Sheng Xu
About
[Updated July 2023]
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Marine Technology, and I am involved in the process of writing my doctoral dissertation. My principal area of research is Arctic shipping safety. I have developed different risk models for Arctic shipping accidents, such as ship besetting in ice and icebreaker-ship collision. I have also analyzed the safe distance between an icebreaker and a ship in escort/convoy operations. The results of my work could be integrated with route planning to calculate emissions from maritime traffic and contribute to safer operations and the mitigation of the adverse effects of accidents. Arctic challenges are my great passion.
Professional background
- PhD in the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU (including 1 year of teaching assistance), from March 2018
- M.S. in Traffic Information Engineering and Control, Wuhan University of Technology, 09/2014-06/2017
- B.S. in Navigation Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, 09/2009-06/2012
- Freshman in Information and Computer Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 09/2008-06/2009
Work experience
- Manager, China Merchants Group, 07/2017-12/2017
- Risk Consultant, Wuhan University of Technology, 07/2013-12/2014
- Cadet/Third officer, Royal Wagenborg, the Netherlands, 08/2012-06/2013
Awards and Memberships:
- One of my research projects on the impact of ice navigation experience on Arctic navigation was awarded "Innovation in Foundational Issues for Risk Assessment and Management" at the prestigious European Conference on Safety and Reliability. (Link: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=506283044841355&set=a.493116256158034)
- The Best Presentation Award at IEEE International Conference ICTIS 2023 for the publication "Investigating the causes of vessel besetting in the ice channel in the Baltic Sea using AIS data and Sentinel imagery" (https://www.ntnu.edu/web/marine1/updates-from-the-arctic-environment-pilot)
- Scholarship for "Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders" awarded by the Norwegian Research Council
- Guest editor of Journal Artificial Intelligence and Applications https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/index.php/AIA/CFP_SI_BDAIAMI
Teaching/research assistance
- Taught the master course TMR 4130 "Risk Analysis and Safety Management in Maritime Transportation" (2021)
- Assisted with creating a database of Ocean Space Utilization for the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC) (2022)
- Assisted with writing of the book "Maritime Transportation Safety" (2022)
Publications
2023
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Yang, Xue;
Zhi, Jingkai;
Zhang, Wenjun;
Zhou, Xiangyu;
Xu, Sheng;
Han, Bing.
(2023)
Current status and trends of ship navigation risk assessment in the Arctic.
Journal of Dalian maritime university
Academic article
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Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Panchi, Nabil.
(2023)
Investigating the causes of vessel besetting in the ice channel in the Baltic Sea using AIS data and Sentinel imagery.
2023 7th International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS)
Academic article
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Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina.
(2023)
Hybrid causal logic model for estimating the probability of an icebreaker–ship collision in an ice channel during an escort operation along the Northeast Passage.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
2022
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Liu, Lei;
Zhang, Mingyang;
Hu, Yue;
Zhu, Wei;
Xu, Sheng;
Yu, Qing.
(2022)
A probabilistic analytics method to identify striking ship of ship-buoy contact at coastal waters.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
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Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Haugen, Stein;
Zhang, Mingyang.
(2022)
A Bayesian network risk model for predicting ship besetting in ice during convoy operations along the Northern Sea Route.
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Academic article
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Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Haugen, Stein.
(2022)
Impact of the ice navigation experience on the determination of CPT for BN model focusing on Arctic navigation.
Research Publishing Services
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2021
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Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Haugen, Stein.
(2021)
Review and comparison of existing risk analysis models applied within shipping in ice-covered waters.
Safety Science
Academic literature review
2020
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Panchi, Nabil;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Xu, Sheng.
(2020)
Do vessels remain within their operational limitations in ice? Analyzing the risks of vessels operating in the Kara Sea region using POLARIS .
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
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Yang, Xue;
Zhi, Jingkai;
Zhang, Wenjun;
Zhou, Xiangyu;
Xu, Sheng;
Han, Bing.
(2023)
Current status and trends of ship navigation risk assessment in the Arctic.
Journal of Dalian maritime university
Academic article
-
Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Panchi, Nabil.
(2023)
Investigating the causes of vessel besetting in the ice channel in the Baltic Sea using AIS data and Sentinel imagery.
2023 7th International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS)
Academic article
-
Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina.
(2023)
Hybrid causal logic model for estimating the probability of an icebreaker–ship collision in an ice channel during an escort operation along the Northeast Passage.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
-
Liu, Lei;
Zhang, Mingyang;
Hu, Yue;
Zhu, Wei;
Xu, Sheng;
Yu, Qing.
(2022)
A probabilistic analytics method to identify striking ship of ship-buoy contact at coastal waters.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
-
Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Haugen, Stein;
Zhang, Mingyang.
(2022)
A Bayesian network risk model for predicting ship besetting in ice during convoy operations along the Northern Sea Route.
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Academic article
-
Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Haugen, Stein.
(2021)
Review and comparison of existing risk analysis models applied within shipping in ice-covered waters.
Safety Science
Academic literature review
Part of book/report
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Xu, Sheng;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Haugen, Stein.
(2022)
Impact of the ice navigation experience on the determination of CPT for BN model focusing on Arctic navigation.
Research Publishing Services
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Panchi, Nabil;
Kim, Ekaterina;
Xu, Sheng.
(2020)
Do vessels remain within their operational limitations in ice? Analyzing the risks of vessels operating in the Kara Sea region using POLARIS .
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Media
2020
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Academic lecturePanchi, Nabil; Kim, Ekaterina; Xu, Sheng. (2020) Do vessels remain within their operational limitations in ice? Analyzing the risks of vessels operating in the Kara Sea region using POLARIS . ASME 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 2020-06-28 - 2020-07-03