Researcher

Liangbin Zhao is a Senior Scientist at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC), Singapore, specialising in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven maritime intelligence, large-scale maritime data analytics and intelligent Vessel Traffic Services (VTS). He obtained his PhD degree in traffic information engineering and maritime science from Dalian Maritime University, China, and was a visiting PhD student at Kobe University, Japan.

Zhao has extensive experience in developing deployable AI solutions in close collaboration with maritime authorities, port operators and industry partners, with expertise spanning vessel trajectory mining, maritime risk assessment, autonomous vessel safety and intelligent VTS systems. His recent work includes AI-based near-miss detection, maritime risk warning platforms and multimodal intelligent VTS technologies that integrate traffic data, voice communications and large language models to enhance maritime situational awareness and decision support.