Erik Veitch
About
Land-based operation of autonomous ships
Erik is a PhD Candidate (75%) in LOAS: Land-based Operation of Autonomous Ships. His research is about human-AI interaction in highly automated ships. How can we safely operate autonomous ships?
Erik helped to establish the NTNU Shore Control Lab at Nyhavna.
Autonomous passenger ferry design
Erik is design group lead (25%) in the Autoferry project, whose mission was to build the world's first autonomous ferry for urban canal transport here in Trondheim. He has co-supervised Masters projects about design of the operational prototype milliAmpere2, design of autonomous ferry docks and user experience, and development of the open-source autonomous ferry simulator Gemini.
In September 2022, we accomplished the goal of building the world's first autonomous urban ferry. See the video!
Background:
- Master's Degree in Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering from Memorial Unversity of Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (2018)
- Four years of industry experience in naval architecture, experimental marine hydrodynamics, and marine technology development in Canada, UK, and USA (2016)
Publications
2022
- Alsos, Ole Andreas; Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Pantelatos, Leander Spyridon; Vasstein, Kjetil; Eide, Egil; Petermann, Felix-Marcel; Breivik, Morten. (2022) NTNU Shore Control Lab: Designing shore control centres in the age of autonomous ships. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).
- 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. volum 25 (5).
- 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). volum 21 (2).
- 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.. volum 66 (1).
- Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2022) A systematic review of human-AI interaction in autonomous ship systems. Safety Science. volum 152.
- Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Christensen, Kim Alexander; Log, Markus Metallinos; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Hilmo Lundheim, Sigurd; Nesse, Martin; Alsos, Ole Andreas; Steinert, Martin. (2022) From captain to button-presser: operators’ perspectives on navigating highly automated ferries. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). volum 2311.
- Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Dybvik, Henrikke; Steinert, Martin; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2022) Collaborative Work with Highly Automated Marine Navigation Systems. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
2021
- Honoré-Livermore, Evelyn; Fossum, Knut Robert; Veitch, Erik Aleksander. (2021) Academics' perception of systems engineering and applied research projects. Systems Engineering.
- 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. volum 1.
- Veitch, Erik; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2021) Human-centered explainable artificial intelligence for marine autonomous surface vehicles. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. volum 9 (11).
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. volum 1.
Journal publications
- Alsos, Ole Andreas; Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Pantelatos, Leander Spyridon; Vasstein, Kjetil; Eide, Egil; Petermann, Felix-Marcel; Breivik, Morten. (2022) NTNU Shore Control Lab: Designing shore control centres in the age of autonomous ships. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).
- 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. volum 25 (5).
- 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). volum 21 (2).
- 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.. volum 66 (1).
- Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2022) A systematic review of human-AI interaction in autonomous ship systems. Safety Science. volum 152.
- Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Christensen, Kim Alexander; Log, Markus Metallinos; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Hilmo Lundheim, Sigurd; Nesse, Martin; Alsos, Ole Andreas; Steinert, Martin. (2022) From captain to button-presser: operators’ perspectives on navigating highly automated ferries. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). volum 2311.
- Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Dybvik, Henrikke; Steinert, Martin; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2022) Collaborative Work with Highly Automated Marine Navigation Systems. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
- Honoré-Livermore, Evelyn; Fossum, Knut Robert; Veitch, Erik Aleksander. (2021) Academics' perception of systems engineering and applied research projects. Systems Engineering.
- 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. volum 1.
- Veitch, Erik; Alsos, Ole Andreas. (2021) Human-centered explainable artificial intelligence for marine autonomous surface vehicles. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. volum 9 (11).
- 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. volum 1.
Media
2021
- Alsos, Ole Andreas; Lundteigen, Mary Ann; Eide, Egil; Veitch, Erik Aleksander. (2021) Tar kontroll over førerløse fartøy til havs. Gemini [Fagblad]. 2021-02-24.
- Lundteigen, Mary Ann; Eide, Egil; Alsos, Ole Andreas; Veitch, Erik Aleksander. (2021) Interview: Developing Command and Control for Unamnned Vessels. The Maritime Executive [Fagblad]. 2021-04-25.