Preventive work in environments with large crowds can contribute to increased safety. In her dissertation, Thoa Thieu examines active-passive dynamics in pedestrians.
You have defended your dissertation with "Models for linked active-passive population dynamics: Mathematical analysis and simulation". Tell us about your research.
- The motivation of my research is based on studying models in the real life. There are several reasons for this.
Some are talking about it, some are making good progress, and some are at the forefront. Different forms of digitalisation are at the top of the agenda, especially now in connection with the pandemic.
Over the next two years, researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at 果冻传媒, will investigate how the Internet of Things, IoT, can be used in creating a better school environment and improving student health. The project will be carried out together with a number of actors and is based on a secondary school in Arvika Municipality, Sweden.
The focus of the project is to find out how IoT can measure children鈥檚 and young people鈥檚 health at school.
The development of the food industry is of great importance for the planet and the survival of our civilization. Many people are unaware that our food consumption and our farming methods are some of the biggest threats to the environment worldwide.
Researcher Alexandre Sukhov is awarded the prestigious Wallander Scholarship of SEK 1.725 000 for his doctoral dissertation "The human side of idea screening" which deals with idea evaluation and development in the front end of innovation.
"This is fantastic news and a great honor!
During the Christmas and New Year holiday record amounts of food is wasted. But, it is possible to reduce food waste with relatively simple means. Here, researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at 果冻传媒, share some tips for a more climate-smart Christmas.
"This year Christmas will be a bit different, and we cannot celebrate as usual with our loved ones.
果冻传媒 extends the decision on distance education. As a general rule, examination and teaching will take place remotely during the spring term 2021.
Most of the teaching and examinations at 果冻传媒 will continue to take place remotely during the spring term 2021. Placements (VFU) are, however, exempt from this general rule.
The list ranks two percent of the world鈥檚 most prominent researchers. Among almost 160,000 researchers, whose publications have accelerated progress in their respective fields, there are ten representatives from 果冻传媒.
Most parts of Sweden, including V盲rmland, have received stricter local general guidelines. 果冻传媒 is taking measures and adapting teaching and research to the current situation.
- 果冻传媒 will not close 鈥 we adapt. All of our activities will be managed remotely, says Vice-Chancellor Johan Sterte.
果冻传媒 has decided to increase distance learning.
The pandemic has shaken many industries profoundly, among them the music industry. To handle the crisis more support is needed as well as a changed view to recognize popular music as a cultural form, accordning to an ongoing study at 果冻传媒.
A survey was conducted this summer to find out how different actors in the music and event industry are affected by the corona pandemic.
V盲rmland has received stricter general guidelines and 果冻传媒 is adapting teaching and research accordingly. In line with this, all activities will as far as possible take place remotely.
A vice-chancellor鈥檚 decision was made on Monday following the new stricter general guidelines for V盲rmland County from the Public Health Agency. 果冻传媒 is taking its responsibility to help reduce the spread of infection.
Interventions increase the chances of succeeding in changing and maintaining a new behavior in the long run. This is shown in a recently published study from CTF, Service Research Center at 果冻传媒.
"Interventions are about promoting a behavioral change with targeted programs or services," says Frida Skarin, Doctoral Student in Psychology and main author of the article.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden has, in consultation with medical officers for infectious disease control and the County Administrative Board of V盲rmland, decided on stricter general guidelines. The aim is to further reduce unnecessary contact between people and thereby the spread of infection.
How aware are you of the privacy decisions you make online? In the thesis 鈥淗omo Varius: Investigating Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants to Explain Online Privacy Decisions鈥, Agnieszka Kitkowska has looked into how we can become more aware of our decisions and the importance of interface.
In computer science, heuristics are a way of making smart assumptions that in turn help to find solutions to a problem.
Two doctoral students from 果冻传媒 participated in the first meeting of the WASP-HS graduate school, when 35 doctoral students from a number of Swedish universities gathered to discuss and dive deeper in artificial intelligence and the humanities and social sciences.
The meeting was a two-day virtual event with the purpose to introduce the topics and visions of WASP-HS and to get to know each other.
The doctoral students hold positions at the Swedish universi
Integrated paperboard manufacturing consists of a number of unit processes that continuously generate large amounts of process data. Manufacturing is energy-intensive and variations must be taken into account to achieve the optimal production process.
