Patrick Ryan is Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology for ABS, one of the largest classification societies in our industry, whom he is leading through their digitalization.

He has authored seven U.S. and international patents on industrial augmented reality technology, and in 2017, Smart Industry Magazine named him one of the “Top 50” industrial innovators in Smart Technology.

We talk about digital transformation and machine learning in the classification industry. Specifically the work Patrick and ABS are doing on modelling and simulation to improve safety and sustainability in the maritime industry. We dig into the multi-physics simulation approach and the combination of machine learning with physical models using simulated data.