Erik Veitch
About
What does the future of maritime transportation look like? Highly automated ships will enhance transportation capabilities, but how to we ensure they are safe, reliable, and trustworthy for real-world operations?
I help lead the NTNU Shore Control Lab at Nyhavna, where we imagine and create the future of maritime transportation using design research techniques.
Our work generates research and innovations that support the next generation of maritime work and product development. This work currently focuses on interfaces and control rooms for improved situation awareness of remotely operated and automated ships.
Some highlights:
- "Design Group Lead" in the Autoferry project (2018-2023), whose mission was to build the world's first urban autonomous ferry (see the video of the maiden voyage from 2022)
- Co-supervised Master's projects about design of the "milliAmpere2" autonomous ferry, design of autonomous ferry docks, and development of the open-source autonomous ferry simulator Gemini.
Background:
- PhD in Industrial Design from NTNU, thesis entitled "Designing for Land-based Control of Autonomous Ships" (2023)
- Master's Degree in Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering from Memorial Unversity of Newfoundland (2018)
- Four years of industry experience in naval architecture, marine hydrodynamics, and marine technology development in Canada, UK, and USA (2016)
Publications
2024
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Cheng, Tingting;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Utne, Ingrid Bouwer;
Ramos, Marilia Abilio;
Mosleh, Ali;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2024)
Analysis of human errors in human-autonomy collaboration in autonomous ships operations through shore control experimental data.
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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Meland, Ådne;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel.
(2024)
Design Research and Concept of Silent Alarms.
NTNU
Masters thesis
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Aarset, Lars Bugge;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Gusev, Alexey.
(2024)
Remotely Controlled Ferry Demonstrated at Nyhavna – Successful Test of Groundbreaking Technology.
Website (informational material)
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Steen-Johnsen, Ferdinand;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander.
(2024)
Exploring Coastal Norway: An Interactive Approach to Enhance Educational Tourism on Cruises.
NTNU
Masters thesis
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Saghafian, Mina;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel;
Sitompul, Taufik Akbar;
Park, Jooyoung.
(2024)
Erfaringer fra prøvedriften av en selvkjørende byferge:
Implikasjoner og anbefalinger for en selvkjørende fergetjeneste i Trondheim
.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Report
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Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Saghafian, Mina;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel;
Sitompul, Taufik Akbar;
Park, Jooyoung.
(2024)
Lessons learned from the trial operation of an autonomous urban passenger ferry.
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP)
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Saghafian, Mina;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel;
Sitompul, Taufik Akbar;
Park, Jooyoung.
(2024)
Dataset on passenger acceptance during autonomous ferry public trials: Questionnaires and interviews.
Data in Brief
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Cheng, Tingting;
Senderud, Kristine;
Utne, Ingrid Bouwer.
(2024)
Human factor influences on supervisory control of remotely operated and autonomous vessels.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
2023
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2023)
Gorillas on a boat: Inattentional blindness during supervisory control of autonomous vessels.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Soper, Jonathan;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Thistle, Rebecca;
Smith, Jennifer;
Veitch, Brian.
(2023)
An Analysis of Factors Influencing Ice Management Performance in an Experimental Marine Simulator and Their Application to Decision Support System Design.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
2022
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Hoem, Åsa Snilstveit;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Vasstein, Kjetil.
(2022)
Human-centred risk assessment for a land-based control interface for an autonomous vessel.
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA)
Academic article
-
Hanssen, Mikael Røsbak;
Dahl, Yngve;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander.
(2022)
Developing a video game for research and prototyping of unmanned maritime vessels.
NTNU
Masters thesis
-
Mallam, Steven;
Nordby, Kjetil;
Van de Merwe, Gertjan Koen;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Nazir, Salman;
Veitch, Brian.
(2022)
Empathy from Afar? Towards Empathy for Future Maritime Designers and Remote Operators.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Dybvik, Henrikke;
Steinert, Martin;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2022)
Collaborative Work with Highly Automated Marine Navigation Systems.
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
-
Brekke, Edmund Førland;
Eide, Egil;
Eriksen, Bjørn-Olav Holtung;
Wilthil, Erik Falmår;
Breivik, Morten;
Skjellaug, Even.
(2022)
milliAmpere: An Autonomous Ferry Prototype.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2022)
A systematic review of human-AI interaction in autonomous ship systems.
Safety Science
Academic article
-
Fossum, Knut Robert;
Honoré-Livermore, Evelyn;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Haskins, Cecilia;
Palmer, Erika.
(2022)
Toward an integrated project complexity narrative – A case study of academic organizations.
Systems Engineering
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Christensen, Kim Alexander;
Log, Markus Metallinos;
Valestrand, Erik Thule;
Hilmo Lundheim, Sigurd;
Nesse, Martin.
