Trial lecture and PhD dissertation in computer science 01.10.2025 - Master of Science Pegah Salehi

Master of Science Pegah Salehi is giving a trial lecture and will publicly defend her Ph.D. thesis Visual Realism in AI-Driven Virtual Training Environments for Child Investigative Interviews on Wednesday October 1st, 2025.

Master of Science Pegah Salehi is giving a trial lecture and will publicly defend her Ph.D. thesis Visual Realism in AI-Driven Virtual Training Environments for Child Investigative Interviews on Wednesday October 1st, 2025.
Master of Science Pegah Salehi is giving a trial lecture and will publicly defend her Ph.D. thesis Visual Realism in AI-Driven Virtual Training Environments for Child Investigative Interviews on Wednesday October 1st, 2025. Foto: Private.
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Fuglesteg, Jan jan.fuglesteg@uit.no Studierådgiver
Publisert: 22.09.25 13:59 Oppdatert: 01.10.25 09:37
Naturvitenskap Studentliv / Studier Teknologi

Trial lecture
Master of Science Pegah Salehi holds a trial lecture on assigned topic for the Ph.D. degree in science, Wednesday October 1st, 2025 at 10:15.

Title: " AI for children and against children: state-of-the-art and future perspectives "

Dissertation - Ph.D. degree
Master of Science Pegah Salehi​ will publicly defend her Ph.D. thesis on Wednesday October 1st, 2025 at 12:15.

Title: " Visual Realism in AI-Driven Virtual Training Environments for Child Investigative Interviews "

The thesis is available here: xxx (comming soon).

Audience
Both the trial lecture and dissertation take place in Store Auditorium B302, Realfagbygget.

The following has been appointed as the assessment committee for the defense:

  • Professor Cheng-Hsin Hsu, Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (1st Opponent)
  • Professor Letizia Jaccheri, NTNU (2nd Opponent)
  • Professor Gunnar Hartvigsen, Department of Computer Science, UiT (Internal member and leader of the Committee)

Supervisors for Pegah Salehi have been:

  • Professor Dag Johansen, Department of Computer Science, UiT (Main Supervisor)
  • Professor Pål Halvorsen, SimulaMet
  • Professor Michael Riegler, Department of Computer Science, UiT / SimulaMet
  • PostDoc Saeed Shafiee Sabet, SimulaMet
  • Researcher Varjira Thambawita, SimulaMet

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Fuglesteg, Jan jan.fuglesteg@uit.no Studierådgiver
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