The Smart Ships Coalition will gather at Michigan Technological University's Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) for a workshop Sept. 15-16. The Center, located on the campus waterfront, is home base for the Marine Autonomy Research Site (MARS), the first freshwater test bed of its kind in the world.
Technology is creating new ways to navigate waterways, but policy hasn't kept pace. Experts from around the Great Lakes - and the world - are working together to address the uncharted territory of autonomous and intelligent maritime systems.
GLRC research engineer Travis White, who administers and coordinates coalition efforts, said 50 to 75 Smart Ships Coalition participants plan to attend the workshop. The event is an ideal opportunity to learn more about the coalition and the test site, or test bed, which is available to companies, research institutions, government agencies and others interested in surface and subsurface autonomous vehicles and related technologies. And, thanks to sponsorship by Michigan's Office of the Great Lakes and Great Lakes Protection Fund, there's no cost to participate.
Sign Up for the Smart Ships Workshop
The Sept. 15-16 workshop is for anyone interested in maritime mobility related to autonomy, artificial intelligence, computing, cybersystems, ethics, machine learning, policy, robotics, workforce development or related fields.
Registration for the workshop is open through Wednesday, Aug. 31.
