Join us at Subsea Expo - stand 12 from Tuesday 21 - Thursday 23 February at P&J Live in Aberdeen! Organised by the Global Underwater Hub, Subsea Expo is the world’s largest subsea exhibition and conference, showcasing the underwater sector's capabilities, innovations and cutting-edge technologies.
In addition to exhibiting, we are delighted to have four of our team members speaking at the conference, find out a bit more below.
Data & Digital
Tuesday 21st February | 14:00 - 16:00 | Arena - Blue Conference Room
Speaker: Professor John McCall - Director
Topic: Using Digital to Accelerate the Energy Transition
Abstract
Digital has enormous potential to address the challenges of offshore energy generation, storage & transports and the climate emergency, both driving the need to meet Net Zero targets. Presenting real world case studies from industry projects at the National Subsea Centre, we demonstrate how digital is being used to accelerate the energy transition and how this contributes to improved optimisation.
Biography
Professor John McCall has over 25 years of research expertise in data science and artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in solving the challenges of energy transition and industrial revolution driven by climate change and technological advances. John joined the NSC from Robert Gordon University’s School of Computing, where he was Head of School. In his role as Director, he is leading the National Subsea Centre in its aim to accelerate the energy transition through smart technologies applied to industrial and environmental challenges in subsea and related marine sectors.
Speaker: Dr Junayed Hasan - Transparent Ocean Research Fellow
Topic: A Wider Blue Economy with an Emphasis on Digital Condition Monitoring
Abstract
The blue economy uses ocean resources sustainably for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs while protecting the ocean. Digital condition monitoring can improve the sustainability of the blue economy by enabling proactive maintenance, optimising resource use and enhancing safety. It can also bring social and economic benefits such as job creation and economic growth.
Biography
Dr Junayed Hasan is an accomplished Research Scientist with half a decade of experience in data-driven fault diagnosis, artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision and signal processing. Currently, he is working towards creating a sustainable ocean-based economy by targeting the Net Zero challenges related to transparent ocean.
Speaker: Dr Yijun Yan - Transparent Ocean Research Fellow
Topic: AI-Driven Scotopic Imaging for Underwater Object Detection
Abstract
Due to the complexed underwater environments, the image quality of optics system can be severely degraded, resulting in bad object detection performance. Therefore, it is essential to develop image enhancement and deep learning (DL) based object detection methods. By integrating the scotopic imaging and AI-driven models, obstacles detection in a dark or limited light environment can be achieved.
Biography
Dr Yijun Yan is a Senior Research Fellow at the NSC and a key member of the Transparent Ocean team. He has rich experience of multimodal image processing, computer vision and machine learning. He has published many research articles on prestigious conferences and journals and is a guest editor of Remote Sensing and Frontiers in Plant Science.
Energy Transition
Wednesday 22nd February | 14:00 - 16:00 | Arena - Teal Conference Room
Speaker: Jemma Reynolds - Integrated Energy Research Assistant
Topic: Mapping Pipeline Bundles for Their Repurposing Used for Hydrogen Storage
Abstract
With decommissioning options limited for pipeline bundles due to their complexity alternative, end of life options need to be identified, such as acting as hydrogen gas storage reserves to help the development of offshore renewable energy systems (wind farms) and bridge the gap in electrical supply using fuel cells.
Biography
Jemma Reynolds is a Research Assistant at the NSC and a key member of the Integrated Energy team. She is an expert in techno-economic analysis and social and environmental impact assessment in renewable energy development. She holds an MSc in Renewable Energy Management for Robert Gordon University and is currently undertaking her PhD in Subsea Technologies.
