• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

James Bellingham

Johns Hopkins University

Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy

James G. Bellingham is a pioneer in the development of autonomous marine robots and distributed marine robotic systems.  He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Assured Autonomy at Johns Hopkins and is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Exploration Robotics.  Jim founded the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Laboratory at MIT (1988) and lead the WHOI Center for Marine Robotics (2014). He was Director of Engineering and Chief Technologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).  He co-founded Bluefin Robotics (’97) and has served on the boards of several marine technology companies in fields ranging from robotics to aquaculture.  His honors include election to the National Academy of Engineering, the Navy Superior Public Service Award, and the Lockheed Martin Award for Ocean Science and Engineering. Bellingham received a B.S., an M.S., and a Ph.D., in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sessions With James Bellingham

Wednesday, 20 March

Thursday, 21 March

  • 11:00am - 11:30am (CST) / 21/mar/2024 04:00 pm - 21/mar/2024 04:30 pm

    Blue Ocean Economy
    Climate & Sustainability

    “The blue economy”—economic activities associated with the oceans—represents over $1.5 trillion annually and will double in size to $3.0 trillion by 2030. Oceans absorb greenhouse gases and mitigate the impacts of climate change, determine weather patterns and temperatures, serve seaborne trade, provide critical minerals and are targets for offshore wind, nuclear, oil and gas development and more.  And now the blue economy is expanding beyond material goods extraction to knowledge-based activities. What is the future of the blue economy—and why should we care? What is its impact on energy and sustainability? How can we develop the blue economy while ensuring ocean health and sustainability? What is the transition to a knowledge-based blue economy and how can it benefit energy, climate and society as a whole? 

  • 01:30pm - 02:15pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 06:30 pm - 21/mar/2024 07:15 pm

    Johns Hopkins | Safety and Risk Mitigation in the Age of AI

    How can AI applications be designed for applications in which human safety Is paramount?  AI promises to transform critical industries ranging from oil and gas to wind, mobility, medicine, aircraft, mining and more.  Yet most forms of AI are a black box, lacking performance guaranties and often failing in unexpected ways.  How can we ensure that AI applications will actually work?  How will risks be addressed and mitigated in the Age of AI?   This Lyceum offers insights from leading experts from Johns Hopkins on technology and assurance on how to understand – and mitigate – risks in critical industrial applications of AI.