{"id":11900,"date":"2026-09-06T02:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haf.hi.is\/people\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:36:34","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haf.hi.is\/is\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minds behind the underwater communication frontier<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A small, tightly focused group spanning signal processing, marine robotics, electromagnetics and applied acoustics based at the University of Iceland, working across fjord and open sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SIGNAL PROCESSING   \u00b7   UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS   \u00b7   ROBOTICS   \u00b7   RF & ANTENNAS   \u00b7   MARINE ENGINEERING   \u00b7   APPLIED MATHEMATICS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ian F.<\/strong> Akyildiz<\/strong> is an adjunct professor with the University of Iceland where he has been teaching new courses and establishing new research activities in the rapidly developing field of Internet of Things (IoT) in challenged environments such as underwater, underground, and space since 2020. He served as the Ken Byers Chair Professor with the School of ECE at Georgia Institute of Technology, Director of the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory and Chair of the Telecommunications Group at the School of ECE at Georgia Tech from 1985-2020. He is an internationally leading authority in the field of wireless communication and sensors, with over 155K. And citation h-index of 143.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kristinn Andersen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kristinn Andersen<\/strong> er pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 rafmagns\u2013 og t\u00f6lvuverkfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. A\u00f0 loknu framhaldsn\u00e1mi \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum, \u00fear sem hann hlaut vi\u00f0urkenningar fyrir n\u00fdjungar \u00ed \u00fer\u00f3un i\u00f0nst\u00fdringa fyrir NASA, h\u00f3f hann st\u00f6rf hj\u00e1 Marel, fyrrum sprotafyrirt\u00e6ki \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, \u00fear sem hann st\u00fdr\u00f0i ranns\u00f3knum m.a. \u00e1 svi\u00f0i sj\u00e1lfvirkni, skynjara, r\u00f3b\u00f3ta og t\u00f6lvusj\u00f3nar. \u00c1 starfsferli \u00fear, sem spanna\u00f0i meira en tvo \u00e1ratugi, hleypti hann af stokkunum og st\u00fdr\u00f0i fj\u00f6lda al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legra ranns\u00f3knarverkefna, jafnhli\u00f0a \u00fev\u00ed sem fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 \u00f3x og var\u00f0 lei\u00f0andi \u00ed \u00fer\u00f3un t\u00e6kjab\u00fana\u00f0ar \u00e1 s\u00ednu svi\u00f0i. Hann hefur starfa\u00f0 hj\u00e1 H\u00cd fr\u00e1 2014, hann annast tengingu verkefnisins vi\u00f0 h\u00e1sk\u00f3lann og tekur \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed sem s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur \u00e1 svi\u00f0i r\u00f3b\u00f3ta, skynjara og \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0lausra samskipta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Saemundur E. Thorsteinsson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Saemundur E. Thorsteinsson<\/strong> er s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur vi\u00f0 rafmagns- og t\u00f6lvuverkfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Starfsvettvangur hans hefur veri\u00f0 \u00ed ranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 svi\u00f0i fjarskipta og rafsegulfr\u00e6\u00f0i, b\u00e6\u00f0i hj\u00e1 fjarskiptafyrirt\u00e6kjum og \u00e1 vettvangi h\u00e1sk\u00f3la. \u00cd verkefninu leggur hann til s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0i\u00feekkingu \u00e1 svi\u00f0i netkerfa og fjarskipta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROF. Magnus Orn Ulfarsson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magnus Orn Ulfarsson<\/strong> er pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 Rafmagns- og t\u00f6lvuverkfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Framlag hans til verkefnisins byggir \u00e1 \u00feekkingu \u00e1 t\u00f6lfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegri merkjafr\u00e6\u00f0i, v\u00e9lr\u00e6nu n\u00e1mi og gervigreind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Karl S. Gudmundsson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karl S. Gudmundsson<\/strong> st\u00fdrir T\u00e6knifr\u00e6\u00f0isetri H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og er fyrrverandi pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 rafmagns- og t\u00f6lvuverkfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild H\u00cd. S\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0isvi\u00f0 hans er t\u00f6lvuverkfr\u00e6\u00f0i og mun hann taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed ranns\u00f3knum og \u00fer\u00f3un t\u00f6lvuneta, v\u00e9lb\u00fana\u00f0ar og hugb\u00fana\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Teresa Sofia Giesta Da Silva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teresa Sofia Giesta Da Silva<\/strong> hefur doktorsgr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed l\u00edffr\u00e6\u00f0i og h\u00fan starfar sem s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur vi\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knir hj\u00e1 Hafranns\u00f3knastofnun \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Me\u00f0al vi\u00f0fangsefna \u00ed ranns\u00f3knum hennar eru hlj\u00f3\u00f0 fr\u00e1 sj\u00e1varl\u00edfverum, en h\u00fan mun sko\u00f0a n\u00fdtingu t\u00e6kni \u00far verkefninu vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 og greina l\u00edifverur \u00ed sj\u00f3num.
application cases for the proposed technology, particularly for marine life monitoring and assessment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sigurdur Petursson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sigurdur Petursson<\/strong> has expertise in fish farming and holds an M.Sc. in fishery studies. He will serve as a link to the Icelandic fish farming industry. His role is to give consultancy to the project  partners about possible use cases in fish farming and to disseminate project results and raise awareness in the fish farming industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Hordur Johannsson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hordur Johannsson<\/strong> is a chief engineer at Teledyne Gavia, a developer and manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) in Iceland. He holds a Ph.D. and has expertise in Marine Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Localization and Mapping, Mission Planning and Pattern Recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Hongzhi Guo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hongzhi Guo<\/strong> is a collaborator of the Center for Robotics and Wireless Communications in Challenging Environments at the University of Iceland. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York in 2017. His broad research agenda is to develop the foundations for wireless networks and networked robotics to automate dangerous, dirty, dull tasks in extreme environments, such as underground and underwater.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sverrir Jan Nordfjord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sverrir Jan Nordfjord<\/strong> is a Ph.D. student at the faculty of ECE of University of Iceland. He holds a M.Sc. from the Technical University of Denmark. He has various experience from different project work domestically and internationally for the last two decades. Those projects range from software development to electrical transmission grid planning, working as a specialist, consultant and manager.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mandana Mahgoli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandana Mahgoli<\/strong>, a distinguished 2020 graduate from the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran in Telecommunication Engineering (Field and Waves), is one of the enthusiasts in the realm of Wireless Technologies, particularly various types of Antennas. With a Master’s Thesis focusing on the Reduction of Radar Cross-Section using metamaterials, she contributes and focuses on Multi-robot Co-operative Ultra-Massive MIMO of this groundbreaking project as a Ph.D. student. Moreover, she has adeptly managed, supervised and actively participated in numerous IT and ICT projects in Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Farzad Alizadeh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farzad Alizadeh<\/strong> is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iceland. His research focuses on underwater wireless communications, including active acoustic metasurfaces, acoustic \u00b5mMIMO systems, magnetic MIMO antennas, and buoy-free underwater-aerial communication networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Currently recruiting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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A note for applicants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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