As a part of a course (Informations Systems: Practical Training 7.5 ECTS credits) two Web and multimedia students, Jonatan Jansson and Erik Knutsson, completed their internship in the Usability Lab.
Their tasks included development of the new web Ozlab system. For example, Jonathan and Erik developed functions that simplify the shell building process.
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Building technology is a broad subject, covering many phases of the building process and preparing students for professional roles in the whole construction sector, from structural design to building production.
The education programme has the focus on sustainable building engineering, which includes structural aspects, material selection and energy-efficient buildings.
CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University initiated the 25 year anniversary accompanied by lovely songs from the University choir SötLikör.
2019-12-18
Simon Sundberg, previously a student in the Computer Engineering Master programme, established contact with the HITS* company Icomera through the course Performance Modelling and Simulation during year four.
2023-07-03
Karlstad University has been granted funding by the EU Commission to join EUNICE, an education and research collaboration with nine other European universities. The idea behind EUNICE is to facilitate student and staff exchanges, as well as creating conditions for close collaboration on research and partnerships with the surrounding community. The project will run over a period of four years and has been granted €14.4 million or 170 SEK .
Seminar materials are distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these e-mails should feel free to contact us.
Our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!
SEPTEMBERThursday 18/9, 13.00–15.00, 3A340, final seminar: Jonas Hoeck presents his dissertation project.
Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.
Our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!
JANUARY
Thu 20/1, 13.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ applications.
At Karlstad University, Odd teaches classes in Management Information Systems at all levels. His high-level classes have been much appreciated by foreign students coming to Karlstad.
Now, he extended his teaching activities to Australia, as a Visiting EU Erasmus Mobility Academic.
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Databases and other electronic resources bought by or subscribed to Karlstad university library are only available outside campus for students and staff who can prove their identity by logging in with Kau ID.
Linking from It's learning, course reading lists etc.
When you want to link directly to an e-resource you need to add a proxy prefix before the url of the resource.
As a student at Karlstad University, you have the opportunity to use the AI tool Microsoft Copilot. With Copilot, you can utilize a chat function to assist with various tasks, including generating text and images, analyzing data, summarizing documents, writing code, and much more. However, be aware of certain limitations in today’s AI models, where inaccuracies may occur in generated content.
RESEARCH DIRECTORSChristina Olin-Scheller, Professor in Literature Education and Professor in Applied PedagogicsE-mail: christina.olin-scheller@kau.sePhone: 054-700 1689Andrea Schalley, Professor in English LinguisticsE-mail: andrea.schalley@kau.sePhone: 054 700 2061THE BOARDKent Fredholm, ChairpersonPhD in Educational Work and Romance LanguagesE-mail: kent.fredholm@kau.sePhone: 054 700 1441Marie Wejrum, board secretaryPhD in Educational WorkE-mail: marie.wejrum@kau.sePhone: 054-700 14 78Er
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Incoming exchange students (only students within study exchange programmes)Christian Tyrfelt, Admissions OfficerE-mail: exchange.admissions@kau.se(Please note: we are not responsible for scholarships or PhD studies)Incoming International Programme StudentsPhone: +46 (0)54 700 27 00 E-mail: international@kau.se
... you have participated in two research events this summer, tell us about it?
- At the beginning of June, we traveled to Italy for the 8th Naples Forum on Service. It is a research conference that gathers service researchers from all over the world every other year to present and discuss research in service dominant logic, service science and systems theory and complexity theory, says Amie Gustafsson, PhD student in Business Administration.
2017-04-19
On 26 June – 30 June 2017, Karlstad University organises a summer school with a focus on the control and management of network traffic and latency linked to future network services in multiple cloud-based environments.
Internet services are becoming a greater part of our daily lives and the more complex the service, the higher the demands placed on the systems and networks behind the services.
The group´s research is focusing on processing of raw materials with biological origin, which can be further processed into a large number of technically useful products.
The research encompass coating and printing process technology, rheological behaviour of coating materials, barrier technology and performance in converting and packaging, modelling of mechanical behaviour and mass transport performance of coating layers, renewable materials utilization and performance
On 16 October, employees, students and the public are welcome to attend open lectures where new docents present their research. The lectures are open to everyone.
2024-09-10
The University Library, offering support and resources in various parts of the research process, will continue the seminar series "Science skills to go" for researchers and doctoral students during the autumn semester, with a series of workshops.
The aim of the series is to highlight topics that may be important for you as a researcher to know and find a concept that does not take too much time from your research.
Just over a year ago, the Next unit was established at the IT company CGI, where work is being done on emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. During a lunch lecture for IT students at Karlstad University one of the co-workers at CGI Next, Christer Enfors, tried to sort out the differences between these two concepts – which is what? Where are the boundaries between the two? What should they be used for?
2015-09-10
What makes more and more people want to keep track of themselves, their habits, number of steps, weight, health, using apps, bracelets and other fitness trackers? Why do we want to measure ourselves, and also give businesses the opportunity to take part of our private data? These are some of the questions Ph D Student Vasileios Charitsis is seeking the answer to.
More and more technologies, apps and gadgets are showing up on the market.
2018-02-08
This January, two students from the Cooperative State University in Stuttgart (DHBW-Stuttgart), Fabian Jaskotka and Kai Langenekert, joined the Usability Lab at Karlstad University. Fabian, from Hamburg, and Kai, from Backnang, have never been to Sweden before.
The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.
SEPTEMBER
Fri 6/9, 13.15–15.00, 1B 309 (Sjöströmsalen): Mock defense. Seminar on Fredrik Svensson’s PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally entitled “Dust, sunlight, a singing bird”: Cormac McCarthy’s Symbolist Ideology. Opponent Bo G.
Geomatics at Karlstad University combines technology, science, and hands-on learning to map and analyse our world. Through our two bachelor's programmes in Surveying and Technology and Geographical IT & Land Surveying and Cartography, students gain expertise in geodesy, GIS, cartography, remote sensing, and programming.
