I. Introduction
The maritime industry has been playing an essential role in world trade and cargo transportation for centuries, while human navigators have been playing the dominant roles onboard in the ship maneuvering and guidance [1]. The technologies development has a significant influence on the relationship between human operators and the onboard machines, especially in recent years after many onboard decision tools emerge, such as the electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) and automatic radar plot-ting aid (ARPA), and the technology explosion noticeably in artificial intelligence and machine learning, sensor fusion, and data mining, etc. In this trend, both the industry and academia expect the cultivation and education of the nautical science bachelor program to be adjusted to provide students with access to knowledge and possibly grasp the frontier of technological development. We take advantage of the De-partment of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering (IHB) at NTNU, which has substantial maritime-related research resources and nautical-science education experience as the venue for this co-supervision investigation project. Such type of cooperation has existed in the department for a while, but not systematically organized [2]–[4]. So, this survey study is also a trigger of how to more efficiently and effectively proceed such cooperation to promote the bachelor theses' quality and data accessibility to researchers.