Conference 2–3 November 2021
The Autonomous Inland and Short Sea Shipping Conference was established in 2019 as a yearly conference. The conference aims at the promotion of technical and scientific exchange between industry, academia and authorities in the fields of autonomous inland and short sea shipping, smart waterborne logistics and related subjects. Contributions related to autonomous shipping, on-board assistance systems, sensor technology, recognition, regulations, test areas, smart port systems, port automation, traffic planning, traffic simulation and optimisation, system control etc. are very welcome.
Programme
Tuesday, 2nd November 2021
| 13:00 | Welcome and Registration |
| 14:00 | Opening |
| 14:20 | Keynote Lecture Assisted and Automated Driving on Land and Waterways [pdf] Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Dieter Schramm, University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Mechatronics, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:00 | Stefan Krause1, Lisa Wurzler1, Ørnulf Jan Rødseth2, Odd Erik Mørkrid2, Kay Fjørtoft2, Harilaos N. Psaraftis3: Development of an Advanced, Efficient and Green Intermodal System with Autonomous Inland and Short Sea Shipping – AEGIS [pdf] 1Institut für Strukturleichtbau und Energieeffizienz, Germany; 2SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway; 3Technical University of Denmark |
| 15:25 | Cyril Alias1, Frédéric Etienne Kracht2, Markus Nieradzik2, Jonas zum Felde1, Bettar Ould El Moctar1, Dieter Schramm2: HaFoLa – Addressing the Research Needs in Port Logistics with Appropriate Research Infrastructure [pdf] 1DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Department of Logistics and Transportation, Duisburg, Germany; 2University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Mechatronics, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:50 | Coffee break |
| 16:20 | Victor Bolbot1, Gerasimos Theotokatos1, Lars Andreas Wennersberg2, Dag Atle Nesheim2, Jérôme Faivre3: Novel Assurance Framework for Autonomous Ships [pdf] 1Maritime Safety Research Centre, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK; 2SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway; 3BUREAU VERITAS Marine & Offshore, Paris, France |
| 16:45 | Ørnulf Jan Rødseth, Lars Andreas Lien Wennersberg, Håvard Nordahl: Defining Levels of Autonomy for Ships and Inland Vessels [pdf] SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway |
| 17:10 | Patrick Potgraven: Economical Aspects of Introducing Smart Shipping in Inland Shipping [pdf] Rijkswaterstraat, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner Webster-Brauhaus Dellplatz 14, 47051 Duisburg https://goo.gl/maps/da6UcAXothVKBJMMA |
Wednesday, 3rd November 2021
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Opening |
| 08:35 | Maximilian Jarofka, Philipp Maximilian Sieberg, Christian Hürten, Tim Benedens, Ricarda Peters, Frédéric Etienne Kracht, Dieter Schramm: From Real to Virtual Environment – Integration of Publicly Available Geodata into a Simulation Environment [pdf] University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Mechatronics, Duisburg, Germany |
| 09:00 | Jonas Mahler, Jan Oberhagemann: Software Architecture for Real and Virtual Sensors in GNC Systems [pdf] DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 09:25 | Marvin Huang, Martin Kosch, Jan-Jöran Gehrt, René Zweigel, Dirk Abel: Application of Recent GNC Approaches for Automation in Shipping [pdf] Institute of Automatic Control at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
| 09:50 | Maximilian Kaster, Jens Neugebauer, Bettar el Moctar: Traffic Analysis in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area [pdf] University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 | Aparna Nagarajan, Jan Mentjes, Sebastian Feuerstack: SmartKai: LIDAR Based Real-Time Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects in Maritime Environments [pdf] OFFIS Institute for Information Technology, Oldenburg, Germany |
| 11:10 | Waldemar Boschmann, Dirk Söffker: Increasing Detection Performance using Redundant Object Detection Approaches [pdf] University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany |
| 11:35 | R. Raulefs, M. Ulmschneider, M. Wirsing: Terrestrial VDE on the German Inland Waterways [pdf] Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
| 12:00 | Ralf Ziebold, Xiangdong An, Christoph Lass: Current Status of Precise Point Positioning Algorithm Development for Highly Automated Inland Vessel Navigation [pdf] DLR, Institute of Communications and Navigation, Neustrelitz, Germany |
| 12:25 | Lunch break |
