Ocean Technology Day 2025

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Programme

Programme

Note: In progress! 

Opening session – 09:00-10:00     

AI and marine cybernetics

Session chair: Professor Asgeir J. Sørensen

09:00-09:05
Welcome by Sverre Steen, Head of Department IMT, NTNU

09:05-09:30
Keynote: AI use and AI development in the maritime industry – were are we heading?
Kaj-Robin Weslien, Principal Engineer – Innovation Kongsberg Maritime and Anna Halleraker Vihovde, Project Engineer Kongsberg Maritime

09:30-09:45
Norwegian Maritime AI Centre – plans and visions (MAI)
Roger Skjetne, Professor NTNU IMT

09:45-10:00
Self organizing subsea robots
Kjetil Skaugset, Senior Advisor Technology Management Equinor and Professor II NTNU IMT

10:00-10:15: Coffee break

Session 1 – 10:15-11:30   

AI in Systems Design and Marine Hydrodynamics

Session chair: Professor Marilena Greco

10:15-10:30 
Maritime AI for digitalization and decarbonization: Emerging trends
Prateek Gupta, Research Scientist SINTEF Ocean and Researcher NTNU IMT        

10:30-10:50      
How can AI contribute to greener shipping? (FUSE project)
Pauline Røstum Bellingmo, Researcher SINTEF Ocean and David Fürst Standal, PhD NTNU IMT

10:50-11:05
Pitch Project: 

  • Eloïse Croonenburghs, PhD: AI-Powered Predictions for Greener Ships: A New Approach to Hydrodynamic Performance
  • Demitu Hussen Mohammed, MSc: Data-driven modelling of resistance and power consumption of container ships
  • Irida Bournia, PhD: AI in ship design

11:05-11:30
AI Panel discussion
Pauline Røstum Bollingmo, Kaj-Robin Weslien, Asgeir J. Sørensen, Ingrid B. Utne, led by Ekaterina Kim

11:30-12:30         Lunch
 

Session 2 - 12:30-13:45

AI in studies, Marine Structures and Marine Machinery

Session chair: Associate Professor Marit Kvittem

12:30-12:45        
Panel discussion
Students use of AI in studies

12:45-13:05
The use of AI in marine structures analysis
Arnulf Hagen, Aidalos and Professor II NTNU

13:05-13:25
Prediction of Riser-response by Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Jie Wu, Senior Researcher, SINTEF Ocean

13:25 -13:45     
Pitch Project: 

  • Samieh Najjaran, PhD: A ‘Fortune Teller’ for Vessels: Predicting Speed Using Machine Learning
  • Dmitrij Mordasov, PhD: Spoon-feeding Your AI a Little Physics Guidance
  • Krishnaja Balachandran, PhD: A Machine Learning Approach - Reliability Analysis of Nylon Mooring Lines For Offshore Wind Turbine
  • Paul Lee, post doc: Is your AI agent risk-aware?

13:45-14:00         Coffee break 

Session 3 – 14:00-15:30 

AI in Ocean data, risk and autonomy

Session chair: Professor Martin Ludvigsen

14:00-14:15       
Risk in autonomous systems
Ingrid B. Utne, Professor NTNU IMT

14:15-14:30
Smart testing of collision avoidance systems
Tom Arne Pedersen, Principal Researcher, DNV

14:30-14:45
Machine Learning applications in extreme environments
Ekaterina Kim, Associate Professor NTNU IMT

14:45-15:00
Ocean data and AI - a game changer in ocean research 
Beate Kvamstad-Lervold, Special Adviser, SINTEF Ocean (NB kan ikke kl. 10-12)

15:00-15:15
Pitch Project:

  • Jon Estil Krågebakk, PhD: Creating Dynamic Wave Maps with generative AI 
  • Thale Eliassen Fink, PhD: Making intelligent underwater robots with risk-based decision making
  • Leonard Günzel, PhD: Resident Robots and Artificial Intelligence: Towards Persistent Ocean Observation

15:15-15:25        
What do you know about AI? Kahoot!
Ekaterina Kim, Associate Professor NTNU IMT                 

15:25-15:30
Close up - Sverre Steen, Head of department IMT, NTNU

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