Emin Çağatay Nakilcioğlu

Emin Nakilcioğlu completed his BSc in Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University and his MSc in Mechatronics (specialized in Intelligent Systems, Robotics and Deep Learning) at Hamburg University of Technology. Since August 2020, he has been working as a research associate at Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (Fraunhofer CML). His work focuses on AI-based digital solutions in research areas such as automatic speech recognition, natural language processing, time-series and workload forecasting as well as on providing software development and operational assistance for maritime-specialized projects.

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Presentation

Digitalizing maritime communication with AI-driven voice interaction

As autonomous shipping advances, reliable and efficient voice communication remains a challenge. This presentation will showcase a domain-specific multilingual maritime speech recognizer that has been enhancing maritime operations by transcribing and processing VHF radio communications. Expanding on this, a new concept for autonomous vessels has been designed to enable AI-driven voice interaction, supporting seamless ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication. By integrating advanced maritime speech recognition with technologies like text-to-speech and natural language processing, this innovation has the potential to create a more connected and responsive communication framework between autonomous and crewed vessels, enhancing both safety and efficiency.