During the conference, Dr. Acosta explained the work carried out in the research, design, and development of the main modules for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) developed as part of the cooperation between Argentina and Spain. He described the approaches to the dynamic planning system, the guidance and control system, and the navigation system that have been implemented and tested to date, while also outlining the work guidelines to be followed for the development of a new technological field in this part of the world.
Acosta holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Valladolid, Spain, and a degree in Electronics Engineering from the National University of La Plata, Argentina. He is a researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina and Director of the "INTELYMEC" Research and Development Group at the Faculty of Engineering of the UNCPBA. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and served as President of the Argentine Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, for which he received the 2010 Outstanding Chapter Award. He currently chairs the Argentine Chapter of the IEEE Ocean Engineering Society. He is a member of the Hispanic-American Fuzzy Systems Association (HAFSA) and Director of the doctoral program at UNCPBA.