Cognitive factors in remote ship control

The post-doctoral project - Cognitive factors in remote ship control (CogRemote) aims to advance knowledge in the field of maritime human factors for safety in remote operation of autonomous ships. As autonomous ships are being developed for maritime transportation, the role of human operators is evolving with the advent of novel roles such as Remote-Control Centre (RCC) operators who will navigate the vessels in collaboration with the bridge team. The distributed nature of navigation of ship with marked changes in functions from the existing operations, represents a knowledge gap. The project intends to systematically review the current state of the art in relation to the applied cognitive and team factors influencing remote ship control and identify information requirements and challenges for the RCC operators. The main empirical contribution of the project will be in the form of controlled experiments identifying the impact of various psycho-social factors influencing the performance of RCC operators and the use of physiological measures for their cognitive state estimations in varying conditions. The project is a part of the Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability (SEAS) program and is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation initiative. The principal investigator is Amit Sharma, PhD and further details and updates can be followed on LinkedIn, Researchgate and Google Scholar pages.