Anniken Karlsen

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• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Immersive virtual reality (VR)-based exercise video games (exergames) are increasingly being employed as a supportive intervention in rehabilitation programs to promote engagement in physical activity, especially for elderly users. A multifaceted and iterative codesign process is essential to develop sustainable exergaming solutions. The social asp...

Understanding complex systems by the help of modeling, simulation, and control is a well-known challenge across several application domains. As such, these type of systems are not amenable to empirical models, typically due to their dynamic and non-linear nature. Data-driven methods, have in recent years gained traction regarding their application...

Whenever natural and human-made disasters strike, the proper response of the concerned authorities often relies on search and rescue services. Search and rescue services are complex multidisciplinary processes that involve several degrees of interdependent assignments. To handle such complexity, decision support systems are used for decision-making...

Aging is inevitably associated with a decline in physical abilities and can pose challenges to the social lives of elderly individuals. In long-term care facilities, group exercise is instrumental for keeping elderly residents physically and socially healthy. Accommodating these needs in elderly care can be challenging due to staff shortages and ot...

This chapter summarises findings from an empirical study investigating how digital healthcare solutions should be developed to satisfy individual demands for understanding and managing healthcare information and activities. Despite the quick development of new digital healthcare services to accomplish service efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and...

Planning and allocation of resources in search and rescue operations is critical and complex. Those tasks require consideration of several factors such as the nature of the emergency, location, people involved, and weather conditions. In this paper, we investigate the specific requirements for effective decision-making and planning in search and re...

The need for effective and efficient search and rescue operations is more important than ever as the frequency and severity of disasters increase due to the escalating effects of climate change. Recognizing the value of personal knowledge and past experiences of experts, in this paper, we present findings of an investigation of how past knowledge a...

Digital twin technology, aligned with Industry 4.0 standard, has witnessed widespread adoption in various industries, notably in manufacturing. Meanwhile, the concept of digital twin itself is yet to be clearly defined in wind farm sector. Our primary contribution lies in investigating the potential for transferring knowledge of industrial digital...

Urban management systems evolve from merely overseeing urban growth to comprehending interactions among cities’ natural, physical, cyber, and social systems. Urban digital twins leverage emerging technologies and serve as platforms to support city transitions. However, a generic urban digital twin framework with essential building blocks leading to...

Focusing on business cases in the context of portfolio management, we investigate how to build a business mindset in the frontend of projects. By applying theory on practical knowledge, in this study, we propose an approach to create business opportunities by developing a business mindset in the front-end of projects. A main research contribution f...

Wind energy is one of the most versatile and promising sustainable energy solutions. Wind energy can be harvested in both onshore and offshore environments. Due to the environmental and societal impacts of onshore wind farms, the focus on developing offshore wind farms has been steadily increasing. For deep-water areas, floating wind turbine soluti...

The issue of cyber-attacks against wind farm sensor systems is the focus of this research. A novel method for detecting and estimating the magnitude of such attacks using a discrete-time adaptive observer is presented. The proposed observer is derived by augmenting the filtered measurement equation into the state space model of individual wind turb...

The use of digital twins in offshore wind farms presents a major opportunity to advance autonomous operations and optimize productivity. By creating virtual replicas of physical assets and systems, digital twins allow for real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and efficient decision-making. In the context of Industry 4.0, wind turbines are r...

Digitalization and decarbonization are two strong trends which shape modern energy systems. The renewable energy sector, especially within the wind power domain, is also impacted by these trends. In addition to up-to-date information and communication technologies (ICT), such as artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledger technology (DLT), and...

Increasing complexity in asset-heavy industries requires interoperability between various resource of information. In the context of Industry 4.0, the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) can be considered as a solution for standardized data connectivity and interoperability. However, the fast update of the Industry 4.0 standard has caused its scope to be...

Efficient energy demand management plays an essential role in smart grid, sustainable and smart cities applications and efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. In this paper, we propose a framework for describing the household daily energy consumption and how it can be used to help residential households to perform appliance rescheduling to reduce energy...

For many elderly individuals, the aging experience is associated with a lack of social interaction and physical exercise that may negatively affect their health. To address these issues, researchers have designed experiences based on immersive virtual reality (VR) and 2D screen-based exergames. However, very few have studied the use of social VR fo...

Purpose The front-end phase plays an important role in achieving project success, and establishment of performance measurement systems considering project challenges or pitfalls is a way of keeping track of this phase. Early warning signs, a type of proactive performance indicators, may serve as means for improving decision-making and project proce...

The elderly population in need of long-term care is rising, adding to the workload of healthcare workers in nursing homes. Throughout a work day health workers often must perform the time consuming process of collecting various types of health data from the residents. A recent study has revealed that frontline nurses and caregivers spend over half...

Hospital projects, like other major projects, start with the front-end phase, which considerably affects projects’ strategic success. There is an expressed need for more knowledge of the front-end to improve and thus strengthen the odds for strategic success. Hospital projects are complex and challenging to run much due to multiple stakeholders and...

In this article we present findings from an investigation into the influence of partnering success factors on multi-partner projects’ abilities to meet time schedule, budget, and technical specifications. Our findings are based on the analysis of nation-wide surveys within the engineering consultancy industry in Denmark and Norway, and the research...

Smart and sustainable solid waste management systems (SWMS) are of major interest in the development of smart sustainable cities (SSC). Selective waste collection and transportation are known to be major expenditures of city waste management systems. In this paper, we investigate a waste management system for domestic waste in a Norwegian municipal...

Development of healthcare services is a societal responsibility often appearing as major public projects. These types of projects often have a long lifetime expectancy and represent large investments and changes to established welfare systems with a considerable societal impact. This makes strategic project success depending on front-end planning p...

Smart and sustainable solid waste management systems (SWMS) are of major interest in the development of smart sustainable cities (SSC). Selective waste collection and transportation are known to be major expenditures of city waste management systems. In this paper, we investigate a waste management system for domestic waste in a Norwegian municipal...

The core processes of waste management have been changed during the last few decades. Through advanced technologies, sensors, cameras, actuators, IoT controls, data-driven and data transfer technologies, the old and insufficient processes for waste management can be replaced. In this paper, we propose a conceptual model for an IoT-based smart and s...

The core processes of waste management have been changed during the last few decades. Through advanced technologies, sensors, cameras, actuators, IoT controls, data driven and data transfer technologies, the old and insufficient processes for waste management can be replaced. In this paper, we propose a conceptual model for an IoT-based smart and s...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present new findings to organizations that acknowledge difficulties in implementing and succeeding with project partnering. Design/methodology/approach The investigation is based on a case study where empirical evidence has been collected via semi-structured interviews of 54 professionals within the construc...

This paper aims at providing insights into the complex world of managing goals as part of change. The paper describes a digital prototype tool to support goal oriented improvement efforts towards company survival and growth. The prototype was developed based on the needs of practitioners in a SME construction company. Initial results indicates that...

We have investigated, in the form of a longitudinal study, practices aiming at ensuring survival and growth in an SME construction company. An outcome of the investigation is the SmallBuild+ Business Development Method (SmallBuild+) presented in this paper. Visualizing our findings into a method picture , SmallBuild+ expresses that a manager needs...

In this paper we examine the work of a student group collaborating with management and workers to improve the layout and processes of a SME factory floor where prefab timber frame elements are manufactured. We summarize the student approaches followed, towards a layout and process adopting automation to enable a smarter, more sustainable, productio...

In this demonstration, we present some in-progress results of using digital art application development as an example of entertainment computing for increasing motivation and participation in a computer engineering undergraduate systems development course, with the purpose of improving the chances of reaching the intended learning outcomes. By stim...

SAMMENDRAG Denne artikkelen sammenligner to konkurranser i emnet Systemutvikling og modellering på bachelorutdanningen i data ved Høgskolen i Ålesund. Den første konkurransen handlet om å utvikle en nettbutikkløsning for en lokal bedrift og ble utført av 2. klasse i 2014. Den andre konkurransen handlet om å utvikle en digital kunstapplikasjon og bl...

Small and medium sized (SME) construction companies are often good at bricks, mortar and carpentry but not at management. However, it is often bad management that hinders companies to become financially sustainable over time and to grow. This paper presents a generic goal model aiming to support SME construction companies to systematically work wit...

In this demonstration, we present some in-progress results of using digital art application development as an example of entertainment computing for increasing motivation and participation in a computer engineering undergraduate systems development course, with the purpose of improving the chances of reaching the intended learning outcomes. By stim...

Med rammeplanforskriften og visjonsbeskrivelsen av fremtidens ingeniør som bakteppe presenteres gjennomføring av et undervisningsopplegg med naeringslivskontakt i et 10-vekttallsfag i systemutvikling og modellering i et treårig databachelorutdanningsløp. I samarbeid med en bedrift som tilbyr tjenester innen regnskap, økonomistyring, informasjonstek...

The paper reports a study that investigates the use of enterprise modeling empirically in eight combined process change and information technology initiatives. The paper targets a need in academia and industry for knowing more about enterprise modeling in practice. The authors identify five different types of modeling initiatives by analyzing how e...

This thesis presents findings from a multiple case study of enterprise modeling use in initiatives that combine process change and information and communication technology. Keywords: Enterprise Modeling, Process Change, IT-enabled

The paper describes enterprise modeling in a combined process change and ICT initiative in a small Norwegian Home Builder company. The paper contributes to understanding of modeling practice by reporting modeling experiences and recommendations and by relating modeling to a series of change activities. At an overarching level change took place in t...

This paper presents and discusses findings from a study where the use of enterprise modeling has been empirically investigated in eight combined process change and information technology initiatives. Artifacts, guidelines and tools used in enterprise modeling practice are identified. We identify three types of barriers to enterprise modeling: Chall...

The purpose of this study is to model and thereby enable simulation of the completebusiness entity of fresh food supply. A case narrative of fresh strawberry supply providesbasis for this modelling. Lamming et al. (2000) point to the importance of discerningindustry-specific product features (or particularities) regarding managing supply networkswh...

A merging of Information technology (IT) and combined Supply chain management (SCM) and Industrial Network approaches are used to analyse IT-enabled process change; involving information system and business processes and interaction between these systems. A managerial research framework is applied. This development is accordingly studied in the con...

In 2007 five different industrial food producers merged to become one single firm. This paper places focus on the challenge these actors had in deciding on, implementing, and using an information system to support mainly their raw material purchasing and finished product sales function. Studies show that a large part of information system implement...

There are few empirical studies and accompanying models of enterprise modeling (EM) practice in information and communication technology (ICT) enabled process change. This paper presents a research model to be used in a project investigating the use of EM in ICT-enabled process change in Norwegian west coast enterprises. Building on categories and...

Information connectivity concerns information exchange, goods identification, and integrating actors in supply networks. This investigation involves a single case study with focus on information connectivity in relation to ICT-enabled process development in a corporate merger process of Norwegian fish exporting firms. Supply-related actors, due to...

Through a discussion of peculiarities of food supply, involving focus on information connectivity, a preliminary framework is sought that underlines joint responsibility in a complete supply chain of actors working in network context to achieve safe, quality and economic provision of products to end-use.