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Date: [18.03.2011]
Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering
Department of Computer and Information Science
Research group: [Software Engineering] /
Member of Scientific Staff:
Professor Torbjørn Skramstad

I. A brief CV and list of publications for Professor Torbjørn Skramstad

Name: / Torbjørn Skramstad
Nationality: / Norwegian
Born: / Åmot, 1st November 1944
Present position: / Professor

Academic degrees:

Master in Technical Physics, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Trondheim, Norway, December 1968. Thesis:

PhD (dr. ing.) in Computer Science, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Computer Science, September 1980, thesis: “Image Processing Methods Employed on Visual Quality Inspection of Selected Industrial Applications”.

Work experience:

(from August 1968 to January 1969) Research Assistant, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH).

(from January 1969 to December 1969) Research Assistant, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).

(from January 1970 to July 1977) Software Developer, Computas, Oslo, Norway.

(from July 1977 to May 1980) PhD student at Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Computer Science Department.

(from May 1980 to September 1987) Senior Consultant and Quality Manager at Computas, Oslo, Norway.

(from September 1987 to present) Full professor in Informatics at University of Trondheim, College of Science and Arts (AVH) – from January1996 merged with Department of Computer Science, NTH to Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU.

(from September 1987 to December 2009) Adjunct researcher at Det Norske Veritas, Oslo.

Fields of interest and present research activities

The fields of interests intersects several research areas with the following subdomains:

·  Software Engineering and dependability of critical systems (safety, security, reliability):

·  System resilience and software architecture:

·  Human Computer interaction (related to safety critical systems)

·  Image analysis:

The following table shows a mapping of fields of interest, published papers and projects.

Field of interest / Papers / Project / ph.d students
Software Engineering and dependability of critical systems (safety, security, reliability): / 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24 / Safe-KBS, Medsac, SMICT, GoICT
Jianqiang Ma, Jostein Jensen, Åsmund Nyre, Stig Ole Johnsen
Human Computer Interface: / 1, 4, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17 / GoICT
Stig Ole Johnsen
Image analysis: / 20 / R3DCV
Puneet Sharma, Rune Havnung Bakken

Indicate portion of time dedicated to research: 40%

Membership in academic and professional committees, scientific review work including peer-review, outreach activities, and other professional merits:

PhD committees: Attila Gunhan, University of Bergen, Bjørn Braathen, University of Tromsø, Guttorm Sindre, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Lars Sivert Sørumgård, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Ashalata Nayak (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur), Philip Samuel (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)

Professor evaluation committees: Member of national commitee 1995-98; Several Committees: University of Bergen, University of Lund Sweden, Molde College, University of Oslo, University of Tromsø, Østfold College. Hedmark Colllege, Sør Trøndelag College, Several internal Committees at NTNU.

Deputy head of faculty (prodekan) and chair of Faculty Research Board, Faculty of Physics, Informatics, Mathematics (FIM), NTNU, 1996-1998.

Deputy Head of Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU, 2001-2005

Reviewer of Journals: Programming and Computer Software, Kluever; Knowledge Based Systems, Elsevier; International Journal of Secure Software Engineering (IJSSE), 2007 -

Program Committees: ENCRESS 1997-2003, Safecomp 1998-2003; Software Quality week Europe, 1998-2003; European Conference on Software Quality, 2005.

Doctoral students presently under supervision

Rune Havnung Bakken: Real-time motion capture and visualisation of human movement

Stig Ole Johnsen: Improving resilience and safety in integrated operations

Jianqiang Ma: A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of digital records over time

Jostein Jensen: Identity management in SOA-based systems for integrated operations

Åsmund Ahlmann Nyre: Secure and safe Information Exchange in Integrated Operations

Puneet Sharma: Real time synchronized human 3D- gaze and motion tracking in a 3D Virtual Reality environment.

Number of doctoral students supervised to final degree

6 (1993-2010)

Number of master student supervised to final degree

75 (1987-2010)

Selected academic and professional publications: 24 of 55 publications (after 2000)

G-index 9, H-index 8.

Peer-reviewed journal papers

1. Aas, Andreas L.; Skramstad, Torbjørn.
A case study of ISO 11064 in control centre design in the Norwegian petroleum industry. Applied Ergonomics 2010; Volum 42.(1) s. 62-70.

2. Ma, Jianqiang; Abie, Habtamu; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Nygård, Mads.
Assessment of the Trustworthiness of Digital Records. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 2011.

3. Ma, Jianqiang; Abie, Habtamu; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Nygård, Mads.
Development and Validation of Requirements for Evidential Value for Assessing Trustworthiness of Digital Records over Time. Accepted for publication in Journal of Information 2011.

