Conference 19–20 September 2022
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 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
Monday, 19th September 2022
| 13:00 | Welcome and Registration |
| 14:00 | Opening Bettar el Moctar, University of Duisburg-Essen and DST Matthias Simons, Chambers of Commerce in the Ruhr Region Jens Neugebauer, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 14:10 | Jan Klonki Perspective of the Inland Waterway Transport Sector HGK Shipping GmbH, Duisburg, Germany |
| 14:25 | Dhaneswara Al Amien The Drivers, Barriers, and the Actors of the Autonomous Inland Shipping: A Systematic Review Nord University Business School, Bodø, Norway |
| 14:55 | Joao L. D. Dantas, Gerasimos Theotokatos Assessment of the economic feasibility of autonomous ships for the short-sea shipping Maritime Safety Research Centre, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK |
| 15:25 | Coffee break |
| 15:50 | Yaseen Adnan Ahmed1, Gerasimos Theotokatos1, Ilia Maslov2, Lars Andreas Lien Wennesberg3, Dag Atle Nesheim3 Methodological approach towards amending regulatory, legal and liabilities frameworks for MASS 1Maritime Safety Research Centre, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK; 2Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, Department of Rule Development, Paris, France; 3SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway |
| 16:20 | Claas Rostock Introduction to the Open Simulation Platform, Open Source Co-Simulation and the DNV Simulation Trust Center DNV, Group Research & Development, Hamburg, Germany |
| 16:50 | DST Facilities Visit |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner Webster-Brauhaus Dellplatz 14, 47051 Duisburg https://goo.gl/maps/UokYSn5yvbkdTpgJ9 |
Tuesday, 20th September 2022
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Opening |
| 08:35 | Alina Colling Ability Marine Pilot Family – ABB Marine’s development toward Autonomous Shipping ABB AS, Marine Product Family, Automation & Control Solutions, Fornebu, Norway |
| 09:05 | Johannes Marx, Robert Damerius, Björn Kolewe, Torsten Jeinsch A-SWARM Autonomous Electric Shipping on Waterways in Metropolitan Regions University of Rostock, Institute of Automation, Rostock, Germany |
| 09:35 | Ronald Raulefs, Markus Wirsing Build-up and Analysis of a Terrestrial VDES Test-bed for Inland Waterways Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation, Wessling, Germany |
| 10:05 | Markus Nieradzik1, Marvin Budde2, Verena Staab3, Cyril Alias2, Jens Diepenbruck4, Magnus Liebherr3, Frédéric Etienne Kracht1, Tobias Bruckmann1, Dieter Schramm1 Automating the Loading Process of Inland Tank Vessels 1University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Mechatronics, Duisburg, Germany; 2DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Department of Logistics and Transportation, Duisburg, Germany; 3University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of General Psychology: Cognition, Duisburg, Germany; 4mercatronics GmbH, Bocholt, Germany |
| 10:35 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Maximilian Jarofka, Frédéric Etienne Kracht, Dieter Schramm Drone Photogrammetry Workflow – Key Concept University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Mechatronics, Duisburg, Germany |
| 11:30 | Alexander Lutz Reference Tracks for Automatic Track Control Systems Argonics GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 12:00 | M. K Mohd Fadil; Waldemar Boschmann, Dirk Söffker Localization of inland vessels in a waterway environment: Application of point cloud registration and SLAM approaches University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany |
| 12:30 | Haoming Zhang, Martin Kosch, Tim Reuscher, Dirk Abel Towards Robust Navigation Solution and Flexible Sensor Fusion in Challenging Inland Shipping Scenarios RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Automatic Control, Aachen, Germany |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Max Kaster, Jens Neugebauer, Bettar el Moctar A Machine Learning Approach for Power Prediction of a Container Vessel to Improve Route Planning University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Ship Technology, Ocean Engineering and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 14:30 | Jan Oberhagemann The FernBin Project – Developments Towards Remote Controlled and Assisted Navigation DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Autonomous Navigation Department, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:00 | Igor Bačkalov Regulatory Barriers to Introduction of Autonomous Inland Vessels in Europe DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany |
| 15:30 | Dirk Söffker1, Abderahman Bejaoui1, Waldemar Boschmann1, Daniel Adofo Ameyaw1, Navreet Singh Thind1, Kathrin Donandt2,3 Key Issues for Realizing Safe and Reliable Future Generations of Inland Vessels 1University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany; 2University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Ship Technology, Ocean Engineering and Transport Systems, Duisburg, Germany; 3German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 16:00 | Closing Dirk Abel, RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Automatic Control |
Download the book of abstracts here.
Registration
Participants, including presenting authors, are kindly asked to register using the conference registration website https://www.conftool.com/aiss2022. The conference program will be published shortly after authors have been informed about abstract acceptance.
The conference fee is 200 € per person and includes coffee breaks, the conference dinner on 19 September and lunch on 20 September as well as publication costs.
COVID-19
At the moment, we are looking forward to welcome all participants in person at the conference venue. However, in case new restrictions or regulations apply, we may switch to a hybrid or even fully virtual event. All participants will be informed about COVID-19 related safety measures, test requirements, etc. as
soon as these are known or foreseeable.
Venue
DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transportsystems
Oststr. 77, 47057 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 or +49 203 379 4596
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)
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)
Tim Reuscher, M.Sc. (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.