AMOS PhD candidate Torleiv H. Bryne and AMOS key persons Professors Thor I. Fossen and Tor Arne Johansen won the Best Regular Paper Award at IFAC MCMC 2015 in Copenhagen for their article "A Virtual Vertical Reference Concept for GNSS/INS Applications at the Sea Surface".

At the same conference, Øyvind Auestad received the Best Student Paper Award for his article "Boarding Control System - for Improved Accessibility to Offshore Wind Turbines" which is co-authored by Professor Asgeir J. Sørensen.