Erlend Magnus Lervik Coates

Erlend Magnus Lervik Coates is an Associate Professor in the Automation and Intelligent Systems (AIS) department at the Department of ICT and Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Ålesund. He serves as Head of the Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (CPS-Lab) and coordinator for research on autonomous ships, one of three focus areas at CPS-Lab. Additionally, he is affiliated with SFI AutoShip and supervises 4 PhD candidates.

• Research Focus: Motion control, autonomy, power and energy management systems, autonomous ships, drones, cyber-physical systems, robotics, and control technology.
• Academic Leadership: Involved in study program councils for the master's program in mechatronics and automation, teaching control engineering and artificial intelligence.

His recent publications focus on autonomous systems, control algorithms for UAVs and marine vessels, and implementation of geometric and reinforcement learning methods in dynamic environments. No scientific awards or lab details are explicitly mentioned in the available text.