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2016-05-24

New licentiate Tonje Grahn

News » 2016-05-24
The 13 May licentiate Tonje Grahn sucessfully defended her thesis in Risk- and environmental studies titled "A Nordic perspective on data availability for quantification of losses due to natural hazards". As opponent acted professor Kurt Petersen, Safety Analysis and Risk Management, at Lund University. Link to Tonjes licentiate thesis in DiVA
2016-05-24
You need to move your references to another program Karlstad University Library is cancelling its subscription to RefWorks for financial reasons effective January 1 2017.  No new accounts can be set up in RefWorks as of June 1 2016. Refworks user  today Please notice!
2016-05-24
You need to move your references to another program Karlstad University Library is cancelling its subscription to RefWorks for financial reasons effective January 1 2017.  No new accounts can be set up in RefWorks as of June 1 2016. Refworks user  today Please notice!
2016-05-23
On the 10 May Monika Rydstedt Nyman successfully defended her licentiate thesis titled "Learning and knowledge sharing from management of extreme weather induced impacts on the Swedish transport infrastructure - Case study of the Swedish Transport Administration". As opponent acted professor Peter Söderholm, Quality Technology and Management, Luleå University of Technology (to the right in the image) and as examinator professor Ragnar Andersson, Risk Ma
2016-05-23
On the 10 May Monika Rydstedt Nyman successfully defended her licentiate thesis titled "Learning and knowledge sharing from management of extreme weather induced impacts on the Swedish transport infrastructure - Case study of the Swedish Transport Administration". As opponent acted professor Peter Söderholm, Quality Technology and Management, Luleå University of Technology (to the right in the image) and as examinator professor Ragnar Andersson, Risk Ma
2016-05-06

Trial period - Web of Science

News » 2016-05-06
Extended access to Web Of Science. Until August 31 the library has trial access to seven databases. BIOSIS Citation Index Current Contents Data Citation Index(SM) Derwent Innovations Index Medline Web of Science(TM) Core Collection som innefattar Conference Proceedings Zoological Records You'll reach the databases by going to Web of Science, click on "All databases" Web of Science  
2016-05-06

Trial period - Web of Science

News » 2016-05-06
Extended access to Web Of Science. Until August 31 the library has trial access to seven databases. BIOSIS Citation Index Current Contents Data Citation Index(SM) Derwent Innovations Index Medline Web of Science(TM) Core Collection som innefattar Conference Proceedings Zoological Records You'll reach the databases by going to Web of Science, click on "All databases" Web of Science  
2016-05-04
Professor of Business Administration at CTF, Service Research Center, Karlstad University. April 27-29 was the second meeting of the international research network, INSR, International Network of Service Researchers, here in Karlstad. How did it go? - It went fantastic!
2016-05-04
Professor of Business Administration at CTF, Service Research Center, Karlstad University. April 27-29 was the second meeting of the international research network, INSR, International Network of Service Researchers, here in Karlstad. How did it go? - It went fantastic!
2016-05-03
Two PhD students and one student from Karlstad University have been to Google's 1st PhD Student Summit on Web Application Security, taking place 18-20 April 2016. At the summit, in the Google Engineering Office in Munich, Germany, the students had the opportunity to explore complex and large-scale computing challenges.
2016-05-03
Two PhD students and one student from Karlstad University have been to Google's 1st PhD Student Summit on Web Application Security, taking place 18-20 April 2016. At the summit, in the Google Engineering Office in Munich, Germany, the students had the opportunity to explore complex and large-scale computing challenges.
2016-04-29
Myra O'Regan, Dublin, gave a presentation on the prediction technique "Ensembles". Bridget Kane's colleague from Statistics at Trinity College, was over for a couple of days to familiarise herself with Karlstad University. Myra made a presentation on the Ensembles techniques for prediction and discussed its teaching.
2016-04-29
The research project Privacy & US, coordinated by Computer Science at Karlstad University has gained a new partner, the Swedish company Sentor. The aim of the project is to find new solutions to issues regarding personal data and integrity. As more and more organisations handle personal and identifiable information, it is of great importance that citizens are protected from harmful use of this information.
2016-04-29
The research project Privacy & US, coordinated by Computer Science at Karlstad University has gained a new partner, the Swedish company Sentor. The aim of the project is to find new solutions to issues regarding personal data and integrity. As more and more organisations handle personal and identifiable information, it is of great importance that citizens are protected from harmful use of this information.
2016-04-28

From Hotspot to an app

News » 2016-04-28
The Hotspot job fair, the Snits networking group for students, mentoring and a summer course. This proved a successful combination for IT student Raymond Berglind, who is currently completing the final year of the computer engineering programme at Karlstad University and who has now developed an app for Evry, an industry partner in Snits.   “It all started when I went to Hotspot and got a good feeling about Evry.
2016-04-28

From Hotspot to an app

News » 2016-04-28
The Hotspot job fair, the Snits networking group for students, mentoring and a summer course. This proved a successful combination for IT student Raymond Berglind, who is currently completing the final year of the computer engineering programme at Karlstad University and who has now developed an app for Evry, an industry partner in Snits.   “It all started when I went to Hotspot and got a good feeling about Evry.
2016-04-28

Samot Partner Conference 2016

News » 2016-04-28
On April 13-14 Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, arranged their annual partner conference. The program included availability, special transport and energy efficiency in public transport. - Since the beginning ten years ago we have gathered our researchers and partners for an annual conference, where we work on common issues and themes related to public transport.
2016-04-28

Samot Partner Conference 2016

News » 2016-04-28
On April 13-14 Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, arranged their annual partner conference. The program included availability, special transport and energy efficiency in public transport. - Since the beginning ten years ago we have gathered our researchers and partners for an annual conference, where we work on common issues and themes related to public transport.
2016-04-26
Publications from the UN United Nations iLibrary United Nations iLibrary includes publications, journals and series comprising facts and expertise on international peace and security, human rights, economic and social development, climate change, international law, governance, public health, and statistics. Trial access until June 30, 2016.