Invited Speakers
Speaker: Dr. Juanjo Dañobeitia Institution: UTM - Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas, Spain Date: June 16th, 2021, 10:00h-11:00h
CV: Juan José Dañobeitia Canales (1955); Professor of Marine Geophysics at CSIC, since October 2017 Director General of EMSO-ERIC (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water column Observatory, European Research Infrastructure). Director of Large Spanish Marine and Polar Facilities for 10 years. 35 years of research experience, national and international leader in marine science and technology, including seabed observatories. Author of more than 150 publications, director of several doctoral theses and theses. He has worked in different European universities and technology centers (U. Barcelona, U. Politécnica de Barcelona, U. Complutense de Madrid, U. Cambridge, U. Oxford (United Kingdom), U. Utrecht, Bedford Institute, Canada. In his career, he has held several national and international institutional positions; Vice President of COMNAP, Executive Committee of the Marine Board of the ESF, President of the European Research Vessel Operator (ERVO), National Commission for the PN of Science R&D, Sciences of the Tierra, 2003, Member of the Spanish Polar Committee; Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the sinking of the "Prestige", Adviser Secretary of State for Research (2003), Adviser of the German Federal Committee for "Evaluation of research vessels of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research "2016: Member of the« Strategic and Scientific Guidance Committee »IFREMER- France: Member of the Cruise Program Review Group (CPRG) UK - until 2019. Highlights the c Ondecorations such as the Order of Isabel la Católica "for her contribution in Antarctic Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the" Civil Merit Order "for her exceptional contribution in Marine Science and Technology", granted by King Felipe VI.
Ocean observation with multi-domain robotic vehicles: current trends and future developments
Speaker: Dr. Joao Sousa Institution: LSTS - FEUP, Portugal Date: June 17th, 2021, 10:00h-11:00h
CV: João Tasso de Figueiredo Borges de Sousa (male) is a Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department from Porto University in Portugal and the head of the Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática – LSTS (Underwater Systems and Technologies Laboratory). He holds a PhD and an MSc in Electrical Engineering, both awarded by the University of Porto. His research interests include autonomous underwater, surface and air vehicles, planning and execution control for networked vehicle systems, optimization and control, cyber-physical systems, and applications of networked vehicle systems to the ocean sciences, security, and defence. He received the BES Innovation National Award for the design of the Light Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in 2006, an outstanding teaching award from Porto University in 2008 and the IEEE Ocean Engineering Society mid-career Rising Star award in 2018. He has been involved in yearly conferences and workshops and lecturing on networked vehicle systems in renowned universities in the United States of America and Europe. He was the chair of the 2013 edition of the IFAC Navigation, Guidance and Control Workshop and the chair of the 2018 IEEE OES AUV Symposium. He is one of the co-chairs of the IEEE/MTS Oceans 2021 conference that will take place in May 2021. He is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Multi-robots Systems Technical Committee and of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Marine Systems Technical Committee. He is in the Advisory Board of the Swedish Marine Robotics Center and of the NATO MUSIC2 Innovation Advisory Board. He was the chief scientist for the Schmidt Ocean Institute cruise Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots, which took place in the Pacific Ocean in 2018. In 2004 he actively contributed the works of the Portuguese Strategic Commission for the Oceans. In 2018 he co-coordinated the development of the strategic roadmap for Portuguese marine Science and Technology for the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). He is the Principal Investigator in charge of MOUs with NASA-Ames and the Universities of Hawaii and California at Berkeley, as well as in the Cooperative Research Agreement with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, United States of America. He is in currently He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. He has authored over 400 publications, including 40 journal papers.
Stability monitoring systems for fishing vessels
Speaker: Dr. Lucía Santiago Caamaño Institution: Universidade da Coruña , Spain Date: June 18th, 2021, 10:00h-11:00h
CV: Part time assistant professor of the Higher Polytechnic School (UDC) and part time research associate at Integrated Group for Engineering Research (UDC) In 2015, she joined the Integrated Group for Engineering Research through a Personal Youth Employment contract (PEJ) from the Ministry of Employment and Social Security through the National Youth Guarantee System. Since then she has collaborated in the realization of multiple R&D projects related to the maritime sector. She also has experience in towing tank tests, performing several of them at the facilities of University of A Coruña. He is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Multi-robots Systems Technical Committee and of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Marine Systems Technical Committee. He is in the Advisory Board of the Swedish Marine Robotics Center and of the NATO MUSIC2 Innovation Advisory Board. He was the chief scientist for the Schmidt Ocean Institute cruise Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots, which took place in the Pacific Ocean in 2018. She obtained her PhD. in Naval Architecture and Industrial Engineering at University of A Coruña in 2019. In this year, she also joined as part time assistant professor in the Higher Polytechnic School (UDC). She has supervised several MSc and internship students. Her research fields include ship behavior, real-time stability monitoring, stability guidance systems and towing tank tests. In all of them, she has various journal publications and contributions to conferences. She is currently member of Asociación de Mujeres, Investigadoras y Tecnólogas (AMIT).