News & Events
Expert visits at CoE MARBLE in 2025
As CoE MARBLE concludes another successful year, we reflect on a remarkable series of invited lectures.
CoE MARBLE team Pikulići – Winners of the Second Traditional Pub Quiz at UNIZG-FER!
CoE MARBLE team Pikulići won the second traditional pub quiz organized by the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER), held on December 17!
CoE MARBLE’s XMAS PARTY 2025 🎄
Holiday party lit up CoE MARBLE HQ – it was a night of festivities, friends, and fun!
CoE MARBLE and LABUST’s St. Nicholas Day Celebration
On Saturday, December 6, 2025—St. Nicholas Day, a cherished holiday in Croatia honoring the patron saint of children with traditions of gift-giving and joy—employees from CoE MARBLE and LABUST (UNIZG-FER’s Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies) came together for a heartwarming team-building event at the LABUST lab.
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira Receives Prestigious IEEE Croatia Section Award
Our colleague, Barbara Arbanas Ferreira, has been honored with the Award for Exceptional Engineering Contribution by the IEEE Croatia Section for 2025.
CoE MARBLE at the 45th Anniversary of Martinska Research Station
On 9 December 2025, the Martinska Research Station (Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute) celebrated its 45th anniversary with a full-day scientific symposium in the beautiful “Civitas Sacra” Interpretation Centre in Šibenik.
CoE MARBLE Presented at Winkler 2025
At the 11th International Conference on Marine Technology – Winkler 2025, held November 20-21 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Igor Kvasić delivered a plenary presentation titled “CoE MARBLE – Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies for Sustainable Blue Economy.”
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira’s appearance on Prometej (HRT)
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira was a guest on the television program Prometej on HRT – Croatian Radio Television on November 5, 2025, where she discussed maritime technologies, robotics, the MARBLE project and research center, as well as the team’s pilot sites and testing infrastructure.
ERAT 2025 European Robotics & Automation Talks
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira participated in ERAT 2025 – European Robotics & Automation Talks on November 10. She delivered a 15-minute presentation as part of Session 3: “Croatian SEALs: Robot Autonomy on Sea, Air and Land.” In her talk, Barbara shared insights from the MBZIRC competition experience, as well as an
MoU signed between CoE MARBLE, CMMI and INESCTEC.OCEAN
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI), CoE MARBLE and INESCTEC.OCEAN – Centre of Excellence in Ocean Research and Engineering, leading research and innovation centres for the blue economy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 17th International Interdisciplinary Field Workshop of Maritime Robotics and
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira awarded the 2025 Danubius Young Scientist Award!
COE Marble is proud to announce that our colleague Barbara Arbanas Ferreira has been awarded the 2025 Danubius Young Scientist Award!
4th Teaming Club Conference
The 4th Teaming Club Conference (October 15–17, 2025, at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal) featured CoE MARBLE as one of the selected Teaming projects in the “Hi Teaming Club! #1” session on Day 2 (October 16).
EUSIPCO 2025
MARBLE’s Senior Researcher Roee Diamant attended the 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2025) in Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy, September 8-12, 2025
Kutina Days of Science and Arts 2025
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira participated in Kutina Days of Science and Arts 2025 (October 16-17), held at her former High School Tin Ujević.
Meeting G2 Croatia
During the MEETING G2.11 Croatia (October 17-18, 2025), an inspiring event connecting innovators and the Croatian diaspora that took place in Novska, at PISMO powered by A1, our Barbara Arbanas Ferreira joined the panel “Dronovi i roboti – i na nebu i na zemlji”.
Events
Invited lecture by dr. Rui Seabra – CANCELLED
CoE MARBLE is inviting you a lecture “Monitoring temperature from rocky shores for decades and over an entire ocean: technological and logistical implications” by Dr. Rui Seabra that is taking place on Tuesday, December 16th, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at