Distinctions:

2022 – Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

2022 – Fellow of AAIA (Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association)

2016 – Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

1998 – Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences

Awards/Honors:

2023 – Research.com The Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award

2022 – Research.com The Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award

2015 – International Federation of Automatic Control MCMC'15 Best Regular Paper Award for "A Virtual Vertical Reference Concept for GNSS/INS Applications at the Sea Surface" together with T. H. Bryne and T. A. Johansen

2009 – Gave the “Peachman Lecture” at the University of Michigan, USA

2008 – Arch T. Colwell Merit Award at the SAE World Congress for "Nonlinear Observer for Vehicle Velocity Estimation" together with L. Imsland, T. A. Johansen, J. C. Kalkkuhl and A. Suissa

2006 – Award for Excellence in Physical Science and Mathematics for the Springer Handbook on Robotics

2002 – Automatica Best Paper Prize for "Nonlinear Passive Weather Optimal Positioning Control (WOPC) System for Ships and Rigs: Experimental Results" together with J. P. Strand

Orders:

1994 – Knight of the Order of the Golden Feedback Loop

Fellowships:

1993 – Harry Borthens Fellowship on Ship Research

1989 – Fellowship from the “NATO Science Fellowship Program 20114”

1989 – Fulbright Scholarship

1988 – PhD Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council under the Program for Robotic Research