Programme

11th

JUNE 2018, Monday
18:15
WELCOME RECEPTION
18:15 - 20:00, Foundation Building, University Concert Hall Atrium

 

12th

JUNE 2018, Tuesday
8:30
REGISTRATION and COFFEE
9:00
WELCOME
Daniel Toal/ Edin Omerdic / Edmond Magner (Dean Faculty of Science & Engineering, University of Limerick)
9:15
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1 - Underwater Swimming Manipulators
Kristin Y. Pettersen, NTNU, Norway
10:00
SWARMs: Smart and Networking UnderWAter Robots in Cooperation Meshes
Pedro Castillejo Parrilla, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
10:20
ROBUST: Robotic Subsea Exploration Technologies
Josep Quintana, Coronis Computing S.L., Spain
10:40
COFFEE BREAK
11:10
Trial and Validation of Autonomous Sensors, Vehicles and Prototypes using the SmartBay Cabled Subsea Observatory
John Breslin, SmartBay, Ireland
11:30
MarEH4EU: Remote Software Testing & Verification over the Internet
Thomas Vogele, DFKI Robotics Innovation Center, Germany
11:50
Marine Institute ROV operations 
David O’Sullivan, Marine Institute, Ireland
12:10
Nido Robotics: Bringing Underwater Robots to Everyone
Roy Petter Dyrdahl Torgersen, Nido Robotics, Spain
12:30
UNEXMIN: Autonomous Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines
Mike McLoughlin, 4DCoders, UK
12:50
LUNCH BREAK
14:00
RAWFIE: Road-, Air-, and Water-based Future Internet Experimentation
Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, University of Athens, Greece
14:20
iXblue: Analysis of Positioning Performance of Sparse-LBL in O&G field Operations
Jim Titcomb, iXblue, UK
14:40
Towards Cheap Lightweight Bio-inspired Autonomous Vehicle Manipulation and Grasping Underwater
Fabio Bonsignorio, HeronRobots/CNR-ISSIA, Italy
15:00
Force/Position Control System to Enable Compliant Manipulation from a Floating I­AUV
Patryk Cieślak, University of Girona, Spain
15:20
COFFEE BREAK
15:40
Xocean: Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) for Ocean Data Collection
James Ives, Xocean, Ireland
16:00
STRONGMAR: Robots at Sea
Ana Paula Lima, INESC TEC, Portugal 
16:20
EvoLogics: Experimental Performance of an Underwater Acoustic Network of Mobile Nodes: Operational Exchange of Navigation and Sensor Data
Konstantin G. Kebkal, EvoLogics GmbH, Germany
16:40
Fusing Engineering with Software to Improve the Efficiency of Offshore Operations
Tim Rhodes, Fugro, UK
17:00
Nortek: New Generation DVLs for Underwater Vehicle Navigation
Claire Cardy, Nortek, UK
17:20
END OF DAY ONE
  
19:30
EMRA INFORMAL DINNER at STRAND Hotel (to be booked in your registration form - price: €55)

 

13th

JUNE 2018, Wednesday
9:00
MORNING COFFEE
9:15
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2 - Subsea Imaging and Measurement for Machine Learning
Fergal Brennan, Cathx Ocean Ltd, Ireland
10:00
UTOFIA: Real-time Range-Gated 3D Camera for Subsea Applications
Asbjørn Berge, SINTEF Digital, Norway
10:20
WiMUST: Outline, Results and Future Perspectives
Giovanni Indiveri, University of Salento (ISME), Italy
10:40
MORUS: Unmanned System for Maritime Security and Environmental Monitoring
Stjepan Bogdan, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:20
The Bluemed Initiative: Joint And Integrated Research And Innovation Strategies For Blue Jobs And Growth In The Mediterranean Area
Elena Ciappi, CNR, Italy
11:40
EUMR: Key Marine Robotics Research Infrastructures for Starting Communities
António Sérgio Ferreira, UPORTO (LSTS-FEUP), Portugal
12:00
SeeByte: Data Management for Long-Term Deployment
Pedro Patron, SeeByte, UK
12:20
MaREI - Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy
Daniel Toal , University of Limerick, Ireland
12:40
ROVs for Use in Challenging Conditions: I-ROV & ROV ÉTÁIN
Gerard Dooly , University of Limerick, Ireland
Dawid Owen, FORUM Technologies, UK
13:00
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderated by: Daniel Toal, University of Limerick, Ireland
13:40
LUNCH
  
14:45
END OF DAY TWO

 

DEMOS - 12th & 13th June

Edin Omerdic
Ocean Rings
Ronald Thenius
The Project subCULTron explores the Lagoon of Venice