We are pleased to announce that the presentation corresponding to our paper co-authored with ENGYS, “Interactive Reduced Order Models for Ship Hull Design and Optimization”, presented at COMPIT 2025, is now available for download on our website.

The 23rd Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT 2025), held in Pontignano, Italy on 7–8 October 2025, provided an international forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss advancements in simulation, automation, artificial intelligence, and digitalization for the maritime sector.

The presentation details our development of a proof-of-concept framework for ship hull design and optimization, integrating open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with advanced data-driven modeling techniques. Using Radial Basis Function (RBF) mesh morphing, a database of CFD simulations is generated and processed via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) to construct Reduced Order Models (ROMs) capable of predicting resistance, pressure distributions, and free-surface elevation in real time.

This methodology enables interactive exploration of the design space, providing designers with immediate feedback on hull performance through a PyVista-based dashboard. The ROMs demonstrate high accuracy, with maximum prediction errors below 3.5% for resistance at design points not included in the training dataset, underscoring their potential for rapid and reliable hydrodynamic evaluation in the early stages of ship design.

Furthermore, this work represents a step toward the realization of Digital Twins for ships, offering a cost-effective and flexible framework for continuous performance monitoring, optimization, and decision support throughout a vessel’s lifecycle. The presentation is now available for download and provides detailed insights into this interactive, automated approach to simulation-based ship design.

You can read the full presentation here.