ISRERM2026 10^th International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management

Erik Vanem is currently working as a senior metocean specialist for DNV Energy systems at DNV’s headquarters in Høvik, Norway. Previously he worked as a senior researcher in the maritime transport group at DNV Group Research and Development for more than 20 years, where he was involved in a number of research projects related to maritime safety and risk assessment. For 8 years he was also associate professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo in a 20% position from 2016 – 2024. Prior to joining DNV he worked three years in the research department of Telenor, three years at PGS reservoir, one year at the Oslo University College and spent some time at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. He holds a Cand. Scient degree (Master of Science equivalent) in Physics (1996) and a PhD in Statistics (2012), both from the University of Oslo. As a researcher he has authored and co-authored a number of papers published in international journals (approx. 100) and international conference proceedings (approx.. 100) and is also the author of a monograph and several book chapters. He has been supervisor of several students at master and PhD level and has been opponent and member of several PhD evaluation committees. He has served as paper reviewer for a number of recognized scientific journals and conferences and is currently member of the editorial board of Ocean Engineering (Elsevier) and associate editor for Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (ASME). He is also currently member of the ISSC technical committee on Environment. As a researcher he secured external funding for several national and international research projects, and acted as project manager and coordinator of several collaboration projects with academic and industry research partners. As metocean specialist for DNV his current focus is on metocean description and risk and reliability assessment of marine structures.

Hector Jensen is a Professor Civil Engineering at the Santa Maria Technical University, Valparaiso, Chile, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Catholic University of Chile, Santiago. Chile. He is a Mathematician Civil Engineer from the University of Chile, and he received his PhD in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Pasadena, USA. His research interests include Computational Stochastic Mechanics, Advanced Simulation Methods, Robust and Reliability-Based Optimization, Risk and Sensitivity Analysis, Fuzzy Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Reliability Analysis of Complex Utility Networks, Dynamic Sub-structuring, and Bayesian Model Updating. He has been visiting professor in several American and European universities, including University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), University of Michigan (UM), University of Innsbruck, etc. He has published numerous journal and conference papers, as well as book chapters in areas of his expertise. In addition, a book that deals with the application of reduced-order models to complex simulation-based problems has been published by Springer in 2019 (Sub-Structure Coupling for Dynamic Analysis: Application to Complex Simulation-Based Problems Involving Uncertainty). He is preparing a new book related to the Reliability, Sensitivity and Optimization of Linear Structural Systems under Stochastic Gaussian Excitation based on Advanced Simulation Techniques. He has been invited to give lectures, keynotes, semi-plenary and plenary lectures in a number of universities and international conferences. He is member of the editorial board of several journals, and he has been guest editor of different Journals, including Computers and Structures, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing and Reliability Engineering and System Safety. He is also member of the scientific committee of many international conferences and reviewer of different journals. In 2018 he was selected by the Recruitment Program of High-end Foreign Experts of the State Administration of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. He is a member of the International Joint Research Center for Engineering Reliability and Stochastic Mechanics (JCERSM) and he is listed among the top 2% scientists globally by the Stanford/Elsevier ranking list in Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics.

Edoardo Patelli is a Professor in Risk and Uncertainty and Head of the Centre for Intelligent Infrastructure at the University of Strathclyde. Formerly, he held significant roles at the University of Liverpool, including Deputy Director of the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty and Co-Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in "Risk and Uncertainty".

His research spans over 300 peer-reviewed publications in leading international journals and 6 book chapters and 1 book. He serves as an Associate Editor for ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty and has guest-edited for reputable journals like International Journal of Reliability and Safety and Structural Safety.

Dr. Patelli is leading an interdisciplinary research group focused on developing and apply efficient and robust computational tools supported by AI technologies for Risk, Safety and Uncertainty Quantification across different sectors (Civil, Mechanics, Aerospace, Nuclear, Energy) able to deal with scarce data and vagueness of information. Recent research interests focus on developing robust probabilistic methods, simulation-based modelling, digital twins, and innovative approaches for resilience engineering. Recent applications include the assessment of human reliability, and the analysis of safety procedure based on NPL, the development of digital twin for a drone network for supporting health system, developing localised and robust early warning tools for coastal flood based on machine learning, and the development of efficient and reliable computational tools for decision making under severe uncertainty.

Prof. Patelli serves as vice-Chair of European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA), member of the Board Committee of IARERM, and the International Joint Research Centre for Resilient Infrastructure (ICRI), Tongji University, China, He also member of the Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (NIRAB) to provides independent, expert advice to the UK Government.