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DIMACS/CCICADA Workshop on AI and the Maritime Domain

  • Start Date: September 26, 2026
  • End Date: September 27, 2026
  • Event Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • Event End Time: 5:00 PM
  • Organizers: Fred Roberts, Rutgers University/DIMACS/CCICADA (chair) | Elsayed Elsayed, Rutgers Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University (co-chair) | Erez Agmoni, Interwoven Ventures | Alok Baveja, Rutgers University | Kostas Bekris, Computer Science, Rutgers University | Aman Goswami, California State, Northridge | Andrew Tucci, U.S. Coast Guard–retired
  • Location Instructions:

    Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center | One Chauncey Road | Princeton, NJ 08541
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  • DIMACS Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science: Founded as a National Science Foundation Science and Technology CenterCCICADA Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis: A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence

    DIMACS/CCICADA Workshop on AI and the Maritime Domain

    The DIMACS and CCICADA Centers at Rutgers University, with funding from the National Science Foundation, held a workshop on AI-powered Automaton at Ports from March 30 to April 1, 2026. At that workshop, participants, including from some of the world’s most advanced ports, examined the opportunities and potential risks associated with the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence to enhance the process of automation and its applications to port logistics, supply chains, and increasingly many aspects of port operations.

    This follow-up workshop will be held Saturday and Sunday September 26 and 27 at the Chauncey Conference Center in Princeton, NJ. The workshop will (a) explore the results and recommendations from the first workshop (b) expand the discussion to AI and maritime more generally. Among the topics we are considering discussing are the following.

    • Autonomous vessels in the open water, in the approach/departure from ports, at oil rigs and other offshore facilities, at cruise ship terminals, on ferries
    • Supply chains: how can AI help in the entire supply chain (not just at ports), e.g., missing raw materials?
    • AI and Labor: skills needed to work with AI, retraining (both for the entire marine transportation system); how does AI contribute to better health and safety of workers?
    • Risks of using AI in different components of the marine transportation system
    • Robotics at different stages of the supply chain 

    The goal is to broaden the recommendations resulting from our first workshop and identify ways to keep the dialogue going.

    This workshop is presented with support from the National Science Foundation under grant number 2539689. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the participant(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.