“Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and Maritime Industry: A Seminar on Advancing Innovation and Knowledge”
On Monday, October 16, 2023, at the Conference Hall of the University of Piraeus, the Knowledge and Innovation Community successfully hosted a workshop with the theme ‘Modern Challenges and Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and Maritime Industry: A Seminar on Advancing Innovation and Knowledge.’ The event was attended by industry professionals, academic faculty, and postgraduate students.
The workshop aimed to inform the audience about the advancements in IoT and Artificial Intelligence technologies and to promote the digital product developed by the Knowledge and Innovation Community, ‘Predictive Maintenance for Preventing Ship Equipment Failures.’ This digital tool is designed to analyze data streams collected from sensors, with a focus on predicting, diagnosing, and preventing potential malfunctions in the mechanical equipment of ships, particularly the engines.
Following the participants arrivals and registrations, welcoming remarks were delivered by Professor Angelo Kotios, the head of the Department of International and European Studies, Mr. Demosthenis Kyriazis, the Vice-Rector for Research and Lifelong Learning and Economics, and Associate Professor George Galanos from the Department of International and European Studies.”
This was followed by three presentations:
1. Presentation titled: “Harnessing the IoT Revolution for the Advancement of Industry 4.0: Connected Worlds, Endless Possibilities” by Mr. I. Soldatos, Honorary Researcher at the University of Glasgow, an expert in IoT and Artificial Intelligence technologies – IT and Business Consultant.
2. Presentation titled: “Ensuring the Safety and Efficiency of Main Ship Engines through Predictive Maintenance: A Step towards the Future of Shipping (Dissemination of research results from the project ‘Support for the creation and development of the Knowledge and Innovation Community for the Blue Economy (KIC-Blue Growth) in Piraeus)” by Mr. George Makridis, PhD candidate at the University of Piraeus.
3. Presentation titled: “Pythia – AI-driven Performance Routing: The Future of AI-powered Routing for High Performance” by Dr. Stathis Plitsos, Chief Innovation Officer at DeepSea Technologies.
Finally, questions were submitted to Mr. I. Soldatos and Dr. S. Plitsos, followed by a discussion moderated by Mr. G. Makridis.
