Karl Sammut is a Professorial Research Fellow with the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders University. He completed a Ph.D in Electronic Engineering at The University of Nottingham (U.K) in 1992, and was employed between 1992 and 1995 as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and at Loughborough University (UK) before commencing his appointment at Flinders University in 1995. His research interests comprise control systems and machine learning with a specific focus on Maritime Autonomy, including mission planning, vehicle navigation, guidance and control, and situation awareness for autonomous surface and underwater vehicles. Between 2019 and 2022, he was a Senior Principal Scientist with the Australian Government Defence, Science and Technology Group - Maritime Division, undertaking research in maritime autonomy. Prof Sammut is currently the Director of the Centre for Defence Engineering, Research and Training (CDERT) at Flinders University and is the theme lead for the Autonomy stream within the CDERT. His research activities are wholly conducted in collaboration with industry partners and have been funded by the Australian Research Council, Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence CRC, DST-Group, Lockheed Martin Australia, Thales Underwater Systems, MITRE Corporation (US), Naval Group (France), Boeing Defence Australia, Fincantieri, as well as SMEs, and federal and local government organisations.

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