting for noise, attenuation, and artefacts.
• Target detection and tracking
  Isolating point, volume, and surface targets; and tracking point targets.
• Target classification
  Inferring target types based on their spatial, temporal, and acoustic properties.
• Target characterization
  Performing on-screen and export analysis for echo counting; echo integration; and quantifying the spatial, temporal, and acoustic properties of targets.

Online sessions run for 5.5 hours each day, with the timing depending on your time zone,

• Afternoon to evening (North, Central and South American time zones).
• Early morning to midday (European, African and Asian time zones).

In-person courses run for 8 hours each day (09:00 to 17:00 local time).

A temporary Echoview license will be supplied for use during the course, as well as a download link for all the necessary training materials. Attendees are also encouraged to use their own data if available.

Click here to register for one or more of the advanced courses below. Courses will be scheduled at the earliest opportunity based on interest.

• Calibration (2 days): Instrument calibration; data calibration.
• Data cleaning (2 days): Unwanted samples; noise; attenuation; artefacts.
• Target detection and tracking (2 days): Point, volume and surface targets.
• Target classification (2 days): Multifrequency analysis; image analysis; and more.
• Target characterization (2 days): Echoview analysis variables; echo counting; echo integration; and more.
• Multibeam data processing (2 days): Multibeam echosounders; post-processing workflow.
• Wideband/broadband data processing (2 days): Wideband single-beam echosounders; signal processing; post-processing workflow.
• Echoview automation (2 days): The Echoview Console; Echoview automation scripts.

USD $850/person/course. Advanced courses are online only.

Familiarity with the topics covered in a fundamentals course is recommended before taking an advanced course.

The primary focus of most of these courses is single-beam echosounder data. If your focus is mainly or only multibeam, then the multibeam data processing advanced course is the one for you. The multibeam course can be limited to certain types of multibeam system (e.g. imaging sonar) if there is sufficient interest.

The online sessions run for 5.5 hours each day, with the timing each day based on interest and optimized for your time zone as best we can.

A temporary Echoview license will be supplied for use during the course (if needed), as well as a download link for all the necessary training materials. Attendees are also encouraged to use their own data if available.

If you’re interested in a private course, please email training@echoview.com as early as possible and let’s start planning

The cost is dependent on the course duration and location.

Private courses provide a fantastic opportunity for one-on-one training in scientific echosounding for you and/or your group. They can be held either online or at your location anywhere in the world.

For individuals and small groups, these courses—unhindered by the diverse requirements of a larger group—provide the ability to learn about only those topics of immediate interest to you, at a pace perfectly suited to your level of experience.

For larger groups, a significant benefit is the chance to collaborate on group-specific challenges under the guidance of an experienced trainer. Frequently, groups are burdened with inherited and outdated practices. For a private course, we aim to fully grasp your research objectives, assess your current practices, and work with you to develop enhanced protocols that will lead to more effective outcomes.

Underpinning this is our philosophy to empower you with the skills to appraise and develop your own protocols going forward. Knowledge is power. No more doing things just because they’ve always been done that way!

For these reasons, we request that you contact us as early as possible if you’re thinking about private training, to provide plenty of time for us to explore your data in advance of the course.