Biography
Walter Caharija received a MSc in electrical engineering from the University of Trieste, Italy, in 2009 and obtained a PhD in engineering cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, in 2014. During his PhD he worked in the field of marine control, focusing on guidance systems as well as control techniques capable of handling and compensating sea loads such as wind, waves and currents.
From 2014 until 2017 he was employed at the Lloyd’s Register in Norway as a consultant where he was involved in software assurance, analysis of dynamic positioning systems, RAMS, collision avoidance systems and autonomous vehicles. Since 2017 he has been employed by SINTEF Ocean as a research scientist where he is involved in the following activities: underwater robotics, automation and instrumentation for aquaculture, product development as well as modeling of physical and biological systems. Walter is one of the recipients of the 2017 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award and he is the recipient of the 2017 SINTEF’s Award for Excellence in Research.