Ingrid Bouwer Utne

Ingrid Bouwer Utne is a Professor in the Department of Marine Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research focuses on risk assessment, autonomy, safety, and maintenance management of marine and maritime systems. She leads the Risk Group at NTNU and has been a main supervisor for numerous PhD students in areas like autonomous systems safety and risk modeling.

She is actively involved in research projects such as the ERC AdG BREACH (Risk-Based Rationality in Autonomous Systems), SFI Autoship (Center for Autonomous Ships), and SAFEGUARD (Intelligent autonomous systems for safeguarding ocean infrastructure). Her work emphasizes risk-based control systems, online risk monitoring, and human-autonomy collaboration in maritime operations.

Key publications include 'Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures' (Springer) and 'Online Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Marine Systems' (Springer). She has advised over 20 PhD students and contributed to industry-funded projects like UNLOCK and ORCAS, focusing on safer autonomous systems design and verification.