International conference proceedings

4. T. Skramstad, A. Aas: Functional Safety for HCI - Proposed Integration of Human Factors with the IEC 61508 Standard. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Inegration. Calgary, Canada: ACTA Press 2006. ISBN 0-88986-533-7.

5. T. Skramstad, L. Bratthall; Challenges related to the development, approval and use of essential systems onboard ships and offshore vessels. I: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Philadelphia, PA, 25-28 June 2006. Philadelphia, PA, USA: IEEE Computer Society 2006.

6. Aas, Andreas; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Functional Safety for HCI - Proposal for Integration of Human Factors with the IEC 61508 Standard. I: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. ACTA Press 2006 ISBN 0-88986-533-7. s 221-227

7. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Assessment of Safety Critical Software Systems with COTS Software and Software of Uncertain Pedigree (SOUP). I: ERCIM Workshop on Dependable Software Intensive Embedded systems. : ERCIM 2006 ISBN 2-912335-15-9.

8. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Bratthall, Lars; Challenges related to the development, approval and use of essential systems onboard ships and offshore vessels. I: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Philadelphia, PA, 25-28 June 2006. IEEE Computer Society 2006 ISBN 0-7695-2607-1. s. 204-208

9. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Bratthall, Lars; Torstensen, Asgeir; Johansen, Egil O.; Cost-efficient assessment and use of COTS/SOUP used in Marine Systems. I: Proceedings of the 37th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. IEEE Computer Society 2007 ISBN 0-7695-2855-4

10. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Bratthall, Lars; Software in Maritime:Cost Efficient Quality Management and Control. I: 2007 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium. IEEE conference proceedings 2007 ISBN 1-4244-0947-0

11. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Torstensen, Asgeir; Assessing the Dependability of Essential Systems onboard Ships. I: Proceedings 18th International Conference on Software Reliability Engineering. IEEE Computer Society 2007 ISBN 0-7695-3024-9

12. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Torstensen, Asgeir; Bratthall, Lars; Johansen, Egil O.; Achieving System Quality in software intensive maritime systems. I: EuroSPI 2007 Industrial Proceedings. Industrial Proceedings, Potsdam, Germany: American Society for Quality 2007 ISBN 978-3-9809145-6-7

13. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Brovold, Heidi; Software Fault Tolerance in Marine Systems. I: Proceedings DSN 2008. IEEE Computer Society 2008 ISBN 978-1-4244-2398-9

14. Aas, Andreas L.; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Baysari, Melissa; Caponecchia, Carlo; THE IMPACT OF THE ON-S1 STANDARD ON RAILWAY RISK LEVELS IN AUSTRALIA. I: Proceedings of the 3rd IET International Conference on System Safety. Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) 2008 ISBN 9780863419706.

15. Aas, Andreas L.; Johnsen, Stig Ole; Skramstad, Torbjørn; CRIOP: A Human Factors Verification and Validation methodology that works in an industrial setting. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2009 ;Volum 5775. s. 243-256

16. Aas, Andreas L.; Johnsen, Stig Ole; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Experiences with Human Factors in Norwegian petroleum Control Centre Design and suggestions to handle an increasingly complex future. I: Reliability, Risk and Safety – Theory and Applications, (contains papers presented at the 18th European Safety and Reliability Conference (Esrel 2009) in Prague, Czech Republic, September 2009.). CRC Press 2009 ISBN 978-0415555098. s. 285-291

17. Aas, Andreas L.; Skramstad, Torbjørn; A Method to Assess and Classify HSE Standards. I: Proceedings 2009 SPE Americas E&P Environmental and Safety Conference. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2009 ISBN 978-1-55563-216-8.

18. Johnsen, Stig Ole; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Hagen, Janne Merete; ENHANCING THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND RESILIENCE OF ICT AND SCADA SYSTEMS USING ACTION RESEARCH. I: Critical Infrastructure Protection III: Third IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA, March 23-25, 2009. Springer 2009 ISBN 978-3642047978. s. 113-123

19. Ma, Jianqiang; Abie, Habtamu; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Nygård, Mads; Requirements for Evidential Value for the Assessment of the Trustworthiness of Digital Records over Time. I: Proceeding of IEEE Symposium on Trust, Security, and Privacy for Pervasive Applications (TSP) 2009, in conjunction with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2009. IEEE Computer Society 2009 ISBN 978-1-4244-5113-5. s. 796-803

20. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Nilsen Jan; Sharma, Puneet; Cheikh, Faouzi Alaya. Evaluation of Gemotric Depth Esitmation Model. Norsk Informatikkkonferanse. Tapir Akademisk Forlag 2010 ISBN 978-82-519-2702-4. s. 166-177.

