People

People

Ingrid Schjølberg NTNU   Chair of the Board

Erik Alexander Løkken Mnemonic

Sindre Skjønsberg Equinor ASA

Torstein Gimnes Are Norsk Hydro ASA

Arne Roar Nygård Elvia AS

Trond Austad Oslo Politidistrikt

Audun Solås Kongsberggruppen ASA

Dag Eirik Nordgård SINTEF Energi

 

Substitute members of the board

Siri Bromander Mnemonic AS

Ove Aasen Equinor ASA

Svein Hopland Oslo Politidistrikt

Øystein Lintvedt Kongsberggruppen ASA

Oddbjørn Gjerde SINTEF Energi

Sokratis Katsikas NTNU

Centre Director

Leader of work package 6, Project management

Main research area:  Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Poul Heegaard NTNU

Associate Centre Director

Task leader T3.4 and T4.4

 

 

Eirik Bådsvik Hamre Korsen NTNU

Leader of work package 1, Research-based innovation roadmap

Main research area: Industrial economics and technology management

 

Stephen Wolthusen NTNU

Leader of work package 2, Foundations

Task leader T2.1 and T2.2

Main research area: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Jia-Chun Lin (Kelly) NTNU

Leader of work package 3, Technologies, applications, and services

 

Tesfaye Zerihun SINTEF Energi

Leader of work package 4, Demonstration environments

 

 

Vasileios Gkioulos NTNU

Leader of work package 5, Dissemination and knowledge transfer

Task leader T2.3 and T3.3

Main research area: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Habtamu Abie Norsk Regnesentral

Leader of focus area 1, IT and OT integration

Task leader T3.6

Main research area: Adaptive Security, Trust, Privacy, Risk Management, Distributed Object Computing

 

Thomas Zinner NTNU

Leader of focus area 2, 5G

 

 

Halvor Holtskog NTNU

Leader of focus area 3, Human and organizational aspects

Task leader T2.4 and T4.2

Main research area: Industrial economics and technology management

 

 

Katrin Franke Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace

Leader of focus area 4, Data analytics

 

Hanne Mari Solhaug Djupdal NTNU

Centre Coordinator

Bente Hoff NSM, Norway

 

Prof. Bruce Mork Michigan Technological University, USA

 

Prof. Carmen Mas Machuca Technical University of Munich, Germany

 

Em. Prof. Davydd Greenwood Cornell University, USA

 

Prof. Elias Carayannis George Washington University School of Business, USA

 

Janne Merete Hagen NVE, Norway

 

Prof. Kai Rannenberg Goethe University, Germany

 

Prof. Mauro Conti University of Padua, Italy

Sokratis Katsikas NTNU

Centre Director

Leader of work package 6, Project management

Main research area:  Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Jia-Chun Lin NTNU

Leader of work package 3, Technologies, applicaitons, and services

 

Vasileios Gkioulos NTNU

Leader of work package 5, Dissemination and knowledge transfer

Main research area: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Stephen Wolthusen NTNU

Leader of work package 2, Foundations

Main research area: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Halvor Holtskog NTNU

Leader of focus area 3, Human and organizational aspects

Main research area: Industrial economics and technology management

 

Eirik Bådsvik Hamre Korsen NTNU

Leader of work package 1, Research-based innovation roadmap

Main research area: Industrial economics and technology management

 

Bian Yang NTNU

Task leader T4.3

Main research area: Health informatics and security; Privacy enhancing technologies and biometrics

 

Poul Heegaard NTNU

Leader of focus area 2, 5G

Main research area: Security, Robustness, and Performance in Communication Systems

 

Lasse Øverlier NTNU

Deputy task leader T4.4

Main research area: Information security and privacy, Content-based multimedia analytics

 

Danilo Gligoroski NTNU

Task leader T3.5

Main research area: Information Security and Cryptography

 

Basel Katt NTNU

Task leader T3.9

Main research area: Security assurance and evaluation, Cyber Ranges and Security education and training

 

