PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Charlott Kjærre Olofsson, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend their PhD thesis "Data-driven monitoring of subclinical mastitis in Norwegian dairy cattle using machine learning and modeling" on 9 October 2026.
English title of thesis
"Data-driven monitoring of subclinical mastitis in Norwegian dairy cattle using machine learning and modeling"
Norwegian title of thesis
"Databasert overvåkning av subklinisk mastitt hos norske melkekyr ved bruk av maskinlæring og modellering"
Date: 9 October 2026 (Oslo time)
0900 hrs: Trial lecture (including questions and comments)
1000 hrs: Break
1100 hrs: Public defense
All are welcome to attend this event in Auditorium Hippocampus or on Zoom (no prior registration is required).
Venue: Auditorium Hippocampus, Elizabeth Stephansens v. 15, 1433 Ås, Norway
Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/67323950576
Evaluation committee
First Opponent: Professor Päivi Johanna Rajala-Schultz, University of Helsinki, Finland
Second Opponent: Associate Professor Dan Børge Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Committee Coordinator: Associate Professor Janicke Nordgreen, NMBU, Norway
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Ingrid Toftaker, NMBU, Norway
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Camilla Kielland, NMBU, Norway
Co-supervisor: Dr. Amira Rachah, SINTEF Industry, Norway
Thesis for public review
A PDF-version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be downloaded through FileSender. The thesis will be available here through 9 October 2026, after which the thesis will be made available in the NMBU library.