Conference 10–11 September 2024
The Autonomous Inland and Short Sea Shipping Conference was established in 2019 as an annual conference. The conference promotes technical and scientific exchange among industry, academia and authorities in the fields of autonomous inland and short sea shipping as well as port logistics, smart waterborne logistics and related subjects. Contributions related to ship automation, remote operation and assistance systems, model-building, simulators and digital twins, smart port logistics, traffic planning and simulation, transport chain digitalization, emission reduction by assistance systems and automation, research platforms, test fields and infrastructure etc. are very welcome.
Programme
Tuesday, 10th September 2024
| 13:00 | Welcome and Registration |
| 14:00 | Opening |
| 14:10 | Keynote Lecture Fionn Halleman: Automation on French inland waterways – an overview of VNF’s initiatives Voies Navigables de France, Béthune, France |
| 14:50 | Patrick Specht1, Cyril Alias2, Lea Corbeck2, Jakob Ovens1, Michael Seifert2: Envisioning the future of autonomous shipping: Introducing consistency-based scenario modelling for strategic foresight 1Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Bremen, Germany; 2Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:15 | Espen Johansen Tangstad: Autonomous Ship Developments in Horizon Europe SINTEF Ocean, Norway |
| 15:40 | Coffee break |
| 16:10 | Dennis Höhn, Matthias Steidel, Christina Tsiroglou: Sovereign and secure sharing of information in the maritime domain: An analysis of involved actors and requirements German Aerospace Center, Institute Systems Engineering for Future Mobility, Oldenburg, Germany |
| 16:35 | Rupert Henn, Stefan Schweig: Predictor-Corrector Approach to Path Control for Inland Vessels DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 17:00 | Jinhan Kong, Ian Karez, Dongze Wang, Torsten Jeinsch: Enhanced Inland Vessel Detection Using CNN-Based Deep Learning and Lidar Technology University of Rostock, Lehrstuhl Regelungstechnik, Rostock, Germany |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner |
Wednesday, 11th September 2024
| 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:30 | Opening |
| 09:35 | M. Khalis Mohd Fadil, Ian Karez, Torsten Jeinsch: Constructing Waterways Map using a LiDAR-inertial odometry with Incremental Smoothing for Surface Vessel: Considering Waterways related Disturbance University of Rostock, Lehrstuhl Regelungstechnik, Rostock, Germany |
| 10:00 | Iulian Filip1, Robin Herrmann2, Sebastian Gehrig3, Thilo Lenhard3, Daniel Medina1, Markus Gardill2, Ralf Ziebold1: Performance Evaluation of LIDAR and Automotive RADAR for Inland Waterway Navigation and Mapping 1German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Communications and Navigation, Neustrelitz, Germany; 2Electronic Systems and Sensors, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany; 3InnoSenT GmbH, Donnersdorf, Germany |
| 10:25 | Utku Pazarci, Alexander Puzicha: Pose-Graph based MSIS SLAM for Autonomous Vessels TU Dortmund University, Chair for Modelling and Simulation, Dortmund, Germany |
| 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 | Florian Gschwandtner1, Jonathan Specht, Alexander Lutz, Thomas Meurer : Collision Avoidance for Inland Navigation Using Black-box-optimization 1Argonics GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany; 2Digital Process Engineering Group, Institute for Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 11:45 | Paul Lee, Gerasimos Theotokatos, Evangelos Boulougouris: Robust Decision-Making for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships Reactive Collision Avoidance Maritime Safety Research Centre (MSRC), Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK |
| 12:10 | Olena Shyshova1, Pooja Gadhavi1, Matthias Tenzer2, Foghor Tanshi3, Dirk Söffker1 Preparation for takeover: A discussion about limits for take over in highly automated systems using the experimental example of takeover situations on highly automated inland waterway vessels 1University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany; 2DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany; 3University of Duisburg-Essen, Dept. of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Duisburg, Germany |
| 12:35 | Thomas Jan Hornig, Markus Mizael Moser, Tim Reuscher: Three-Stage Predictive Warning System for Human Takeover of Automated Inland Vessels RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Automatic Control, Aachen, Germany |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Nikolas Schaal, Ramon Sieber: Optimal speed as a basis for fuel-efficient autonomy Shiptec AG, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 14:25 | Alexander Puzicha: Automatic emission and detection of sound signals for maritime navigation TU Dortmund University, Chair for Modelling and Simulation, Dortmund, Germany |
| 14:50 | Marvin Glomsda1, Eva Spachtholz1, Frederic Etienne Kracht2: Risk Assessment for Inland Vessels with Various Levels of Automation 1University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Mechatronics, Duisburg, Germany; 2Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:15 | Youjun Yang, Bettar el Moctar: A Fourier-based mathematical model for ship-ship interactions during overtaking for application in manoeuvring University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Sustainable and Autonomous Maritime Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:40 | Closing |
Download programme AISS2024_Program_v3.pdf
Download the book of abstracts AISS2024_BoA_v1.pdf
Conference Venue
Niederrheinische Industrie- und Handelskammer / Chambers of Commerce of the Lower Rhine
Mercatorstrasse 22/24
47051 Duisburg
https://www.ihk.de/niederrhein
Accomodation
The conference venue is close to the city center of Duisburg and the main station. Lots of hotels are located in the vicinity. Please select the accommodation according to your own preferences. There are no special rates arranged by the organizers
Full paper publication (optional)
We are glad to announce a special issue of the Ship Technology Research journal for publication of full scientific papers related to the conference topics. Publication of a full paper is optional and each submission will be subjected to a scientific review process. Please find further information on the full paper publication below:
“Call for Papers” website: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/automation-in-inland-and-short-sea-shipping
Submission portal: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ship
Submission deadline: 30th November 2024
Submissions are very welcome but not limited to previous AISS presentation. Thus, other contributions matching the field of the call may be submitted as well. The special issue will be published online. To submit a full paper, please log on into the editorial manager via (link above) as author and select “Special Issue” during the submission process.
Registration
Participants, including presenting authors, are kindly asked to register using the conference registration website https://www.conftool.com/aiss2024. The conference program will be published shortly after authors have been informed about the acceptance of the abstracts. The conference fee is 170 € for early bird and 220 € for late bird registrations per person. The conference fee for presenting authors is 170 €. Students (PhD students excluded) may attend the conference at a sponsored rate of 25 € (early bird) or 50 € (late bird).
Authors
Please use the PPTX template for preparing your presentation: PresentationTemplate_AISS.pptx
Dates
| Abstract submission deadline | 7th August 2024 |
| Notifications of acceptance | 16th August 2024 |
| Programme output | 19th August 2024 |
| Early bird conference registration | until 16th August 2024 |
| Late bird conference registration | until 27th August 2024 |
| Conference | 10–11 September 2024 |
Organizing committee
The conference is organized by University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems e.V. (DST) and RWTH Aachen. Support is provided by the Chambers of Commerce in the Ruhr Region.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettar el Moctar (DST/UDE)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Dieter Schramm (UDE)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heike Vallery (RWTH)
Dr.-Ing. Rupert Henn (DST)
Dr.-Ing. Frédéric Kracht (UDE)
Dr.-Ing. Jens Neugebauer (UDE)
Cyril Alias M.Sc. (DST)
Tim Reuscher, M.Sc. (RWTH Aachen)
Contact
Please use conference email aiss@uni-due.de if you wish to get in contact with the organizers.
In case of urgent matters, please contact us by phone: +49 203 379-1173