Geir Olav Dyrkolbotn NTNU

Main research area: Cyber Intelligence, Cyber tactics, and Reverse engineering

 

Arvind Sharma NTNU

Task leader T3.7

Main research area: Hardware Reverse Engineering

 

Jan William Johnsen  NTNU

Main research area: Digital Forensics

 

Kyle Porter  NTNU

Main research area: Digital Forensics

 

Ottar henriksen NTNU

Main research area: Industrial economics and technology management 

 

Gerd Kjølle SINTEF Energi

Leader of work package 4, Demonstration environments

Main research area: Security of electricity supply

 

Tesfaye Zerihun SINTEF Energi

Task leader T4.1

Main research area: Security of electricity supply

 

Santiago Sanchez Acevedo SINTEF Energi

Main research area: Security of electricity supply

 

Salvatore D'Arco SINTEF Energi

Main research area: Security of electricity supply

 

Tor Olav Grøtan SINTEF Digital

Task leader T3.2

Main research area: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

 

Martin Gilje Jaatun SINTEF Digital

Deputy task leader T3.2

Main research area: Smart Grid and ICS Security

 

Ravishankar Borgaonkar SINTEF Digital

Main research area: Security in critical communication (mobile communication 4G/5G/Nødnett) infrastructure

 

Lars Flå SINTEF Digital

Main research area: Smart Grid and ICS Security

 

Andrea Vik Bjarkø SINTEF Digital

Main research area: Cyber resilience in critical infrastructure

 

Kristian Martinsen SINTEF Manufacturing

 

Håkon Dahl SINTEF Manufacturing

 

Christina Marie Mitcheltree SINTEF Manufacturing

 

Habtamu Abie Norsk Regnesentral

Leader of focus area 1, IT and OT integration

Task leader T3.14

Main research area: Adaptive Security, Trust, Privacy, Risk Management, Distributed Object Computing

 

Sandeep Pirbhulal Norsk Regnesentral

Deputy task leader T3.14

Main research area: Adaptive Security, Trust, Privacy, Risk Management, Distributed Object Computing

 

Svetlana Boudko Norsk Regnesentral

Main research area: Privacy-preserving AI for Cybersecurity

 

Ingvar Tjøstheim Norsk Regnesentral

Task leader T2.6

Main research area: Risk and risk assessment. Privacy. Serious games technology. Test-methods

 

Sigurd Eskeland Norsk Regnesentral

Task leader T3.8

Main research area: Information security and Cryptographic protocols

 

Christian Omlin UiA

Deputy task leader T3.4

Main research area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning

 

Thomas Zinner NTNU

Task leader T3.10

 

Katrien De Moor NTNU

Postdoctoral researchers with financial support from the Centre budget

 

James Wright NTNU

Period 10.01.22 – 09.01.25

Topic Task 2.2 Modelling distributed subversion attacks in cyber physical systems

 

Shao-Fang Wen NTNU

Period 17.06.22 – 16.06.25

Topic Task 3.9 Cybersecurity assurance frameworks

 

PhD students with financial support from the Centre budget 

 

Arnstein Vestad   NTNU

Period 01.09.21 – 30.08.24

Topic Task 4.3, Cybersecurity models for remote medical and care services delivery

 

Camille Seville

Period 01.12.23

Topic Task 3.13, Secure, human-centered XR experiences in critical sectors

 

Gizem Erceylan  NTNU

Period 10.09.23 – 09.09.26

Topic Task 2.3 Digital Twin Security Models and Mechanisms

 

Jessica Heluany  NTNU

Period 18.05.22 – 17.05.25

Topic Task 2.3 Digital Twin Security Models and Mechanisms

 

Julie Langedahl Leirmo   NTNU

Period 15.03.21 – 14.03.24

Topic Task 2.4, Human side of secure industry 4.0

 

Sahana Sridhar   NTNU

Period 15.09.21 – 14.09.24

Topic Task 3.5, Sub-millisecond control layer codes for 5G and beyond

 

