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The following topics are dealt with: empirical model AUV localization; equipment tracking in shipyards; CPS platform; underwater SLAM; ROS MMaster; underwater single image restoration; electricity consumption impact; multiagent systems; software architecture; safety communication; critical systems; sub-sea technology development impact; oil ship behavior; oil dispersion ECOS model; Runge-Kutta method; virtual impedance characterization; wireless industrial networks; and artificial immune systems.