2^nd Maritime Big Data Workshop

Journal Special Issue

Following the workshop which was held in June 2020, Taylor & Francis Geo-spatial Information Science (GSIS) will publish a journal special issue on Maritime Big Data Integration and Analysis. See the dedicated page.

Workshop

The growth of the maritime sector has produced an increase of the global maritime traffic and of the activities exploiting the ocean environment and its resources. Safety and security of maritime navigation remain a concern, like the global societal objective of reducing the environmental impact of maritime activities to pursue a sustainable and inclusive “blue growth”.

Technological innovations led to the development of automated monitoring systems and maritime sensors networks, producing a tremendous increase of the maritime data available and opening new avenues to interdisciplinary science-driven maritime operations and policy making. Institutional and industrial initiatives are developing infrastructures for maritime data sharing and offering advanced processing, fusion, and analysis, developing added values products in support of the maritime operational and industrial communities, policy making and informed citizenship.

The Maritime Big Data Workshop 2020 is organised under the umbrella of the 21^st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2020). It will be an opportunity for researchers, technology providers, institutions participating in interdisciplinary big data initiatives, and representatives of the operational community, to meet and exchange on research results and innovations in maritime.

The workshop will welcome the presentation of novel big data, artificial intelligence and visual analytics solutions with application for maritime security, safety and security of maritime navigation and transport, Maritime Intelligent Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Maritime situational awareness, maritime environment monitoring and preservation, estimation of the impact of maritime activities on the maritime environment, sustainable fisheries and exploitation of ocean resources, energy efficiency and performance analysis.

MBDW 2020 will be also an opportunity to discuss sustainable models for open data for maritime, and for presenting proposals for building an open maritime data space (e.g., unlocking the value of open and proprietary maritime big data).

Past editions

The MBDW 2020 is the follow up of the Maritime Big Data Workshop, organised in 2018 in La Spezia, and of the COST MOVE Workshop on Moving Objects at Sea, organised in 2013 in Brest.