News & Events

MARBLE Project’s 5th Supervisory Board Meeting: Strategic Planning and Pilot Site Visits in Šibenik
The MARBLE team, project partners, and Advisory Board members convened in Šibenik from September 30 to October 2 for the 5th Supervisory Board meeting and strategic planning session.

Đula Nađ at IFAC CAMS 2025
Asst. Prof. Đula Nađ participated in the 16th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics and Vehicles (CAMS 2025), held in Wuhan, China, from August 25–28, 2025.

EMRA’25 Proceedings
At the OCEANS 2025 conference held in Brest, France, June 16-19, Fausto Ferreira and Nadir Kapetanović together with UNIZG-FER LABUST members attended the programme, participated in the exposition and presented the papers.

CoE MARBLE team at OCEANS 2025
At the OCEANS 2025 conference held in Brest, France, June 16-19, Fausto Ferreira and Nadir Kapetanović together with UNIZG-FER LABUST members attended the programme, participated in the exposition and presented the papers.

Prof. Bogdan presented MARBLE at the Bounding Box 2025 Conference
MARBLE Associate Director for R&D Prof. Stjepan Bogdan presented project MARBLE at the conference Bounding Box 2025 in Kulturni Centar Osijek, Croatia on June 13. Prof. Bogdan gave a presentation on the MARBLE objectives and activities., and invited interested parties to collaborate within joint research projects and experiments.

CoE MARBLE Presented at MIPRO 2025
At the 48th International Convention MIPRO 2025, held in Opatija June 2-6, MARBLE researcher Igor Kvasić took part in the thematic exhibition ” Ecosystems for innovative breakthrough” and presented the work and impact of CoE MARBLE .

MARBLE 2nd project meeting and EMRA 2025 (Trondheim, Norway)
MARBLE project team just concluded a successful 2nd project meeting at the European Workshop on EU-funded Marine Robotics and Applications (EMRA 2025) in Trondheim, Norway. The meeting took place in the premises of the project partner NTNU on June 3, 2025…

Fausto Ferreira presented MARBLE at “MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships – Find your Host Institution in Europe” Webinar
Dr. Fausto Ferreira, Associate Director for Business, presented CoE MARBLE at the “MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships – Find your Host Institution in Europe” webinar on 27 May 2025. This webinar, organized by EURAXESS counted with over 300 participants in two sessions and it was a perfect opportunity to disseminate the hosting

Đula Nađ at EXPO 2025
CoE MARBLE’s researcher Đula Nađ and representatives of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb (FER) proudly represented Croatia at the EXPO 2025 world exhibition held in Osaka, Japan. As part of Croatia’s official participation, Croatian team held presentations introducing the international audience to the

Marina Gajski presented CoE MARBLE at the University of Montenegro (MONUSEN)
On May 5th and 6th, 2025 Marina Gajski presented CoE MARBLE project at the University of Montenegro during her expert visit within the MONUSEN project.

MARBLE Activities in Šibenik Highlighted on HRT Dnevnik
A segment on MARBLE activities aired on Central News (HRT Dnevnik) reporting on the MARBLE project partner AgriFood Croatia that had been testing the tracking system of the sea bream in the Šibenik Channel.

MARBLE hosting postdoctoral candidates for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) in 2025
The CoE MARBLE is pleased to host postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) in 2025 at our Centre of Excellence.

MARBLE CEO Nikola Mišković Presents Project MARBLE at the Energy Transition of Croatia Event
CoE MARBLE was prominently featured at the “Energetska Tranzicija Hrvatske: Inovacije i prilike kroz EU projekte (Energy Transition of Croatia: Innovations and opportunities through EU projects)” event.

CoE MARBLE Honored with Prestigious MIPRO Annual ICT Award
CoE MARBLE has been awarded the prestigious MIPRO Annual ICT Award in the Project category.

CoE MARBLE Appoints First Advisory Board Members
CoE MARBLE is pleased to announce the appointment of its Advisory Board members. Following a decision made by the Supervisory Board, Maarja Kruusmaa, Andreja Kutnar, and Mirko Kovač have been named as the first members of the Advisory Board, each with a two-year mandate.
Events

Invited lecture “Underwater Legged Robotics: A Bio-Inspired Approach to Marine Operations”
CoE MARBLE is inviting you a lecture “Designing Tomorrow: Current State of the Art, Future Outlook, and the Role of Electric Machine Design in a Geopolitical Context” by Branko Ban, PhD .

MARBLE Workshop at ADRF25
CoE MARBLE is hosting a workshop at ADRF25 titled AI-Enabled Robotic Solutions for Critical Maritime Infrastructure: Inspection, Maintenance, and Security. ADRF25 is taking place in Stavanger, Norway, 23-24 September 2025.

CoE MARBLE at IEEE MARIS 2025
IEEE Symposium on Maritime Informatics and robotics took place June 26-27 in Syros, Greece. The symposium sought to highlight cutting-edge research and developments that propel maritime technology into a new era and become the premier event for maritime informatics &

Nikola Mišković at Horizon Europe Summit 2025
Our Director Nikola Mišković is joining the panel The Pillars of Modern Research: Understanding ORRI and Open Science at the Horizon Europe Summit that is taking place July 9, 2025, at the Pullman hotel in Zagreb, where he will help

MARBLE & Barbara Arbanas Ferreira at Liftoff-Nuqleus 2025
CoE MARBLE researcher Barbara Arbanas Ferreira is participating in a panel Building the Thriving Deep Tech Ecosystems on July 3 as part of Liftoff-Nuqleus 2025 conference in Zagreb , Croatia. CoE MARBLE will also be one of the exhibitors at

Sonja Prišćan presenting at Leveraging Structural Funds to Co-Fund Research Workshop
CoE MARBLE Project Manager Sonja Prišćan will deliver a keynote address at an upcoming workshop on Leveraging Structural Funds to Co-Fund Research Calls titled “Complementary Funding in the MARBLE Project”. This engaging session will provide researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders with