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Workshops, research communities and resources for maritime and marine vision.
MaCVi at WACV 2027 brings together research papers and benchmark challenges in underwater 3D perception, embedded underwater image restoration and surface-vessel visual odometry. The workshop pages provide participation details, challenge information and submission dates.
Held on 8 September 2026 in Malmö, Sweden, Marine Vision joined the 7th CVAUI and 4th AAMVEM workshop series. It covered underwater image and video analysis, marine environmental monitoring and collaboration between computer vision researchers and marine scientists.
Held on 1 October 2026, this workshop focused on robust sensing, state estimation, mapping and navigation in marine environments. Topics included vision, sonar and acoustic sensor fusion, SLAM, GPS-denied operations and coral reef monitoring. The website includes the programme and speakers.
The inaugural MaCVi workshop at WACV 2023 focused on computer vision for unmanned aerial and surface vehicles. It organised sub‑challenges on UAV‑based maritime object detection and tracking and USV‑based maritime obstacle segmentation and detection using the SeaDronesSee and MODS benchmarks. The summary report analyses trends from over 130 submissions and introduces the SeaDronesSee Object Detection v2 benchmark.
Held at WACV 2024, the second MaCVi workshop continued the mission to advance maritime vision for UAVs and USVs. Challenge categories included UAV‑based multi‑object tracking with re‑identification, USV‑based obstacle segmentation and detection, and maritime boat tracking. A new embedded subtrack promoted efficient inference on real‑world embedded devices. The report summarises statistical and qualitative trends from over 195 submissions and provides datasets, evaluation code and a leaderboard for public access.
The 3rd MaCVi workshop took place at WACV 2025 in Tucson, Arizona. It combined regular paper sessions, challenge tracks and keynotes on maritime computer vision. Topics spanned object detection and tracking for UAVs and USVs, multi‑modal image fusion, use of hyperspectral and infrared sensors, anomaly detection, activity recognition, segmentation, scene understanding, synthetic data generation, transfer learning, embedded vision algorithms, visual autonomous navigation and collaborative monitoring.
The 4th MaCVi workshop at CVPR 2026 brought together computer vision, robotics and marine science through research papers, keynotes and maritime perception challenges. Its summary provides the workshop recording, challenge results and links to the published papers.
The interdisciplinary maritime robotics field workshop takes place on 18-25 October 2026 in Vodice, Croatia. Lectures, hands-on tutorials and field demonstrations connect researchers and practitioners working on marine robotics, underwater systems and their applications.
The 12th EMRA workshop took place on 23-24 June 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal. It connected EU-funded marine robotics projects with industry, end users and other stakeholders. The website provides presentations from the workshop.
Held on 1-3 September 2026 in Southampton, UK, the biennial symposium covered autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, gliders and field deployments. It offered standard symposium papers and a peer-reviewed IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering track.
The IEEE MARIS symposium, held in Syros, Greece, aims to showcase cutting‑edge research and developments that propel maritime technology. Organised under the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society and IEEE Computer Society, the event includes presentations and panels on autonomous systems, robotics, IoT, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and machine learning applications in the maritime domain. It also hosts the Aegean Roboat Race and invites paper submissions, with selected works considered for the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.
The ICCV 2025 edition joined the 6th CVAUI and 3rd AAMVEM workshops on underwater imagery and marine environmental monitoring. Its archive retains the programme, papers, speakers and nectar posters from that edition.
This IROS 2025 workshop addresses the challenge of transferring marine robotics research from laboratory to field applications. It highlights the harsh ocean environment and explores themes such as bridging simulation and real‑world deployments, long‑term autonomous operations, risk mitigation, best practices for field testing and sharing failures and lessons learned. The workshop aims to foster collaboration among researchers, engineers and industry stakeholders.
Co‑sponsored by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society and endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science, this two‑day symposium at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi explores how AI and robotics can address key challenges in marine ecosystems. It features strategic perspectives from invited speakers and presentations on machine learning and bio‑inspired robotics for real‑time monitoring, energy‑efficient solutions, predictive modelling of marine biodiversity and sustainability issues.
Held on 19-21 May 2026 in Gibraltar, the Marine Imaging Workshop brought together scientists and engineers working on ocean observation. Topics included image capture and processing, AI for marine science, annotation, data management and practical software workflows.
Held on 5-7 October 2026 in Šibenik, Croatia, MetroSea covered instrumentation, sensors, measurement and monitoring for marine applications. Relevant topics included navigation, underwater obstacle detection, underwater acoustics and signal and image processing.
OCEANTECH is a workshop at IROS 2025 that connects marine robotics with marine science. It gathers scientists and engineers to discuss advancements in underwater robotics, AI and marine sensing. Topics include autonomous underwater vehicles for deep‑sea mapping, robotic manipulators for coral reef restoration, advanced sensors for ocean monitoring, simulation and machine learning, and human–robot collaboration. The goal is to foster innovation and address challenges of dynamic underwater environments.
The MBARI-led Ocean Vision AI initiative developed tools and community participation for AI-assisted analysis of ocean imagery. Its current public entry point is FathomNet, connecting an annotated image database, an analysis portal and the FathomVerse community-science app.
Held on 1-3 September 2026 in Sestri Levante, Italy, UComms focused on underwater communications and networking. It connects researchers and practitioners working on acoustic, optical and radio communications, protocols and interoperability for underwater systems.
The CVAUI series covers computer vision for underwater imagery, including enhancement, scene understanding, marine-life monitoring and autonomous navigation. Its 7th edition formed part of the joint Marine Vision workshop at ECCV 2026; CVUEM maintains the workshop history.
A research community for computer vision and image processing in underwater environmental monitoring. Topics include habitat mapping, species identification, biodiversity and animal behaviour. Its website provides workshop information and a link to the community's LinkedIn group.
Expert-annotated ocean imagery and resources for training and evaluating marine computer vision models. FathomNet connects its image database with an analysis portal, published machine learning models and community contributions.
An open-source platform for collaborative image and video annotation, originally built for marine environmental monitoring and exploration. It supports shared label trees, annotation review and AI-assisted workflows for preparing and analysing marine visual datasets.
SeaClear and SeaClear2 are EU research projects developing teams of autonomous surface and underwater robots for marine litter mapping, monitoring, collection and prevention. The projects combine computer vision, AI, sensor fusion and robotic autonomy for cleaner ports, harbours and coastal waters.
