Håkon Næss Sandum (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend his PhD thesis “Towards operational deep learning-based forest stand delineation” Friday 30 October, 2026.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
“Towards operational deep learning-based forest stand delineation”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Mot operasjonell dyplæringsbasert bestandsinndeling"
Prescribed subject of trial lecture
“Managing Forests for Climate and Biodiversity: From Synergies and Trade-offs to Planning Practice”
Time and place for trial lecture and public defence
Friday 30 October 2026, 12.15 at Festsalen, Clock Building
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Professor Jari Vauhkonen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
Second opponent: Professor Rubén Valbuena (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
Committee coordinator: Professor Line Nybakken, (MINA, NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Terje Gobakken (MINA, NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Associate Professor Hans Ole Ørka (MINA, NMBU) and Professor Oliver Tomic (REALTEK, NMBU)
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no.