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Digital Oceans

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A collaborative platform for exploring advancements and exchanging expertise in digital technology within the marine and maritime space. We foster innovation and research.

About

Marine solutions and economies are expanding along with increasing threats to the marine environment. Harnessing progress in digital oceans is essential for addressing global and local challenges.

Digital Oceans focusses on advances in marine digital technology, in areas such as:

  • artificial intelligence
  • data infrastructure and management
  • ocean mapping
  • simulation
  • visualisation such as digital twins

Digital Oceans is a special interest group that aims to establish a collaborative platform for researchers to engage in marine digital applications and methods.  Their interest is in a deeper understating of our oceans and in data-driven insights that can inform sustainable practices. They use digital innovation to address practices and changes affecting our marine environments. 

Digital Oceans facilitates efficiency and accessibility. This is achieved through advances in artificial intelligence that improve data analysis and decision-making processes; the optimisation of data structures and management; and new frontiers in ocean mapping, simulation and visualisations.

Our ambition is to:

  • promote and champion Digital Oceans
  • increase awareness to marine digital technologies 
  • foster collaborations and the exchange of ideas 

The Digital Oceans group strives to bridge the gap between cutting-edge marine digital technologies and social and human sciences. 

Our vision is to promote environmental stewardship and help innovations to impact our oceans and the global community.  

To find out more about the Digital Oceans Special Interest Group and what we do, get in touch with group champions Alexandra Karamitrou, Crystal El Safadi, Philip Leadbitter and Hugo Putuhena.

Join the SMMI Community to sign up to this group and our other special interest groups.

People, projects and publications

People

Mr Jason Sadler

Principal Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • Spatial data infrastructure (SDI)
  • Web science
  • Environmental web applications and semantics

Email: jds@geodata.soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Joerg Fliege

Professor of Operational Research

Research interests

  • Nonlinear Optimization
  • Discrete Optimization
  • Operational Research

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.fliege@soton.ac.uk

Address: B54, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Mr Jose Cappelletto

Email: j.cappelletto@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Dr Ka-Kin Cheuk

Lecturer in Anthropology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor Mario Brito

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems 
  • Impact of Organizational Factors on Socio-technical Systems Risk
  • Root cause analysis and Accident Investigations

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: m.p.brito@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Matt Kerr

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Nineteenth-century literature and culture; 
  •  Oceanic humanities; 
  •  Waste and rubbish; 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: m.p.kerr@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Emeritus Professor Neil Wells

Email: n.c.wells@soton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH

Dr Patrick Beullens

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Ocean shipping - decisions under risk, environmental performance
  • Retail supply chains - perishable products, food waste management
  • Logistics and reverse logistics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: p.beullens@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Paul Kemp

Professor of Ecological Engineering

Email: p.kemp@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Dr Philip Leadbitter

Research Fellow (PSDI)

Research interests

  • Digital lab Notebooks and paperless note-taking
  • Human and technological road blocks to paperless note-taking
  • Use of Autonomous Underwater Platforms to further research in remote ocean regions

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Enquiries

If you're interested in joining us or collaborating, get in touch with the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute.