Face and voice recognition, cancer detection algorithms, autonomous cars and many other technological innovations have made artificial intelligence (AI) a hot topic.
2013-10-08
On September 18-20th the 1st Workshop on Service Innovation Research was held at University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy. A small group of prominent researchers were invited to create a common agenda for how research in the field of service innovation can be developed.
About 30 researchers from Europe and the United States gathered to present and to discuss research. Keynote speaker was Tor.
2016-08-29
An open letter and an opinion article were recently published by three researchers from Karlstad University and Chalmers, warning about the government's legislative proposal for increased transparency in encrypted apps.
Members of Geomedia
Sol Agin
Georgia Aitaki
Susanne Almgren
Linda Ryan Bengtsson
Sofia Billebo
Lotta Braunerhielm
Cornelia Brantner
Svetlana Chuikina
Christer Clerwall
Jessica Edlom
Peter van Eerbeek
Richard Ek
Karin Fast
Raul Ferrer Conill
Laila Gibson
Lena Grip
Per Göransson
Fredrik Hoppstadius
André Jansson
Michael Karlsson
Joanne Kuai
Håkan Liljegren
John Lynch
Mats Nilsson
Doris Posch
Mia Toresson Runemark
Linnea Saltin
Vladimir Cotal San Martin
Mekonnen Tesfahu
Antoine Bordas, PhD, tell us about your previous work
– I am currently 3rd year PhD student, under the supervision of Pascal Le Masson and Benoit Weil at Mines Paris - PSL, France, I hold an engineering degree from Mines Paris - PSL, specialized in engineering design and innovation management.
2024-05-08
The next board meeting is coming up soon. As usual, we compile a report for the board with the latest updates. One thing hits me.
Since the last meeting, we have had three ministers visiting our university or planning to visit us, we have welcomed an astronaut, 2,500 upper-secondary school pupils, met with the Ministry of Education and Research, organised one of Sweden’s largest job fairs and, of course, many other exciting activities as well.
2019-12-17
Can an app help visitors at the Central Hospital in Karlstad find the way? This is what a new research study will investigate. The study is a breakthrough for research in real-world environment within DigitalWell.
The study is a part of DigitalWell Research, a sister project to DigitalWell, and is linked to the case: “Find the way”.
CTF
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This course focuses on digitalisation and how businesses and organisations can work with digitalisation and digital transformation.
About the course
The aim of the course is to acquire increased knowledge and understanding of central concepts, theories and models in the area of digitalisation and digital transformation, which in turn constitute tools for managing and working systematically with digitalisation in order to improve efficiency and innovation in organisation
Musikhögskolan Ingesund
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» Musiklärarprogrammet (300 hp)
Karlstad University’s Music Teacher programme is offered by Ingesund School of Music (MHI). Students taking our excellent Music Teacher programme will develop their pedagogical and musical skills simultaneously over the course of the programme.
Twentyfour persons have received a PhD degree in Physics or Materials Science at Karlstad University since the start.
Mattias Flygare
Dissertation 17 December 2021.
"The influence of crystallinity on the properties of carbon nanotubes”.
Opponent: Professor Thomas Wågberg, Umeå University.
Samuel Starfelt
Dissertation 11 September 2020.
"Scanning tunneling microscopy and photoemission studies of Ag films on metal/semiconductor surfaces”.
Opponent: Professor Anders Mikkel
Date
16 – 18 of April, 2024
Venue
Karlstad University
Description and aim of the workshop
The workshop aims at sharing open problems, new ideas, and mathematical techniques applicable to exploring complex scenarios in materials science. The main goal is to identify potentially interesting research directions to be pursued in the near future.
On 9-11 October the yearly competition, European Cyber Security Challenge, was held and 20 teams of young cyber security talents from 20 European countries solved security-related problems. Simone Fischer-Hübner, professor of computer science at Karlstad University was a member of the jury.
“There is a great need of more people working with IT related security problems,” says Simone Fischer-Hübner.
2016-11-21
Simone Fischer Hübner, Professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University, has received a prestigious research assignment on European level.
2023-05-26
Edge computing is one of the drivers for future industries and a fundamental component in 5G networks, says Professor Javid Taheri. He has recently published a reference book on the subject, Edge Intelligence: From Theory to Practice.
2013-12-20
Erik Wästlund, Lecturer in Psychology and researcher at CTF, appears in the latest issue of the popular science magazine Scientific American. The article talks about how people easier understand and remember text on paper compared to text on a screen.
- As a part of my Ph D thesis I conducted a study where I compared reading comprehension between paper and screen. The results showed that text on paper was easier to understand.
KUFO
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Specfic 2021 takes place on December 1–3 at Karlstad University. The conference features keynotes by Professor Edward James (University College Dublin), Dr. Merja Polvinen (University of Helsinki), and Professor Jonas Linderoth (University of Gothenburg). See the program and a presentation of the keynote speakers below.
September 27, is the last day of Global Week for Future, a global climate week organised by the school strike movement Fridays For Future. The week ends with a global climate strike where adults are invited to participate to pressure politicians to act in the ongoing climate crisis. Researcher Helén Williams will give a talk at Stora torget in Karlstad to show her support.
"It is important to me to be on site and show my commitment.
Linking Instruction and Student Achievement – Professional Learning Observations of Teaching
LISA-PLOT is a combined research and development project investigating the importance of peer feedback and video-based group reflections for the development of teachers' teaching quality. Teachers are trained to use research-based criteria as a basis for observing and giving feedback to each other on their teaching.
We often hear about the importance of a strong brand. But how does a brand really affect the customer's experience of a service? Results in a new study show how customers’ experiences in service encounters are affected differently by the characteristics of a brand, store and consumer factors.
2024-10-01
On 9-12 September, the conference BERA/WERA was held in Manchester. One of the participants was Christina Olin-Scheller, professor of literary studies education and educational work at Karlstad University.
2016-09-17
Geomedia
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VIBRANT MATTER, NETWORKED PRIVACY, AND LEAKY DATA
Against the backdrop of current discussions of GDPR, privacy rights, and data protection, this presentation engages with questions of privacy and agency in networked publics of humans and nonhumans.
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, associate professor in Computer Science, was presented with Best Paper Award at the 2024 International Conference on Technologies & Organization for his work, "Symbiotic Nexus between Social Sustainability and Large-Scale Agility in Nordic Technology Enterprises." The conference was held in Paris on 27 June 2024.
SQuaD Group at Department of Computer Science conducted the research as part of NODLA project, in collaboration with three Swedish ICT
