On Tuesday 3 October, Runólfur Guðmundsson will defend his master's project, ,,Decision-making and optimization in the fisheries sector”. The defense takes place in the premises of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Iceland (VRII), Hjarðarhagi 6, room V-158 and starts at 13.45.
The master's project is part of the project ,,Cod catch processing forecast” which has been supported by AVS and Rannís research fund. The goal of the master's project was to analyze data that has been collected recently. 5 years on fillet utilization, ring worms and loess and show how the knowledge that has been created can be used to increase the profits of fishing companies. In his project, Runólfur developed an optimization model of decision-making in a shipping company and shows how data and methodology of this kind can be used in the management of a fishing company.
Runólf's supervisors were Páll Jensson, professor at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Iceland, Sigurjón Arason, associate professor at the Faculty of Science and Sveinn Margeirsson, doctoral student at the University of Iceland and DTU. Examiner is Snjólfur Ólafsson, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Iceland.
Everyone is welcome!