Sebastian Gilje Grøsvik  NTNU

Period Integrated PhD 50% 22.08.22 – 21.08.24, 100% PhD 22.08.24 – 21.08.26

Topic Task 3.10 Secure and Reliable Softwarization in the Context of 5G and beyond

 

Touseef Sadiq   UiA

Period 15.09.21 – 14.09.24

Topic Task 3.4, Humanized Deep learning & Big data analytics

 

Trond Vatten  NTNU

Period Integrated PhD 50% 29.08.22 – 28.08.24, 100% PhD 29.08.24 – 28.08.27

Topic Task 3.1 5G and beyond as an element of critical services

 

Vyron Kampourakis  NTNU

Period 01.10.22 – 30.09.25

Topic Task 3.3 Reference Systems for a Cyber-physical Range

 

Yana Bilous  NTNU

Period

Topic Task 2.1 Dynamic Interdependency Models for Critical Infrastructures

 

PhD students working on projects in the centre with financial support from other sources

 

Alvhild Skjelvik 

Funding NTNU IIK (CCIS)

Period 10.08.21 – 09.08.24

Topic Cybersecurity models and mechanisms for remote medical and care services

 

Andre Jung Waltoft-Olsen 

Funding Statnett, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.12.20 – 01.01.25

Topic Hardware Reverse Engineering

 

An Thi Nguyen  

Funding NTNU, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 16.08.21 – 16.08.25

Topic Scalable and robust instance search

 

Are Fjermeros  

Funding Sykehuset Innlandet

Period 01.02.20 – 31.01.24

Topic Hvilke mekanismer fremmer kontinuerlig forbedring av arbeidsprosesser i en sykehusenhet?

 

Arne Roar Nygård  

Funding Elvia AS, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.01.21 – 31.12.24

Topic Reverse Engineering for verification of security in digital value chain in a critical infrastructure

 

Geir Kristian Lund 

Funding Sykehuset Innlandet, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.01.21 – 31.12.24

Topic Faster Assembly by Learning (FAbL)

 

Freddy Murstad 

Funding Nordic Financial CERT (NFCERT), Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.05.23 – 30.04.2029

Topic Intelligence, cyber threat intelligence and AI

 

Håvard Ofte 

Funding NC-Spectrum, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.01.22 – 31.12.25

Topic Situation Awareness in Security Operations Centres

 

Kristian Kannelønning  

Funding Siemens AS, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.04.21 – 31.07.25

Topic Lowering Cybersecurity entry barriers for Industry 4.0 companies

 

Mads Skipanes 

Funding Kripos, Norges Forskningsråd

Period 01.01.22 – 31.12.25

Topic Information work in investigation

 

Odin Heitmann 

Funding Kripos

Period 02.01.2023 – 31.12.2026

TopicDigital forensic readiness framework for cybercrime investigation: a law enforcement perspective

 

Vahiny Gnanasekaran 

Funding NTNU IIK

Period 01.08.2022 – 01.08.2026

TopicIkke-teknisk aspekter (menneskelige og organisatoriske) i industrielle kontrollsystemer innen cybersikkerhet

Ahmad Afiouni

Supervisor Bian Yang

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic

 

Arnt-Helge Nilsen Øyan

Supervisor Bian Yang

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic

 

Audun Landøy Solli

Supervisor Vasileios Gkioulos

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic A Testbed for Evaluating Cyber Security in the Martime Sector

 

Embla Jenssen og Sindre Johansen

Supervisor Eirik Korsen, Kongsberg Gruppen

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Alignment of cyber risk management: what are the most important building blocks for achieving alignment between middle managers and cyber professionals.

