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IWASS 2025 - ESREL, Norway
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, where she performs research on risk assessment and modeling of marine and maritime systems. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) of an ERC Advanced Grant (BREACH) on autonomous systems safety (2025-2029), funding 4 PhDs and 2 Post Docs. Dr. Utne is also a PI and Project Manager of the Safeguard research project, funded by the Petromaks 2 program in the Research Council of Norway, together with industry partners Equinor and Vår Energi, working with the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment. Safeguard focuses on supervisory risk control, bridging risk modeling with control systems theory and AI, aiming at enhancing the safety and intelligence in autonomous systems for monitoring and protection of critical infrastructure in the ocean. In addition, she works with autonomous ships as a work package leader in the Center on Research- driven Innovation (SFI Autoship).
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. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. She has expertise in Risk Analysis and HRA with extensive experience leading and collaborating with projects for different industries, from the nuclear industry to autonomous cars and wildfire evacuation. She is currently based in Toronto, Canada, where she leads projects on process safety and quantitative risk analysis for the chemical and process industry.
Christoph Thieme, Ph.D.
SINTEF Digital
Dr. Christoph Thieme is a researcher at SINTEF Digital in Trondheim, Norway, where he works on 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.
Andrey Morozov, Dr.-Ing.
University of Stuttgart
Jun.-Prof. Andrey Morozov is a researcher in risk, reliability, and resilience of robotic and automation systems. He received his diploma in Computer Science and Mathematics from Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia (2007), and his doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) from TU Dresden, Germany (2012). Since 2020, he holds a tenure-track position at the University of Stuttgart, where he leads a group working on multiple R&D projects. His recent research focuses on applying deep learning for anomaly detection and on assessing the resilience of AI-based components in robotics and cyber-physical systems.
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 focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for run-time risk assessment of autonomous systems.
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 Postdoctoral Scholar at the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Program Manager of the Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles (Mobility COE). She obtained her Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA, her M.S. in Reliability Engineering at the University of Maryland and her BS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Chile. Her current research focuses 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 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).
