PhD degree – TTrial Lecture and Public Defence. Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Risk Assessment for Safe Autonomous Navigation in Agriculture: Safety Systems and Risk Metrics" on 26 September 2025.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Risikovurdering for sikker autonom navigering i landbruket: sikkerhetssystemer og risikomålinger"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Impact of AI on autonomous-robots safety"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Friday 26 September 2025
13:00 Trial lecture
14:15 Public defence
Place: DIGITAL
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Ana Lucia Caneca Cavalcanti, University of York, UK
Second opponent: PhD Valentinos Kongezos, ABB AS, Norway
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Alireza David Anisi, REALTEK, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Grzegorz Cielniak, University of Lincoln, UK (former REALTEK, NMBU)
Co-supervisor: Professor Pål Johan From, Saga Robotics (former REALTEK, NMBU)
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Lars Grimstad, Saga Robotics (former REALTEK, NMBU)
A PDF version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be downloaded here. The link is valid through 26 September 2025, after which the thesis will be made available in National Science Archive.