Education and Future Vision
- A transition from prescriptive rules toward performance-based regulatory frameworks is described, where ships are required to continuously demonstrate safety, reliability, and resilience under real operating conditions
- Regulators are repositioned as data partners engaging with trusted real-time information from living digital twins and digital healthcare engineering systems, with certification extended to models, algorithms, and data integrity
- Engineering education is reframed around the concept of the system doctor, integrating mechanics, materials, data science, artificial intelligence, human factors, and systems engineering across the entire life cycle
- Ethical literacy, AI literacy, and recognition of humans as integral components of engineered systems are emphasized as central to safety, resilience, and performance
- Ships of the next century are characterized as safer, resilient to extremes, aware of their own condition, and capable of preventing failure through real-time intelligence and adaptive learning
- A shift from ships that are merely operated to ships that are genuinely cared for is articulated, aligning safety, sustainability, autonomy, and human well-being across the entire life cycle
Updated on Feb 24, 2026