Simon Sølvsten

• Phd
• Director at University of Southern Denmark

This paper presents a large scale dataset from a meticulous 360-degree LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) scan conducted on Kronborg Castle, a renowned Renaissance fortress located in Elsinore (Helsing{\o}r), Denmark, famously associated with Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Utilising a vertical mounted, gimbal stabilised, 16 channel, 360-degree Velodyne V...

Building fire risks pose significant threats to individual safety and bear substantial economic consequences. Consequently, developing effective automated fire risk assessment and mitigation solutions has become increasingly crucial to mitigate fire risks and reduce losses. Previous automated fire risk assessment approaches have predominantly relie...

Occupancy Grid Mapping is a form of Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) in which the world around a robot is visually represented as a grid map. This form of map can be compared to a floor plan in which features within an environment such as walls are labelled in place. Certain issues such as noise, artefacts, linear error, angular error,...

Floods affect an average of 21 million people worldwide each year, and their frequency is expected to increase due to climate warming, population growth, and rapid urbanization. Previous research on the robustness of transportation networks during floods has mainly used percolation theory. However, the component size of disrupted networks cannot ca...

This paper presents an analysis of loss prevention technology investments across more than 4,000 buildings owned by Danish municipalities to estimate the financial returns from such investments. The study finds that while these technologies significantly reduce the cost of damage, the expected savings are insufficient to finance the investment or o...

Fire risk posed by residential buildings endangers individuals’ lives and safety but also severely impacts economic activities of a society. Consequently, minimising the risk of fire and reduce losses through the development of effective solutions for fire risk assessment and mitigation was, is and will remain crucial. This paper proposes a systema...

Using data from 40 Danish municipalities on building characteristics, loss prevention technologies, insurance claims, and insurance bids from 2008 to 2019, we investigate whether and how loss prevention technologies influenced contract prices. The insurance bids cover a variety of municipal buildings across a range of risks including fire, water le...

The Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have approached the first months of the 2020 novel coronavirus pandemic with a range of economic and health policies that have resulted in disparate outcomes. Though similar in behavioral norms and institutions, Denmark, Iceland and Norway chose a precautionary approach that formally...