MARISENSE

Maritime Cognitive Decision Support System

Summary

Sustaining the high activity levels of maritime and coastal tourism and maritime transport and shipping sectors in Cyprus, require: (a) smart management of the country’s limited capabilities and resources via Maritime Spatial Planning, and (b) agile response measures for preserving the natural environment, securing society, and ensuring economic growth.

​MARI-Sense combines smart management and agile response capabilities into a family of cognitive systems equipped with perception, reasoning, learning, action, and intelligent resource allocation capabilities that enhance situational awareness under resource constraints imposed by the complex, wide-area, limited connectivity maritime environment.

​Cognitive systems developed during the project include a suite of software for intelligent information collection and representation, a maritime laboratory equipped with wireless connectivity for testing maritime systems, an autonomous sea surface vehicle, and intelligent buoys. Cognitive maritime cyber-physical systems developed by MARI-Sense operate in synergy with human operators to “make sense” of the maritime environment.

Objectives

• The primary general objective of the MARI-Sense project is the integration and adaptation of existing know-how and the development of novel knowledge and skills to develop the MARI-Sense Cognitive Decision Support System for Maritime Activities Planning, Emergency Response and Planning, and Maritime Spatial Planning.
• The secondary general objective is the development and implementation of strategies for smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth with a beneficial impact on the society, technology, and economy powered by the diverse capabilities of members of the quadruple helix and general public.

Partners

• Erevnitiko Idryma P.L. Limited – University of Nicosia Research Foundation (UNRF) (Coordinator), Cyprus
• KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Computational Cognition Lab, Open University of Cyprus , Cyprus
• Cyprus University of Technology , Cyprus
• Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services C.S.C.S. Ltd, Cyprus
• PHOEBE Research and Innovation Ltd, Cyprus
• T.C. Geomatic Ltd, Cyprus
• Algolysis Ltd, Cyprus
• Cyprus Research and Innovation Center Ltd, Cyprus
• AI Zerocaliber LTD, Cyprus
• Cyprus Employers’ and Industrialists’ Federation , Cyprus
• Limassol Nautical Club, Cyprus
• Ministry of Defence, Cyprus

Disclaimer

The Project is co-financed with 1 Million Euros by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation with Grant Number INTEGRATED/0918/0032