Thor I. Fossen

Thor Inge Fossen (born 3 January 1963) is a Norwegian cyberneticist. Fossen received an MSc degree in Marine Technology (1987) and PhD in Engineering Cybernetics (1991), both from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He is a Fulbright alumni, and he pursued postgraduate studies in Aerodynamics and Aeronautics at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the University of Washington, Seattle (1989-1990). At age 28, he was appointed associate professor of guidance, navigation, and control at NTNU, and two years later, he qualified as a full professor.

Fossen has made significant contributions to the fields of marine craft motion control systems, hydrodynamics, control theory, guidance systems and navigation. He has published approximately 400 papers on guidance, navigation and control (GNC), vehicle dynamics, and control systems for ships, underwater vehicles and uncrewed vehicles. Provided by Wikipedia