Stefan Werner

Stefan Werner is a Professor at the Department of Electronic Systems, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Holding degrees in civil engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and a Dr.Scient from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), he leads research in digital signal processing, machine learning, and wireless communication.

His work focuses on:

• Distributed learning algorithms
• Federated learning security
• Privacy-preserving signal processing
• Kernels and graph-based learning
• Robust wireless communication

Recent publications address federated learning with non-convex penalties, anomaly detection in hyperspectral data, and resilience against model-poisoning attacks. Collaborators include researchers from IEEE and international institutions.

Selected affiliations:

• Signal Processing research group, NTNU
• IoT@NTNU initiative
• Norwegian Open AI Lab