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2024-09-20
Materials research for the future
Materials research at Karlstad University has a long tradition. With strong external funding and close collaboration with the industrial and regional actors, they are now establishing the Materials Research Group, MRG@KaU, taking further steps to contribute through basic and applied research to a sustainable future in material science.
– In total, approximately 40 active researchers are involved in the Materials Research Group at Karlstad university, says Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics and one of the coordinators of the research environment. A strong interdisciplinary collaboration has developed within the team, with research activities ranging from basic materials research to applied research and industrial applications, as well as between experiments and modelling on length scales from nanometer to micrometer and to the macro-scale level.
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2024-09-17
Karlstad University launches new bachelor's program in artificial intelligence
Karlstad University is now launching a new bachelor's program in computer science with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) that will start in the fall of 2025. The program is designed to meet the growing demand for AI expertise in both the IT sector and other fields and is offered in a unique hybrid format, enabling flexible distance learning for both national and international students.
Stefan Lindskog, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Science, and Technology explains why we are introducing the program:
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2024-09-12
Award-winning conference paper on collaborative robotics
At an international conference in Djerba, Tunisia, our visiting PhD student José Pablo De la Rosa Gutiérrez won an award for his presentation on robotics programming.
– Collaborative robots can be used in many ways, says Jorge Solis, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. Modern robotics, where collaboration between man and machine is governed through programming and gesture recognition, can be used in healthcare as well as in the manufacturing industries. The conference paper is about a programming method developed for non-programmers, meaning it aims to be user-friendly.
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2024-08-30
Ten million awarded to the Sweden-Japan collaboration MIRAI 3.0
STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, has granted SEK 10 million to the university collaboration MIRAI 3.0. Researchers from 17 universities in Sweden and Japan are going to work in interdisciplinary teams to contribute to the four selected Global Challenges defined within MIRAI 3.0.
– It means a lot that we can now establish an even stronger collaboration within MIRAI 3.0 to engage young researchers who are working to address the global challenges in both countries, says Jorge Solis, Docent in Electrical Engineering and project leader for MIRAI at Karlstad University.
The collaboration within MIRAI 3.0 aims to strengthen internationalisation of education and develop research to contribute to four Global Challenges:
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2024-08-29
"Boyish" play at age 7 linked to behavioral problems and autistic traits
New research at Karlstad University shows that "boyish" play behavior at the age of 7 can be linked to both behavioral problems and autistic traits.
In a study that includes 718 children, researchers from Karlstad University and Uppsala University have identified clear connections between gender-role-related play and the development of behavioral challenges. The results showed that children who played more with toys traditionally considered to be for boys had more autistic traits and behavioral problems.
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2024-08-28
International Conference on Privacy and Cybersecurity
Karlstad University, together with the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the European Data Protection Supervisor is hosting the hybrid conferences Annual Privacy Forum and IPEN 2024, September 3-5.
With over 400 participants, the conferences are expected to bring together privacy experts, engineers, lawyers, researchers, and policymakers from both the private and public sectors.