At SmartMove Lab, we advance research in autonomous, cooperative, and intelligent systems spanning maritime informatics, mobility, robotics, and data-driven design.

Our expertise lies in autonomy, multi-agent coordination, and multimodal data fusion, enabling resilient and adaptive operations across sea, land, and air.

Equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure — including autonomous surface and underwater vehicles, sensor networks, digital twins, and advanced simulation environments — we conduct cutting-edge experiments that bridge theory and real-world deployment.

Through active participation in European research initiatives and close collaboration with academia and industry, we co-create technologies that move the world smarter.


Autonomous and Cooperative Systems

Autonomous and Cooperative Systems

Design, control, and coordination of surface and underwater vehicles for resilient, networked operations.

Maritime Informatics and Digital Twins

Maritime Informatics and Digital Twins

Data-driven models for situational awareness, decision support, and intelligent maritime operations.

Multimodal Data Fusion and AI

Multimodal Data Fusion and AI

Integration of sensor, environmental, and operational data for adaptive, predictive, and explainable intelligence.

Selected Publications

We are currently developing a comprehensive, searchable archive of all publications by lab members. This section highlights selected recent work.

Vessel Trajectory Data Mining: A Review

Alexandros Troupiotis-Kapeliaris, Christos Kastrisios, Dimitris Zissis

IEEE Access, Volume 13, 2025

CORLEGS based Advanced Navigation System for Unmanned Surface Vessels

Elias Xidias, Dimitris Zissis, Giannis Spiliopoulos

2025 Symposium on Maritime Informatics and Robotics (MARIS), 2025

Multi-Sensor Inferred Trajectories (MUSIT) for Vessel Mobility

Cyril Ray, Alexandros Troupiotis-Kapeliaris, Ioannis Kontopoulos, Vassiliki Andronikou, Ioannis Nasios, Nikos Piliouras

OCEANS 2025 Brest, 2025

Effective Ship Trajectory Imputation with Multiple Coastal Cameras

Song Wu, Kristian Torp, Alexandros Troupiotis-Kapeliaris, Dimitris Zissis, Esteban Zimányi, Mahmoud Sakr

2025 26th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), 2025