News & Events - AMOS
News and events at NTNU AMOS in 2015
PhD candidate contributes with new technology for ice protection on unmanned aerial vehicles in order to enable arctic operation
Photo (Kim L. Sørensen, AMOS/NTNU): Skywalker Technology X8 Flying Wing. (December 2015)
AMOS professor and co-director Thor I. Fossen was elected IEEE fellow
IEEE fellowship is a rare distinction that just a few, selected persons receive, who have distinguished themselves extraordinally in their respective field.
JAMSTEC visit AMOS/NTNU and Marintek
Photo (Marintek): JAMSTEC visit AMOS/NTNU and Marintek. (25 November 2015)
The University of Delaware and NTNU/AMOS sign two agreements
Photo (Julia Zhogina): NTNU and AMOS sign two agreements with the University of Delaware (UD) at the Transatlantic Science Week 4-6 November 2015 in Boston. From the left: Mark Moline, Kari Melby, Ingvald Strømmen, Asgeir J. Sørensen.
The ultimate survival challenge: KonTiki2 starts its journey
Photo (Higraff/KonTiki2): The KonTiki2 expedition crew at the beginning of their journey. (1 November 2015)
NTNU and Kongsberg establish the world's first professorship in Big Data Cybernetics
Together with Kongsberg, NTNU will establish the world's first professorship in Big Data Cybernetics that combines the fields of chemometrics and cybernetics.
AMOS scientists and students participate in Breaking the Surface (HR) training
Photo (Matej Krpan): Breaking the Surface 2015 participants. (8 October 2015)
AMOS PhD candidates find northernmost ship wreck
Photo (Martin Ludvigsen, NTNU): the research crew. (September 2015)
New research project on floating closed fish cages
New AMOS spin-off company founded
The recently founded AMOS spin-off company Blueye Robotics will develop an underwater drone that will be so affordable and easy to use that everyone will be able to explore the sea ground with them.
Read about it in Adresseavisen: Tar Trondheim ut av oljealderen (26 August 2015)
Adresseavisen also crowns the company as one of 12 new companies to watch out for: 12 nye selskaper du må se opp for (8 September 2015)
Read a commentary by its director on the future of the blue economy: Maritim næring – Kanskje Norges mest fornybare ressurs! (30 January 2015)
AMOS/NTNU participates in the Rapid Environment Picture (REP) exercise in Portugal
AMOS/NTNU is participating in the Rapid Environment Picture (REP) exercise in Portugal during July 2015. The primary organizers are the University of Porto (LSTS) and the Marinha Portuguesa.
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), University of Tromsø and AMOS will research the polar night together
Wireless underwater drone can send live-video at 100 m distance
Read the article in Teknisk Ukeblad (28 June 2015)
New associated research project at AMOS investigates sensor fusion and collision avoidance for advanced ships
Professors from AMOS and the Department of Engineering Cybernetics are leading a new Knowledge-Building Project for Industry that will study collision avoidance for advanced ships.
The AUTOSEA project is sponsored by the Research Council of Norway with DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime and Maritime Robotics as industry partners.
Find more information in Kongsberg Maritime's press release from 2 June 2015
AMOS spin-off company Norwegian Subsea AS prospers
AMOS’ spin-off company Norwegian Subsea AS with AMOS graduate Dr Fredrik Dukan as the CEO is stimulating progress.
Maritim Elektronikk reports: Avanserte algoritmer løser navigeringsproblem (May 2015)
Prof. Oleksandr Tymokha elected Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Prof. Oleksandr Tymokha was elected Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. This very prestigious position is hotly contested in the Eastern world, Russia and China. (6 March 2015)
AMOS researchers and collaborators find surprises under the sea
Photo (Geir Johnsen): The researchers found species they didn't know existed in the sea around the arctic Norwegian island Svalbard. (5 February 2015)