Hoang Anh Tran

Hoang Anh Tran is an Early Stage Researcher of the ETN – AUTOBarge project in the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. As ESR4, he will research “Protocol for communication between ship autonomous vessels themselves, and autonomous vessels and traffic.” His objectives are to develop a collaborative collision avoidance control algorithm for inland waterways ships and a communication protocol allowing autonomous ships to cooperate effectively with other manned and unmanned ships.

Before starting his Ph.D., he received the Master of Science in Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering from the Department of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, Korea. He was also a Research Assistant at the Intelligent Navigation and Control System Laboratory (INCSL), where he researched the control system of quadrotor UAVs.