AI Applications in the Maritime Sector
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 19
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Interests: signal processing and analysis; biomedical signal processing; video surveillance; ANN
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently experiencing increasing usage in multiple areas. The rapid progress in this field is affecting more and more people in almost all areas of human activity and work. One of the most sensitive areas for AI application (due to regulations) is the maritime sector. Maritime environments provide harsh conditions for the input of sensors for AI applications. It is important to explore the possibilities of AI in the maritime sector from many angles, ranging from scientific curiosity to commercial interest.
This Special Issue, ‘AI Applications in the Maritime Sector’, welcomes submissions on this promising application area. This call for papers is open to a wide range of scholarship addressing the latest applications of big data and AI in the service industry, covering technologies, drones, robotics, psychological and economic aspects, shipbuilding, advanced interfaces, and research trends to provide insights into ways to expand the use of AI in the maritime sector. This Special Issue welcomes contributions dealing with countermeasures for AI privacy protection and safeguards for AI deployments in military applications; it will also examine how AI works and how it can be controlled.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Technical applications of AI in maritime applications;
- Defense measures used by the navy against AI systems;
- Autonomous and robotic systems in the maritime sector;
- HMI interfaces in the maritime industry, and training for them;
- Remote sensing and video processing in maritime traffic surveillance;
- AI in maritime logistics and finances.
Prof. Dr. Igor Vujović
Dr. Joško Šoda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- maritime video surveillance
- harbor traffic
- remote sensing
- artificial intelligence applications
- AI maritime logistics
- contermeasures
- AI application consequences
- human–machine interface
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