Ingrid Bouwer Utne, Ph.D.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Dr. Ingrid Bouwer Utne is a Professor at the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU. Her research is focused on risk assessment and modeling of complex and autonomous marine systems and operations. She is an affiliated Researcher in the Center of Excellence on Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (NTNU AMOS), and she is a principal investigator and manager of several research/industry projects. One of her main contributions in recent years is supervisory risk control bridging the scientific disciplines of risk management and engineering cybernetics advancing the safety and intelligence of autonomous systems.
Ali Mosleh, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dr. Ali Mosleh is Distinguished University Professor and holder of the Knight Endowed Chair in Engineering at UCLA, where he is also the director of the Institute for the Risk Sciences. He conducts research on methods for probabilistic risk analysis and reliability of complex systems and has made many contributions in diverse fields of theory and application. He was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2010 and is a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis, and the American Nuclear Society. Prof. Mosleh is the recipient of many scientific achievement awards.
Marilia Ramos, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dr. Marilia Ramos is a Research Affiliate at the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, UCLA, and a sessional instructor of Human Reliability Analysis at UCLA. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. She has expertise in Risk Analysis and Human Reliability with extensive experience leading and collaborating with projects for different industries, from the nuclear industry to autonomous cars and wildfire evacuation. She is currently a Business and Research Development Officer at the University of Toronto, where she forges collaborations between academia, industry, not-for-profit, and governmental agencies around cutting-edge research topics.
Christoph Thieme, Ph.D.
SINTEF Digital
Dr. Christoph Thieme is a researcher at SINTEF Digital in Trondheim, Norway, where he applies his knowledge to different research projects related to safety and security of socio-technical systems. He obtained his PhD in Marine Technology from NTNU, with specialization in safety, reliability, and risk assessment for autonomous systems. He has experience with risk assessment of autonomous systems with a focus on software safety and human-machine interaction. Additionally, he is a visiting professor at the University of Toulon lecturing on Risk and Reliability engineering and potential application of AI methods, building on his research and the insights gained at the IWASS workshops within safety, reliability, and security for autonomous systems.
Andrey Morozov, Dr.-Ing.
University of Stuttgart
Andrey Morozov received his diploma in Computer Science and Mathematics from Ufa State Aviation Technical University in 2007 in Ufa, Russia. In 2009 he moved to Germany and, in 2012, got a doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) at the Institute of Automation (IfA) of Technische Universität Dresden. After that, being a postdoc researcher, he worked on several R&D projects funded by DLR, ESA, NASA, and DFG. In 2014, Jun.-Prof. Morozov built a research group at IfA focusing on the model-based analysis of safety-critical mechatronic systems. Since 2020, Andrey has been a tenure-track professor for Networked Automation Systems at the Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering of the University of Stuttgart. The research interests of Andrey lie at the intersection of three domains, namely, (i) Cyber-Physical Systems, (ii) Dependability and Risk Analysis, and (iii) Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Joachim Grimstad, NTNU
Joachim is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering, University of Stuttgart. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Subsea Technology - Maintenance and Operations from the Western Norway University of applied Sciences and a Master of Science in Engineering in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His current research topic is Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in MBSE.
Spencer Dugan
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Spencer Dugan is a PhD candidate at the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU. He holds a BSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Webb Institute, an MSc in Maritime Technology from NTNU, and an MEng. in Mechanical Engineering from DTU. His research is on the design and operation of propulsion systems for autonomous ships.
Camila Correa-Jullian, MS.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Camila is a PhD candidate of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at the University of California, Los Angeles. She obtained her MS in Reliability Engineering at the University of Maryland and her BS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Chile. Her current research at the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences is focused on characterizing, modeling, and simulating operational safety risks of human-system interactions in automated systems and Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV).
Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
The Department of Marine Technology at NTNU provides world-class education and research for engineering systems in the marine environment. The focus is on methods and techniques for sustainable development and operation of ship technology, fisheries and aquaculture technology, oil and gas extraction at sea, offshore renewable energy, and marine robotics for mapping and monitoring the ocean. The Department hosts an excellent research group working on safety and risk management of marine and maritime systems. The Centre of Excellence Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (NTNU AMOS) is also located at the Department. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) is the largest university in Norway.
The B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
The B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences has declared its mission to be the advancement and application of the risk sciences to save lives, protect the environment and improve system performance. The purpose of the Garrick Institute is for the research, development, and application of technology for (1) quantifying the risk of the most serious threats to society to better enable their prevention, reduce their likelihood of occurrence or limit their consequences and (2) improve system performance with respect to reliability and safety. The institute is hosted at the Department of Engineering at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering,
University of Stuttgart, Germany
The Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering looks back at over 80 years of tradition at the University of Stuttgart. We see ourselves as the think-tank, bridge builder and integration hub of a creative environment in the heart of the industrial metropolis Stuttgart. Currently our R&D interest lies at the intersection of three domains, namely, (i) Networked Robotic Systems, (ii) Dependability, and (iii) Artificial Intelligence (AI). Accurate assessment of risk, reliability, safety, and resilience is essential for modern technical systems because of the high cost of downtime and strict safety requirements. However, the analytical capabilities of risk evaluation methods, which are currently applied in the industry, are far behind the technical level of the systems in question. These methods cannot adequately describe sophisticated failure scenarios of highly dynamic and intelligent systems. Besides that, future robotic systems will include more and more AI components. However, the reliability and safety analysis of AI is an entirely open question at the moment. An inevitable revolution in the risk methods is expected in the next few years. So, the main goal is to build a strong research team capable of taking a leading role in the development of the next generation of risk analysis methods for modern and future robotic systems.
Research Council of Norway
The Research Council of Norway serves as the chief advisory body for the government authorities on research policy issues. The Research Council of Norway co-financed the IWASS workshop through the MAROFF knowledge-building project for industry ORCAS (Project number 280655) and the FRINATEK project UNLOCK (Project number 274441).
