The development of the blue economy is considered one of the pillars for the Portuguese economic recovery, which may provide the country with higher resilience to face future crises.
NOVA IMS launched the MARia project, a platform for the development of artificial intelligence models for the ocean. Based on the potential of the multiple data sources currently available, the platform combines existing data infrastructures, the internet of things and operating systems.
Expected impacts with the MARia platform include the creation of an intelligence and data science center dedicate to ocean matters, with descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytical capabilities. Moreover, the platform aims to create data products and services for public administration, companies, academia, and citizen, focused on the ocean area.