21. Ma, Jianqiang; Abie, Habtamu; Skramstad, Torbjørn; Nygård, Mads.
Requirements for Evidential Value for the Assessment of the Trustworthiness of Digital Records over Time. I: Proceeding of IEEE Symposium on Trust, Security, and Privacy for Pervasive Applications (TSP) 2009, in conjunction with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2009. IEEE Computer Society 2009 ISBN 978-1-4244-5113-5. s. 796-803.

22. Aas, Andreas L.; Andersen, Heidi Stenberg; Skramstad, Torbjørn.
A Retrospective Safety Case for an Advanced Driller's Cabin using the Goal Structuring Notation (GSN). International Petroleum Technology Conference; 2009-12-07 - 2009-12-09.

23. Skramstad, Torbjørn; Elgåfoss, Stefan; Dalberg, Vibeke; Maritime Automation, and Emergency Handling – Software: Design, System Integration and Quality. I: Proceedings of IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium IEEE ESTS 2009. IEEE conference proceedings 2009 ISBN 978-1-4244-3439-8. s. 86-91

24. Aas, Andreas L.; Elgåfoss, Stefan; Skramstad, Torbjørn.
A Design Pattern for ISO 13407 Using the Goal Structuring Notation (GSN). I: The SPE International Conference on Health, Safety And Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production. Society of Petroleum Engineers 2010 ISBN 978-1-55563-286-1.

II. Self-evaluation of the thematic content, scientific significance of the issues at hand and of the results

Field of interest / Contribution
Software Engineering and dependability of critical systems (safety, security, reliability): / Developed industrially validated methods for assessment of critical software systems together with major Norwegian and Scandinavian industry partners. 3 of my current PhD students are within this area, 2 of the finalized students.
Human Computer Interaction and Human Factors / My interest within this field is due to its relations to safety of complex systems. I have tutored one PhD student to finalized degree in this area.
System resilience and software architecture: / Recommended practice for the resilience of open architectures in Integrated Operations. One of my current PhD students is within this area.
Image analysis: / My initial research field, 3 of my finalized PhD students have been within this area. Currently two of the PhD students work in this area.

A list of my most recent research projects where I have been in charge (project manager or head):

·  MEDSAC: Assessment scheme for the certification of Medical Devices containing software. Funded by French Norwegian Foundation and Esprit. Cooperation with ISOSCOPE, Toulouse, France. Project period 2000-2003. Size ca. 5 MNOK.

·  SAFE-PC: Develop and demonstrate the safety aspects of a safety system based on standard PCs and COTS. Partners DNV, Norway, University of Karlsruhe (D), Emtrion (D), Exida (D), TÜV (D), and TGR (I). Project Period: Jan 2002 - June 2004. EU 6th Framework. Size: ca. 15 MNOK.

·  Safe-KBS: Demonstrate the feasibility of extending Knowledge-Based Systems to safety critical systems. EU project, fifth framework. Parners: DNV (N), Sextant/Thomson (F), Techatom (E), ENEA (I). Project period 1996-1999. Size ca. 15 MNOK.

·  SMICT: NFR funded project performed in 2006-2008 with partners DNV Maritime, ABB, Kongsberg, L-3 Valmarine, Wärtsilä, Bjørge, Meyer Werft, Aker Yards, ABB. Develop methods for development and assessment of critical on-board software with the purpose of obtaining more reliable and safe control systems. The project also cooperated with Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur. Size ca. 8 MNOK.

·  GoICT project (Gas and Oil ICT). Partly funded by NFR, and with partners FMC, Kongsberg, Norwegian Defence, Statoil, IO Centre, NTNU, OLF, PSA, IBM. Project period 2008-2012. Objective: to develop integral risk management approach to improve reliability of information and IT in complex systems for Integrated Operations. Size 25 MNOK, 2 PhD students and one post. doc. at NTNU.

PhD students finished:

-  Oddbjørn Bergem, Bathymetric Navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using a Multibeam Sonar and a Kalman Filter with Relative Measurement Covariance Martices. 1993.

-  Bjørn Sæther, Improved Estimation of sub-surface magnetic properties using Minimum Mean-Square Error Methods. 1997.

-  Erlend Stav, An Approach to Developing Extensible Application Composition Environments for End Users. 2006.

-  Morten Grimnes, Image-Creek; A knowledge level approach to case based image interpretation. 1998. (together with Agnar Aamodt).

-  Line Kolås, Implementation of Pedagogical Principles into the Software Design Process of e-learning Applications. 2010.

-  Andreas L. Aas, Industrial Application of Human Factors Safety Standards. 2010.

Evaluation of Norwegian Research in ICT 2011