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Graduation week filled with joy and drive

Last week was Halmstad University’s graduation week with the graduation fair Utexpo and the big graduation ceremony at Halmstad Arena.

How can we better manage all collected data?

Sensors in houses, cars, gadgets – and on humans – generate huge amounts of data every second. In order to process, analyse and react to the results of collected data, the demands on computer performance increases. Part of the solution is a so-called manycore architecture , a hardware architecture that contains several hundred, or even a thousand, processor cores, which improves the capacity of a computer. In a recently published doctoral thesis from Halmstad University, methods and tools are presented that can help both hardware and software developers to design the next generation of computers.

International cross collaboration to help dementia patients

Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, and reasoning – which complicates daily routines for dementia patients. In a European initiative called Remind, Halmstad University collaborates with organisations from nine different countries to develop technical solutions that can help patients with dementia and their relatives in everyday life. In a newly produced video seminar, Halmstad researchers present the Remind project.

Victory in research competition for quality assurance of patient data

Researchers from Halmstad University and Lund University have won an AI competition announced by the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA. The purpose of the competition was to develop a system for tracing mislabeled cancer patient data.

Research for fewer power outages

The results of his research enable power distribution companies to change from reactive to predictive maintenance. This reduces the risks of long outages annoying the customers as well as costly and time consuming repair actions for the distribution companies. Hassan Nemati has developed methods that can extract information from available data in smart distribution grids.

Halmstad is the Student City of the Year 2019/2020!

Halmstad has been chosen to be the Student City of the Year 2019/2020 by the Swedish National Union of Students (SFS). The award was handed over during a festive ceremony at Halmstad University on April 11.

New testing techniques for safer software development

Software product line engineering has become common practice for developing families of software systems. It has been used by many industrial companies such as Boeing, Bosch, General Motors, Philips and Siemens. Since the safety aspect of these systems is of great importance, they have to be efficiently and rigorously tested. Mahsa Varshosaz at Halmstad University has developed a testing technique tailored for product lines and has recently published a thesis on her conclusions.

Couch potatoes and flying pigs! New book on sayings and other standard phrases

Idiomatic expressions make our language richer and, furthermore, are great exercise for the brain. Monica Karlsson, Senior Lecturer in English at Halmstad University, researches fixed phrases. In her new book, published by an international, British publisher, she describes her research.

The challenge with healthcare innovation

“There is no shortage of innovation within the healthcare sector, it’s just translating innovation into practice that is difficult. And it takes a long time”, says Guest Professor James Barlow, the second Bennett Professor at Halmstad University. He is a Professor in Technology and Innovation Management at Imperial College Business School in London and focuses in his research on innovation in healthcare – from creation to adoption. He is particularly interested in the complex relationship between innovation in health technologies, services and infrastructure.

Say hi to our new website – and the new student web

Today Halmstad University launches its new website and a brand new student web. The new websites focus on the search function – rather than the menus – user needs and highlighting our core assignments: education and research. Instead of a traditional top menu, the visitor now accesses the menu through an icon at the top right of all the pages of the site, in the same way as many websites are designed today to be mobile friendly.