GAN-based underwater image enhancement and scene classification using transfer learning

Amani Homoud; Saptarshi Das

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0345593

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GAN-based underwater image enhancement and scene classification using transfer learning

Amani Homoud,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Mathematics Department, College of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, Centre for Environmental Mathematics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Saptarshi Das

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: saptarshi.das@ieee.org, s.das3@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Environmental Mathematics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-5303

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GAN-based underwater image enhancement and scene classification using transfer learning

Amani Homoud,
Saptarshi Das

Published: March 27, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345593

About the Authors

Amani Homoud

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Mathematics Department, College of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, Centre for Environmental Mathematics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Saptarshi Das

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: saptarshi.das@ieee.org, s.das3@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Environmental Mathematics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-5303

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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