Research group

Digital Oceans

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A collaborative platform for exploring advancements and exchanging expertise in digital technology within the marine and maritime space. We foster innovation and research.

About

Research areas

Marine solutions and economies are expanding along with increasing threats to the marine environment. Harnessing progress in digital oceans is essential for addressing global and local challenges.

Digital Oceans focuses on advances in marine digital technology, in areas such as:

  • artificial intelligence
  • data infrastructure and management
  • ocean mapping
  • simulation
  • visualisation such as digital twins

Digital Oceans is a special interest group that aims to establish a collaborative platform for researchers to engage in marine digital applications and methods. Their interest is in a deeper understating of our oceans and in data-driven insights that can inform sustainable practices. They use digital innovation to address practices and changes affecting our marine environments. 

Digital Oceans facilitates efficiency and accessibility. This is achieved through advances in artificial intelligence that improve data analysis and decision-making processes; the optimisation of data structures and management; and new frontiers in ocean mapping, simulation and visualisations.

Our ambition is to:

  • promote and champion Digital Oceans
  • increase awareness to marine digital technologies 
  • foster collaborations and the exchange of ideas 

The Digital Oceans group strives to bridge the gap between cutting-edge marine digital technologies and social and human sciences. 

Our vision is to promote environmental stewardship and help innovations to impact our oceans and the global community.  

To find out more about the Digital Oceans Special Interest Group and what we do, get in touch with group champions Alexandra Karamitrou, Crystal El Safadi, Philip Leadbitter and Hugo Putuhena.

Join the SMMI Community to sign up to this group and our other special interest groups.

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Ka-Kin Cheuk

Lecturer in Anthropology

Research interests

  • Transnationalism
  • Migration
  • Inter-Asian connections

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Kathryn Gunn PhD

Lecturer in Climate Sciences

Research interests

  • Southern Ocean Circulation (where and how much water flows)
  • Temperature and Salinity Changes (to what extent does ocean structure vary and why)
  • Seismic Oceanography (developing an innovative, high-resolution technique for ocean mapping)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Mario Brito

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems 
  • Impact of Organizational Factors on Socio-technical Systems Risk
  • Root cause analysis and Accident Investigations

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Matt Kerr

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Nineteenth-century literature and culture
  • Oceanic humanities
  • Waste and rubbish

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Megen de Bruin-Molé

Lecturer

Research interests

  • contemporary remix culture
  • monster studies
  • adaptation
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Ms Mylene Ployaert

Director of Res Strategy and Funding
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Dr Neil Wells

Sen Exp Officer in NMR Spectroscopy

Research interests

  • Applied NMR Spectroscopy
  • Structural elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy
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Dr Nikolaos Skliris

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Water cycle change inferred from ocean salinity
  • Mediterranean Sea climate variability & change   (Overturning Circulation, Sea Level, Water Cycle, …)
  • Impacts of ocean physics on marine ecosystems 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Enquiries

If you're interested in joining us or collaborating, get in touch with the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute.