A round table on “Problem of the latest IT technologies application to propulsion plant control in the framework of an autonomous ship development” took place at National University “Odessa Maritime Academy” on September 19, 2017. It was organised jointly with National Maritime Research Institute, Japan.

The following questions were discussed during the Round Table: Application of AI to propulsion system control; Autonomous engine room concept; Virtual marine engineer concept based on AI; Application of Big Data and Machine Learning for maintenance planning and malfunction diagnostic; Autonomous vessel concept.