Monday 8 December 2025 10:00-14:30,
Kjølv Egelands hus,
KE E-164.
Philosophiae Doctor Disputation – Faculty of Science and Technology.
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Monday 8th November 2025, Amir Mohammad will defend his PhD thesis at the University of Stavanger, Kjølv Egelands House, room E-164.
- 10:00: Trial lecture: Beyond the Black Box: A Critical Evaluation of Decision Tree Models as an Alternative to Neural Networks for Predicting Equivalent Circulating Density
- 12:15: Disputation: Swab and Surge Modelling Using Analytical and Data-Driven Modelling
Both the disputation and trial lecture are open to all interested.
Assessment Committee:
- Marcin Szpyrka, Professor, AGH University of Krakow, Poland
- Iwona Grobelna, Associate Professor, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
- Ferhat Özgur Catak, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger
Supervisors:
- Main supervisor: Reggie Davidrajuh, Professor, University of Stavanger
- Co-supervisor: Mesfin Belayneh Agonafir, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger
- Co-supervisor: Eric Guy Maurice Cayeux, Senior Researcher, NORCE
Chair of the defense is Tom Ryen, Head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Stavanger.
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