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Department of Marine Technology
Events and job announcements
Job announcements
PhD Candidate
Would you like to work at the interface between research and industry to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the maritime domain? We are offering a PhD position at the Department of Marine Technology, as part of the Norwegian Maritime AI Center (MAI) at NTNU. Application deadline 3 March 2026.
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate in Risk monitoring and Visualisation for Human Supervisors and Autonomous Systems in ERC Advanced Grant project BREACH. Application deadline: 22 January 2026
Post doc
Post doc in Risk-based Decision Suppoert for Human Supervisors in ERC Advanced Grant project BREACH. Application deadline: 22 January 2026
PhD Candidate in AI Driven Ship Design
How can artificial intelligence support ship design processes that are faster, more knowledgerich, and capable of delivering solutions with improved commercial, environmental, and technical performance? The position is linked to the new Norwegian Maritime AI Centre. Application deadline 15 December 2025.
Events

HYEL 2026
10th international Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology
Trondheim, Norway - 16-18 June, 2026
We welcome presentations within the broader scope of hydroelasticity, with particular interest in topics:
– Aquaculture structures – Bio-inspired concepts – Floating breakwater – Ice-body-water interactions – Marine membrane structures – Offshore wind turbines (substructures) – Ship springing and whipping – Very large floating structures – Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV) – Wave-current interaction effects in hydroelasticity –
2025
3–5 June MIR Annual Symposium in Trondheim (Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics)
4 – 5 June EMRA Workshop (EU Marine Robotics and Applications)
27 November: Ocean Technology Day
PhD defence at IMT
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