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Deep learning object detection methods, like YOLOv5, are effective in identifying maritime vessels but often lack detailed information important for practical applications. In this paper, we addressed this problem by developing a technique…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Emre Gülsoylu , Paul Koch , Mert Yıldız , Manfred Constapel , André Peter Kelm

The automatic identification system (AIS) and video cameras have been widely exploited for vessel traffic surveillance in inland waterways. The AIS data could provide the vessel identity and dynamic information on vessel position and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Yu Guo , Ryan Wen Liu , Jingxiang Qu , Yuxu Lu , Fenghua Zhu , Yisheng Lv

This paper investigates the multiuser tracking and signal detection problem in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems with the assistance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). Due to the diverse and high user mobility,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Weifeng Zhu , Junyuan Gao , Shuowen Zhang , Liang Liu

Representing maritime traffic patterns and detecting anomalies from them are key to vessel monitoring and maritime situational awareness. We propose a novel approach -- referred to as GeoTrackNet -- for maritime anomaly detection from AIS…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Duong Nguyen , Rodolphe Vadaine , Guillaume Hajduch , René Garello , Ronan Fablet

The oceans are a source of an impressive mixture of complex data that could be used to uncover relationships yet to be discovered. Such data comes from the oceans and their surface, such as Automatic Identification System (AIS) messages…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Gabriel Spadon , Martha D. Ferreira , Amilcar Soares , Stan Matwin

Automated positioning devices can generate large datasets with information on the movement of humans, animals and objects, revealing patterns of movement, hot spots and overlaps among others. This information is obtained after cleaning the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-03-25 Jorge P. Rodríguez , Xabier Irigoien , Carlos M. Duarte , Víctor M. Eguíluz

Intelligent detection and tracking of the vessels on the sea play a significant role in conducting traffic avoidance in unmanned surface vessels(USV). Current traffic avoidance software relies mainly on Automated Identification System (AIS)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Srikanth Vemula , Eulises Franco , Michael Frye

Maritime AIS (Automatic Identification Systems) data serve as a valuable resource for studying vessel behavior. This study proposes a methodology to analyze route between maritime points of interest and extract geo-referenced standard…

Digital testing has emerged as a key paradigm for the development and verification of autonomous maritime navigation systems, yet the availability of realistic and diverse safety-critical encounter scenarios remains limited. Existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Sijin Sun , Liangbin Zhao , Ming Deng , Xiuju Fu

The constant growth of maritime traffic leads to the need of automatic anomaly detection, which has been attracting great research attention. Information provided by AIS (Automatic Identification System) data, together with recent…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Duong Nguyen , Matthieu Simonin , Guillaume Hajduch , Rodolphe Vadaine , Cédric Tedeschi , Ronan Fablet

Understanding past and present maritime activity patterns is critical for navigation safety, environmental assessment, and commercial operations. An increasing number of services now openly provide positioning data from the Automatic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Moritz Hütten

This paper investigates whether large-scale GNSS spoofing activity can be inferred from maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) position reports. A data-processing framework, called SeaSpoofFinder, available here:…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-23 Jón Winkel , Tom Willems , Cillian O'Driscoll , Ignacio Fernandez-Hernandez

The global expansion of maritime activities and the development of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) have driven the advances in maritime monitoring systems in the last decade. Monitoring vessel behavior is fundamental to safeguard…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-09 Lucas May Petry , Amilcar Soares , Vania Bogorny , Bruno Brandoli , Stan Matwin

In previous work we introduced a trajectory detection module that can provide summarized representations of vessel trajectories by consuming AIS positional messages online. This methodology can provide reliable trajectory synopses with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-13 Giannis Fikioris , Kostas Patroumpas , Alexander Artikis

Ship trajectories from Automatic Identification System (AIS) messages are important in maritime safety, domain awareness, and algorithmic testing. Although the specifications for transmitting and receiving AIS messages are fixed, it is well…

Applications · Statistics 2024-08-26 Niklas Paulig , Ostap Okhrin

This study presents a machine learning approach to predict the number of barges transported by vessels on inland waterways using tracking data from the Automatic Identification System (AIS). While AIS tracks the location of tug and tow…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Geoffery Agorku , Sarah Hernandez , Maria Falquez , Subhadipto Poddar , Shihao Pang

The DEBS Grand Challenge 2018 is set in the context of maritime route prediction. Vessel routes are modeled as streams of Automatic Identification System (AIS) data points selected from real-world tracking data. The challenge requires to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Valentin Roşca , Emanuel Onica , Paul Diac , Ciprian Amariei

Geopositioning and tracking a moving boat at sea is a very challenging problem, requiring boat detection, matching and estimating its GPS location from imagery with no common features. The problem can be stated as follows: given imagery…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-06 Jianli Wei , Guanyu Xu , Alper Yilmaz

This paper addresses the challenge of boosting the precision of multi-path long-term vessel trajectory forecasting on engineered sequences of Automatic Identification System (AIS) data using feature fusion for problem shifting. We have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Gabriel Spadon , Jay Kumar , Derek Eden , Josh van Berkel , Tom Foster , Amilcar Soares , Ronan Fablet , Stan Matwin , Ronald Pelot

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications are vulnerable to blockages and node mobility due to the highly directional signal beams. The emerging Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) technique can effectively mitigate the blockage…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Xiaowen Tian , Zhi Sun