In cooperation with NTNU, Maritime Optima AS is announcing scholarships for students who want to write master's theses based on machine learning (ML) and/or commercial shipping.
Maritime shipping vessels are fitted with a GPS tracking system called Automated Identification Systems (AIS) and Maritime Optima has access to global historical and real-time AIS data from more than 600 terrestrial and satellite senders for over 65 000 vessels continuously updated in real-time. This data provides insight into the traveling patterns of ships and can, for instance, also be used to predict future destinations for vessels. The 65 000 vessels are structured into segments and subsegments, and each of the ships has a comprehensive technical description attached. Maritime Optima also has maritime weather, routes, maps, etc. Maritime Optima AS is a company with machine-readable maritime data and industry knowledge, and we want to learn and be challenged by ambitious master students. You are invited to study how digital technologies are changing and challenging the different maritime organizations at all levels: strategy, management, decision making, organizational structures and work processes, competencies, and skills. As a master student, you are invited to use your technical knowledge and the data, the industry knowledge, and our relevant network to look into topics such as:
If you have a proposal for a master thesis, we would also like to hear from you.
Maritime Optima AS has the opportunity to grant two scholarships of NOK 25,000 per semester. The applications are assessed based on the master's thesis' relevance to Maritime Optima, the student's academic qualifications, and project description. All students who are affiliated with a master's program in programming, machine learning, finance, or international economics can apply.
To apply for the scholarship, you must:
Rolling admission.
We require that the assignment is completed within a reasonable time and achieve a grade of B or better to the final 20 % of the scholarship to be paid out.
Pål-Robert Engnæs, CTO.
Jean Niklas L’orange, Sr. backend developer.
Morten Omholt-Jensen, Full stack developer.
Kristin Omholt-Jensen, CEO.
We established Maritime Optima AS in April 2018. Our company is privately funded by serial tech entrepreneurs and shipping investors. In addition, we are supported by Innovation Norway and Norwegian Research Council.
We were awarded the Copernicus price in 2018, the Microsoft Startup program in October 2019, and Microsoft ISV Success Program in 2023. Today, Maritime Optima AS are partners with Spire and Microsoft.
We are working closely with the users and some of the largest global shipping companies while developing our products. The first MVP of Maritime Optima (now ShipAtlas) was launched in August 2020. Today ShipAtlas has more than 130 000 registered users. In October 2022 we launched ShipIntel for maritime professionals and ShipIntel is growing rapidly.
We believe in knowledge-driven maritime intelligence based on quality data. So in Maritime Optima, we’re building a software product for the shipping industry and our mission is to empower maritime professionals to unlock their digital potential by providing smart and easy-to-use software based on industry knowledge, big data, and algorithms.
This is mainly done through a solid big data (AIS) foundation, a sea routing engine, and letting users create teams where they can enrich the data platform with their private team data and analysis. By intuitively presenting the data and making it possible to “play” with it, we give our customers the ability to utilize their company’s collective knowledge.
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