 

Fedor Kuznetsov og Mykhailo Hryniv

Supervisor Halvor Holtskog

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Kunstig intelligens – implementeringsutfordringer på organisasjonsnivå

 

Fredrik Kirkebirkeland Kristiansen og Per Håvard Kolle Hustvedt

Supervisor Halvor Holtskog, Hydro and IDT Solution

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic På hvilken måte kan menneskesentrert produksjon påvirke/legge til rette for sikker informasjonsutveksling i organisasjon

 

Hassan Afzal og Remeen Jamshaid Khan

Supervisor Gry Høiland, Sykehuset Innlandet

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Informasjonssikkerhet i digitaliseringsprosjekter Sykehuset Innlandet

 

Ina Bjørkedal Jenssen

Supervisor  Godfrey Mugurusi, Kongsberg Gruppen

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Kunnskapsdeling som konkurransefortrinn

 

Jarle Nyberg og Sverre Sørbye Larsen

Supervisor Eirik Korsen, Hydro

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Egenrapportering som prestasjonsmåling I virksomheters styringssystemer for HMS og Digital Sikkerhet

 

Jørgen Leonard Grosås Eikjeland

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Data Security at Yara

 

Petter John Sørlie Fotheringham

Supervisor  Arvind Sharma

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Tamper Protection of Digital Door Locking System

 

Sander Løken Berntsen

Supervisor  Vasileios Gkioulos

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Ontological Event Analysis in Power Distribution Industrial Control Systems

 

Ulrik Johansen Ruud

Supervisor Vasileios Gkioulos

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Integrated Navigation System

 

Kevin Michael Løver

Supervisor  Arvind Sharma, NTNU og Arne Roar Nygård, Elvia

Period 2023-2024

Topic Hardware Supply chain Security for Critical sector application

 

Cyrus Maharjan

Supervisor  Arvind Sharma

Period 2023-2024

Topic Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Surveillance Cameras

 

Sebastian Fuglesang, Christian Lewin

Supervisor  Thomas Zinner, Stanislav Lange, Waqas Ikram (ABB)

Period Fall 2023/Spring 2024

Topic Performance comparison of private 5G networks

 

Jorge Ivan Jaramillo Hoyes

Supervisor  Thomas Zinner, Tesfaye Zerihun (Sintef Energy)

Period Fall 2023/Spring 2024

Topic Integrating a Smart Grid scenario into NTNU’s private 5G Lab

 

Herman Henriksen

Supervisor  Thomas Zinner, Andres Gonzalez (Telenor)

Period Fall 2023/Spring 2024

Topic Policy checking for multi-tenancy in Kubernetes

 

Gustav Oskar Sivertsen

Supervisor  James G Wright, Stephen Wolthusen

Period 10/22-06/23

Topic Observable Effects of Selected Phasor Measurement Unit Time Delay Attacks

 

Matteo Calabrese

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Georgios Kavallieratos, Gregory Falco (Cornell University)

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Space Oddity: Space Cybersecurity Lessons from a Simulated OPS-SAT Attack

 

Maria Opland

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Sindre Gjelsten (Sykehuspartner AS)

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Communication between top management and cybersecurity professionals

 

Jarl Goksør

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Effectiveness of Cyber Threat Intelligence

 

Stian Lysnes

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Sindre Gjelsten (Sykehuspartner AS)

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Communication between top management and cybersecurity professionals

 

Knut Lorvik

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Georgios Kavallieratos

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Adopting cyber security frameworks to increase cyber resiliency in the aquaculture industry

 

Karl Jonatan Due Vatn

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Georgios Kavallieratos

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Threat analysis in Dairy Farming 4.0

 

Eirik Lien og Karl Magnus Grønning Bergh

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas

Period Høst 2022 - vår 2023

Topic Attitudes and Perception of AMI Information Security in the Energy Sector of Norway

 

Gyri Bøe

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Georgios Kavallieratos

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Threat modeling in space maritime systems

 

Jakob Schjøllert Fredheim

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Georgios Kavallieratos

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Attack paths in Critical Space Infrastructure

 

Masrur Masqub Utsash

Supervisor  Sokratis Katsikas, Kostantinos Antonakopoulos (Bitrezus)

Period Høst 2023 - vår 2024

Topic Trust Algorithms in ZTA for secure Satellite Operations