(2022)
From captain to button-presser: operators’ perspectives on
navigating highly automated ferries.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Pantelatos, Leander Spyridon;
Vasstein, Kjetil;
Eide, Egil;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel.
(2022)
NTNU Shore Control Lab: Designing shore control centres in the age of autonomous ships.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
2021
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Kaland, Thomas Colin Guo;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2021)
Design for Resilient Human-System Interaction in Autonomy: The Case of a Shore Control Centre for Unmanned Ships.
Proceedings of the Design Society
Academic article
-
Honoré-Livermore, Evelyn;
Fossum, Knut Robert;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander.
(2021)
Academics' perception of systems engineering and applied research projects.
Systems Engineering
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2021)
Human-centered explainable artificial intelligence for marine autonomous surface vehicles.
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE)
Academic article
2020
-
Dybvik, Henrikke;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Steinert, Martin.
(2020)
Exploring Challenges with Designing and Developing Shore Control Centres (SCCs) for Autonomous Ships.
Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Cheng, Tingting;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Utne, Ingrid Bouwer;
Ramos, Marilia Abilio;
Mosleh, Ali;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2024)
Analysis of human errors in human-autonomy collaboration in autonomous ships operations through shore control experimental data.
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Saghafian, Mina;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel;
Sitompul, Taufik Akbar;
Park, Jooyoung.
(2024)
Lessons learned from the trial operation of an autonomous urban passenger ferry.
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP)
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Saghafian, Mina;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel;
Sitompul, Taufik Akbar;
Park, Jooyoung.
(2024)
Dataset on passenger acceptance during autonomous ferry public trials: Questionnaires and interviews.
Data in Brief
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Cheng, Tingting;
Senderud, Kristine;
Utne, Ingrid Bouwer.
(2024)
Human factor influences on supervisory control of remotely operated and autonomous vessels.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2023)
Gorillas on a boat: Inattentional blindness during supervisory control of autonomous vessels.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Soper, Jonathan;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Thistle, Rebecca;
Smith, Jennifer;
Veitch, Brian.
(2023)
An Analysis of Factors Influencing Ice Management Performance in an Experimental Marine Simulator and Their Application to Decision Support System Design.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
-
Hoem, Åsa Snilstveit;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Vasstein, Kjetil.
(2022)
Human-centred risk assessment for a land-based control interface for an autonomous vessel.
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA)
Academic article
-
Mallam, Steven;
Nordby, Kjetil;
Van de Merwe, Gertjan Koen;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Nazir, Salman;
Veitch, Brian.
(2022)
Empathy from Afar? Towards Empathy for Future Maritime Designers and Remote Operators.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Dybvik, Henrikke;
Steinert, Martin;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2022)
Collaborative Work with Highly Automated Marine Navigation Systems.
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
-
Brekke, Edmund Førland;
Eide, Egil;
Eriksen, Bjørn-Olav Holtung;
Wilthil, Erik Falmår;
Breivik, Morten;
Skjellaug, Even.
(2022)
milliAmpere: An Autonomous Ferry Prototype.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2022)
A systematic review of human-AI interaction in autonomous ship systems.
Safety Science
Academic article
-
Fossum, Knut Robert;
Honoré-Livermore, Evelyn;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Haskins, Cecilia;
Palmer, Erika.
(2022)
Toward an integrated project complexity narrative – A case study of academic organizations.
Systems Engineering
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Christensen, Kim Alexander;
Log, Markus Metallinos;
Valestrand, Erik Thule;
Hilmo Lundheim, Sigurd;
Nesse, Martin.
(2022)
From captain to button-presser: operators’ perspectives on
navigating highly automated ferries.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Pantelatos, Leander Spyridon;
Vasstein, Kjetil;
Eide, Egil;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel.
(2022)
NTNU Shore Control Lab: Designing shore control centres in the age of autonomous ships.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Kaland, Thomas Colin Guo;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2021)
Design for Resilient Human-System Interaction in Autonomy: The Case of a Shore Control Centre for Unmanned Ships.
Proceedings of the Design Society
Academic article
-
Honoré-Livermore, Evelyn;
Fossum, Knut Robert;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander.
(2021)
Academics' perception of systems engineering and applied research projects.
Systems Engineering
Academic article
-
Veitch, Erik;
Alsos, Ole Andreas.
(2021)
Human-centered explainable artificial intelligence for marine autonomous surface vehicles.
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE)
Academic article
-
Dybvik, Henrikke;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Steinert, Martin.
(2020)
Exploring Challenges with Designing and Developing Shore Control Centres (SCCs) for Autonomous Ships.
Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference
Academic article
Report
-
Meland, Ådne;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel.
(2024)
Design Research and Concept of Silent Alarms.
NTNU
Masters thesis
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Steen-Johnsen, Ferdinand;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander.
(2024)
Exploring Coastal Norway: An Interactive Approach to Enhance Educational Tourism on Cruises.
NTNU
Masters thesis
-
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Saghafian, Mina;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Petermann, Felix-Marcel;
Sitompul, Taufik Akbar;
Park, Jooyoung.
(2024)
Erfaringer fra prøvedriften av en selvkjørende byferge:
Implikasjoner og anbefalinger for en selvkjørende fergetjeneste i Trondheim
.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Report
-
Hanssen, Mikael Røsbak;
Dahl, Yngve;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander.
(2022)
Developing a video game for research and prototyping of unmanned maritime vessels.
NTNU
Masters thesis
INFORMASJONSMATR
-
Aarset, Lars Bugge;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Veitch, Erik Aleksander;
Gusev, Alexey.
(2024)
Remotely Controlled Ferry Demonstrated at Nyhavna – Successful Test of Groundbreaking Technology.
Website (informational material)
Knowledge Transfer
2024
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Academic lectureVeitch, Erik Aleksander. (2024) Being backup is hard work: Experimental results from a simulated Remote Operating Centre for autonomous vessels . DNV DNV Nordic Maritime Universities Workshop , Helsinki 2024-01-25 - 2024-01-26
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LectureVeitch, Erik Aleksander; Eide, Egil Sverre. (2024) Presentation of NTNU Shore Control Lab and Radar Network. Visit by Furuno Japan during Nor-Shipping 2024-08-23 - 2024-08-23
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Academic lectureVeitch, Erik Aleksander; Gusev, Alexey. (2024) Presentation of Shore Control Lab and 5G Remote Operations. NTNU Tour for Havforskningsinstituttet , Trondheim 2024-09-26 - 2024-09-26
2023
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LectureWennersberg, Lars Andreas Lien; Holte, Even Ambros; Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2023) A system architecture definition for remote operations of autonomous passenger vessels. SMASH!, NFAS, INAS, RAS and TU Delft The 5th International Conference on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship - ICMASS 2023 , Rotterdam 2023-11-08 - 2023-11-09
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Academic lectureEide, Egil Sverre; Breivik, Morten; Brekke, Edmund Førland; Eriksen, Bjørn-Olav Holtung; Wilthil, Erik Falmår; Thyri, Emil Hjelseth. (2023) Development and operation of the autonomous urban passenger ferry milliampere2. ICMASS 2023 , Rotterdam 2023-11-07 - 2023-11-09
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Academic lectureAlsos, Ole Andreas; Petermann, Felix-Marcel; Saghafian, Mina; Sitompul, Taufik Akbar; Porathe, Stig Thomas; Aminoff, Hedvig. (2023) Presentation of the Shore Control Lab (SCL) and Lashfire. NTNU Department of Design Seminar: Maritime Human Factors , NTNU Nyhavna 2023-06-08 - 2023-06-08
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Academic lectureAlsos, Ole Andreas; Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Petermann, Felix-Marcel; Sitompul, Taufik Akbar; Porathe, Stig Thomas; Braseth, Alf Ove. (2023) Presentation of the Shore Control Lab (SCL) and Lashfire. NTNU Department of Design Seminar: Designing for Landbased Control of Autonomous Ship , NTNU Nyhavna 2023-09-17 - 2023-09-17
2022
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LectureVeitch, Erik Aleksander; Petermann, Felix-Marcel; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2022) Presentation of the Shore Control Lab and LASH FIRE. NTNU Department of Marine Technology Visit from Japanese students , Trondheim 2022-09-01 - 2022-09-01
2021
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InterviewLundteigen, Mary Ann; Eide, Egil; Alsos, Ole Andreas; Veitch, Erik Aleksander. (2021) Interview: Developing Command and Control for Unamnned Vessels . The Maritime Executive The Maritime Executive [Business/trade/industry journal] 2021-04-25
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InterviewAlsos, Ole Andreas; Lundteigen, Mary Ann; Eide, Egil; Veitch, Erik Aleksander. (2021) Tar kontroll over førerløse fartøy til havs . Gemini Gemini [Business/trade/industry journal] 2021-02-24
2020
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Academic lectureVeitch, Erik Aleksander; Hynnekleiv, Agnieszka Urszula; Lützhöft, Margareta Holtensdotter. (2020) The operator's stake in shore control centre design: a stakeholder analysis for autonomous ships. Royal Institution of Naval Architects RINA Human Factors , London 2020-02-19 - 2020-02-20