| 13:25 | Daniel Laufs1, Hendrik Dankowski2, Hauke Schramm3, Olaf Landsiedel4, Dirk Nowotka5, Daniel Sommerstedt6: CAPTN Förde Areal – A Smart and Clean Technology Platform for the Testing and Development of Future Autonomous Passenger Ferries [pdf] 1Wissenschaftszentrum Kiel GmbH, Kiel, Germany; 2Fachhochschule Kiel, Institut für Schiffbau und Maritime Technik, Kiel, Germany; 3Kiel University, Institute of Computer Science, Kiel, Germany; 4Kiel University, Institute of Computer Science, Distributed Systems Group, Kiel, Germany; 5Kiel University, Institute of Computer Science, Dependable Systems Group, Kiel, Germany; 6Raytheon Anschütz GmbH, Kiel, Germany; |
| 13:50 | Alexander Lutz1, Axel Lachmeyer1, Sebastian Wagner2: NOVIMAR Vessel Train Full-Scale Trial: Results and Conclusions [pdf] 1Argonics GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany; 2in – innovative navigation GmbH, Kornwestheim, Germany |
| 14:15 | Peter Regier, Matthias Waßenberg, Jan Oberhagemann: ELLA – A Platform for Automation of Harbor Maneuvers [pdf] DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 14:40 | Guillermo Chillcce, Jens Neugebauer, Bettar el Moctar: An Indirect Method for the Identification of Ship Manoeuvring Characteristics [pdf] University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 15:05 | Coffee break |
| 15:35 | Abderahman Bejaoui, Fateme Bakhshande, Dirk Söffker: Modeling and Formalization of Human Operator Behavior for Mobile Systems and Inland Vessels Using the Situation-Operator-Modeling Approach [pdf] University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany |
| 16:00 | Tim Feierfeil, Christian Schanz, Klemens Kauppert: Management of Autonomous and Mixed Waterborne Traffic by Cascading Microscopic Traffic Simulation – The Project “mikroVon” [pdf] ingenieurbüro kauppert, Nebeniusstraße 34, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 16:25 | Navreet Singh-Thind, Mark Spiller, Dirk Söffker: Data-Driven Prediction of Inland Vessel Trajectories [pdf] University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany |
| 16:50 | Kathrin Donandt1,2, Dirk Söffker2: Deep Learning-Based Vessels Driving Behavior Prediction in Inland Navigation [pdf] 1German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany; 2University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany |
| 17:15 | Closing |
Download programme AISS2021_Program.pdf
Full papers are published open access via DuEPublico (https://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/).
Registration
Participants, including presenting authors, are kindly asked to register using the conference registration website www.conftool.com/aiss2021.
Please consider the following dates:
Participants
Register until 24 October 2021
Authors
Abstract submission deadline: 31 August 2021
Abstract acceptance notification: 14 September 2021
Paper publication on DUEpublico
Paper submission deadline: 15 October 2021
(download template for paper submission: TemplatePaper_AISS.zip)
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COVID-19
Since the Corona pandemic is still going on, we are obliged to take according safety measures to make this not only a good scientific but also a safe event. The following basic rules have to be considered:
- The 3G (geimpft, genesen, getestet) rule applies. Thus, access to the conference venue and dinner is only allowed for people with a valid vaccination against Corona (last injection older than 14 days) or people who provide proof of a recovery from a SARS Covid infection or people who have a negative Corona antigen test (not older than 24h) or a PCR test (not older than 48h).
- We will check the 3G status of the participants on both days.
- Please wear a medical face mask (normal medical mask or FFP2 or KN95) at the venue at least until seated.
We will communicate some more details at the beginning of the conference.
Venue
Niederrheinische Industrie- und Handelskammer (Chambers of Commerce) Duisburg ∙ Wesel ∙ Kleve
Mercatorstraße 22-24
47051 Duisburg / Germany
Contact
Please use the conference email to preferably get in contact with the organizers: aiss@uni-due.de
In case of urgent matters, please contact us by phone: +49 203 379 1173
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.
Claudia O’Donoghue (UDE, administration)
Pia Klump (DST, administration)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Abel (RWTH Aachen)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettar el Moctar (UDE)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Dieter Schramm (UDE)
Dr.-Ing. Rupert Henn (DST)
Dr.-Ing. Frederic Kracht (UDE)
Dr.-Ing. Jens Neugebauer (UDE)
Dr.-Ing. Jan Oberhagemann (DST)
Dr.-Ing. René Zweigel (RWTH Aachen)
Accommodation
The conference venue is close to the city centre of Duisburg and the main station. A lot 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.