Ocean Technology Day 2025

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














