NOC Working with Business - July 2017

Funding win for NOC- SME partnership The NOC is working with UK SMEs Satellite Oceanographic Consultants (SATOC) and Bilko Development Ltd, together with eight international partners, to develop and deliver a Coastal Risk Information Service (C-RISe) to South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar. The project is being funded by the UK Space Agency through their International Partnership Programme (IPP). C-RISe will provide information on sea level rise, wind speed and wave heights derived from satellite altimetry, validated with in-situ measurements to local users. The goal is to enable stakeholders to use this information to reduce the social and economic impact of coastal inundation and increasingly variable weather patterns. The project is using the "ALES" altimeter re-tracker for coastal regions. This re-tracker has enabled reprocessing of altimeter data from past missions to provide a continuous satellite altimeter coastal sea level time series of over 20 years. The project team is interested in expanding this service to new regions.  For further information, visit the C-RISe website or contact Christine Sams at the NOC or Project Lead David Cotton at SATOC. Innovation Award for NOC partner NOC business partner Marlan Maritime Technologies has won the prestigious Merseyside Innovation Award 2017. Liverpool-based Marlan Maritime Technologies create bespoke solutions for port and coastal vessel traffic management using a combination of radar and video camera remote sensing techniques. They were selected as winners for the Merseyside Innovation Awards based on a new product that combines cutting-edge science developed at NOC with industrial know-how to provide a unique radar-based solution to coastal hydrodynamic and bathymetric monitoring.  Read more here Success built on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership The NOC is currently part of a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Marlan Maritime Technologies Ltd to further develop the above innovative remote sensing service for the survey of intertidal zones. The KTP builds on the existing collaborative R&D between Marlan Maritime, the NOC and the University of Liverpool which included a successful European Regional Development Fund collaboration as part of the University's Centre for Global Eco-Innovation. The NOC's Dr Paul Bell and KTP Associate Dr Cai Bird currently work with Marlan to develop and test software that will ultimately provide improvements to the efficiency of delivering products, services and data to the coastal engineering industry. These services will enable more cost effective monitoring, design and building of coastal protection schemes. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK-wide programme that has been helping businesses for the past 40 years to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK Knowledge Base. In order to find out more about how KTP can help your business and how to apply please visit here or contact Aidan Thorn at the NOC. NOC and partners invited to submit full proposal for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Hub The NOC has been invited by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to prepare a full bid to establish a new research Hub to drive and accelerate the translation of fundamental science in robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems for use in extreme and challenging environments. The NOC submitted an expression of interest to create: The Aquarius Hub - Robotic Capability in Extreme Aquatic Environments, to EPSRC last month, which was assessed by an international panel of experts. The Hubs form part of a programme to develop robotics and AI that can be deployed in extreme environments, that has been identified as a key area of the Government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). The ISCF is a strategic element of the Government's Industrial Strategy that aims to ensure that the UK continues to be one of the best places in the world for research and innovation. Marine Autonomy & Technology Showcase 2017 - Call for abstracts For the 2017 event we have engaged with our Industry partners, and as a result we are actively inviting Abstract Submissions for the 2017 showcase based on the following conference pillars: Applications - current reality and aspirations Enabling Technologies to enhance our understanding of the marine environment Making Systems Smarter - the advance from Automatic to Autonomy The economic, environmental and human benefits of autonomous systems Upskilling and preparing the workforce for an autonomous future Miscellaneous session led by submissions SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom