For two days from February 18 to 19, 2021, the Korea Ship and Offshore Structure Congress held the 2020 Summer Workshop both online and at the New Marine Industry Complex Campus of Mokpo National University. The theme of this long-overdue event was “The Use of AI in the Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries, and Key Research Outcomes in the Shipbuilding, Ocean, and Plant Structure Sectors.”

During the workshop, Professor Roh Myung-il spoke on “The Use of Deep Learning in Ship Designing, Production, and Operation” in a special lecture. Deputy General Manager Jang Shin-woo at RaonX Solutions and Senior Manager Heo Cheol-eun at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) also gave special lectures, in which they discussed “Simulation-Driven Design & AI-Driven Design,” and “The Use of AI in the Shipbuilding and Marine Sectors,” respectively.

The workshop also included an overview of research outcomes on plant structure at DSME and Samsung Heavy Industries. Mokpo National University, Seoul National University, and Inha University reported the progress and outcomes of research on the digital twin technology, neural network machine learning, and data mining techniques, along with presentations and discussions on a wide range of topics from offshore crane simulators, researches on structural response techniques for environmental load, and prediction techniques for sloshing load.

The Korea Ship and Offshore Structure Congress Workshops usually take place in summer. However, the 2020 Workshop was belatedly held in early 2021 on account of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. The workshop was joined by 32 online and off-line participants, all of whom contributed to the success of the workshop. All of us at the Korea Ship and Offshore Structure Congress would like to express our sincere gratitude once again to Professor Shim Chun-sik at the Mokpo National University for providing both material and spiritual support at the workshop venue, Professor Song Ha-cheol at Mokpo National University for offering souvenirs to the off-line participants, and Professor Jang Beom-sean at Seoul National University and Professor Kim Yoo-il from Inha University for taking time out of their business schedules to serve as session chairs.