People

Board

Name	Organisation	Role in SMaRC	Projects
Hans Wicklander	Saab Kockums	Chair of the board, Board member
Matts Gustavsson	FOI	Substitute board member
Patric Hjorth	FMV	Board member
Per Johansson	Saab Underwater Systems	Substitute board member, Working group member	Classification of sonar data with deep learning
Peter Forhaug	MMT	Board member
Stefan Östlund	KTH	Board member
Tina Elfwing	Stockholm University	Substitute board member

Scientific Advisory Board

Name	Organisation	Role in SMaRC
João Sousa	University of Porto	Member of Scientific Advisory Board
Karl-Erik Årzén	Lund University	Member of Scientific Advisory Board
Louise Newman	University of Gothenburg	Member of Scientific Advisory Board
Martin Jakobsson	Stockholm University	Member of Scientific Advisory Board
Martin Ludvigsen	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Member of Scientific Advisory Board
Vanessa Lucieer	University of Tasmania	Member of Scientific Advisory Board

Principal Investigator

Name	Organisation	Role in SMaRC	Projects
Ivan Stenius	KTH	Principal investigator, Working group member	Hydrobatics simulator, Demonstrator: Small & Affordable Maritime Robot
Peter Sigray	KTH	Working group member, Principal investigator	Networking

Working Group

Name	Organisation	Role in SMaRC	Projects
Carina Lagergren	KTH	Working group member	Air-independent energy storage
Fredrik Gröndahl	KTH	Working group member
Fredrik Lindqvist	FOI	Working group member
Jakob Kuttenkeuler	KTH	Working group member	Underwater docking, Vehicle system performance optimisation, Demonstrator: Long-range Long-Endurance maritime robot
Joakim Holmlund	MMT	Working group member
John Folkesson	KTH	Working group member	Autonomous underwater perception, Underwater navigation
Katarina Abrahamsson	University of Gothenburg	Working group member	Autonomous situation awareness/world modeling
Magnus Nordenvaad	FOI	Working group member	Underwater communication
Matteo Perrone	FMV	Working group member
Nina Kirchner	Stockholm University	Working group member
Per Johansson	Saab Underwater Systems	Substitute board member, Working group member	Classification of sonar data with deep learning
Peter Sigray	KTH	Working group member, Principal investigator	Networking
Petter Ögren	KTH	Working group member	Robust, flexible and transparent mission planning and execution, Multi-agent mission planning and execution
Robert Wigert	FMV	Working group member
Roger Berg	Saab Kockums	Working group member	Underwater docking
Stina Palmeby,	MMT

PhD-students · Post-Docs · Research engineers

Name	Organisation	Role in SMaRC	Projects
Adela Dumitrascu	University of Gothenburg	Research engineer	Autonomous situation awareness/world modeling
Carl Ljung	KTH	Research engineer	Demonstrator: Small & Affordable Maritime Robot
Clemens Deutsch	KTH	Post-doc	Vehicle system performance optimisation
Elias Strandell	Stockholm University	PhD Graduate	Networking
Ignacio Torroba	KTH	Post-doc	Underwater navigation
Josefine Severholt	KTH	Doctoral student	Demonstrator: Small & Affordable Maritime Robot
Li Ling	KTH	Doctoral student
Louise Fuchs	Saab Dynamics	Industrial doctoral student	Classification of sonar data with deep learning
Mart Kartasev	KTH	Doctoral student
Sriharsha Bhat		PhD Graduate	Hydrobatics simulator
Viktor Lidström		PhD Graduate	Underwater communication
Özer Özkahraman	KTH	Post-doc	Multi-agent mission planning and execution

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