Danish Professors visiting California – September 2026

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu

Professor, Head of SDU Robotics, Head of Research Centre of Clinical Robotics.

Title of Talk: “Robotics Ultrasound for Healthcare Applications”

R&D interests

• Medical Robotics 
• Programming by Demonstration
• AI for clinical applications

Email: trs@mmmi.sdu.dk

Website: https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/sdurobotics 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nTpxxzQAAAAJ&hl=en

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Aarhus University

Xuping Zhang

Associate Professor, Head of the Section for Mechatronics and Dynamics at Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering

Title of Talk: “Towards Resilient Robotic Manipulation Leveraged by AI and Digital Twin Technology”

R&D interests

Robotic Manipulation and Interaction Powered by Machine Learning and Digital Twin Technology: Design, Modelling, and Control, with applications to

• Robotic Manufacturing and Production
• Robotic Rehabilitation
• Robotic Maintenance and Inspection
• Robotic Handling of Biological Single Cells 

Email: xuzh@mpe.au.dk

Website: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/xuzh%40mpe.au.dk

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZGFDzDkAAAAJ&hl=en

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Southern Denmark University, SDU

Dr Ben Senouci

Associate Professor, Head of the Embedded AI Research Group

Title of Talk: “LLMs and AI for HW/SW on-chip Systems Design”

R&D interests

• LLMs and Gen-AI for on-chip Design
• Embedded and Edge AI 
• FPGA based AI/ML Design
• HW/SW Architecture Co-Design

Email: senouci@sdu.dk

Website 1: https://www.agentic-ds.sdu.dk

Website 2: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/persons/senouci

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=hTH6NZAAAAAJ

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DANISH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU)

Jing Wu

Assistant Professor

Title of Talk: “Perception and Cognition for Autonomous Systems”

Email: jinwu@dtu.dk

R&D Interests

I specialize in safety and cognition in socio-cyber-physical systems. I also conduct my research in process safety engineering, cognitive system engineering, human-machine integration, and knowledge-based systems. My research domains include energy systems, chemical processes, construction, drinking water supply, and the robotics industry.

Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, DTU: https://electro.dtu.dk

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Nwy-YGcAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

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Odense Robotics

Ole Georg Andersen

Odense Robotics – Denmark’s national cluster for robotics, automation and drone organizations

Project Manager Innovation projects

R&D interests

• Creating innovation possibilities for research, robotics, drones and automation
• Supporting new applications for “robotics”
• Supporting robotics business connect to other industries

Email: Ogand@Odenserobotics.dk

Website: www.odenserobotics.dk

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK (SDU)

Morten FAB

Chief Innovation Consultant

Email: mobn@sdu.dk

R&D interests

• Industrial Robotics
• Biorobotics

The Faculty of Engineering: https://www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/fakulteterne/teknik 

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