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  • 24 June 2025

    Humanoid robot tested for safer traffic

    Earlier this month, researchers from Halmstad University, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia tested how elementary school s...
  • 19 June 2025

    SAIS 2025 brought Sweden’s AI community to Halmstad

    In June, researchers and practitioners from across Sweden gathered at Halmstad University for the annual conference of the Swedish AI Society (SAIS). Hosted by the Center for Applied Intelligent Syste...
  • 10 June 2025

    A parallel hierarchy emerged in overcrowded prisons

    How can inefficient, undesirable and even downright harmful institutions remain in place, despite better solutions? Oscar Karlsson, who recently graduated with a doctorate in history, has written in h...
  • 24 February 2025

    Teaching AI to learn faster

    Most artificial intelligence (AI) models many examples to be able to learn new things, which can be problematic when there is a lack of data. However, the results of Anna Vettoruzzo’s doctoral studies...
  • 6 February 2025

    Sports becoming more expensive for children and youth

    The cost of children’s and youth sports participation has increased by 68 per cent since 2009, according to new research from Halmstad University and Karlstad University, funded by the Swedish Sports ...
  • 8 January 2025

    How new brands gain a foothold in international markets

    How can companies successfully launch new brands and products in different countries? Manoella Antonieta Ramos at Halmstad University, has in her thesis mapped the tricky challenges that life science ...
  • 13 December 2024

    Local tourism trumps cross-border tourism collaboration

    The EU wants to promote cross-border tourism, and offering “two countries in one visit” can attract more tourists to a region. Despite this, the countries’ marketing at a border, such as the Öresund r...
  • 17 April 2024

    Widespread use of ChatGPT among researchers

    Since 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has gained much attention. This is because of the advanced language model’s ability to generate coherent text on various subjects. Its rise has not been without controvers...
  • 10 April 2024

    Solving traffic challenges with communicating cars

    Hi there Galina Sidorenko! On 28 March, you defended your doctoral dissertation. We wrote about your licentiate thesis on enhancing road safety through wireless communication a few years ago. This is ...
  • 28 February 2024

    AI technology for a fossil-free future

    In the field of transportation innovation, Mohammed Ghaith Altarabichi’s,who recently defended his doctoral thesis in machine learning at Halmstad University, research plays a key role towards a green...
  • 20 December 2023

    Personal AI solutions challenge privacy

    A few years ago, Alexander Galozy, a doctoral student in information technology, presented his licentiate thesis on how AI can support healthcare by reducing workload, lowering costs and empowering pa...
  • 12 December 2023

    Important to build trust between humans and technology

    How can you build trust between humans and technology? Is it possible? And why is it important? Kaspar Raats, a PhD student in informatics at Halmstad University, explores these questions in his docto...
  • 23 November 2023

    Self-driving vehicles for a harsh Nordic climate

    For Eren Erdal Aksoy, innovative solutions and systems are in focus, as well as how intelligent technology can be useful in society. Currently, he spends a lot of time researching on self-driving vehi...
  • 20 October 2023

    Focus area Health Innovation – a diamond in the rough

    Health is a vital part of our lives. Both as individuals and as a society, we are interested in having effective, accessible, and relevant ways to maintain or improve health. At the same time, health ...
  • 1 July 2023

    “Halmstad University should be a jewel”

    This year Halmstad University celebrates its 40th anniversary! And it was today, July 1, 1983, that we were granted the status of an independent university. In a series of chronicles, you will follow ...
  • 22 February 2023

    Research keeps AI compatible with smart devices

    The smart devices we use in our daily lives keep getting smarter and are demanding more and more out of the hardware. How can we make sure that these devices are compatible with the artificial intelli...
  • 26 January 2023

    Turning data into better healthcare

    Healthcare is facing major challenges and the use of data and information can play an important part in solving several of them. With the use of machine learning or other types of artificial intellige...
  • 24 January 2023

    Sustainable work-life in the forestry industry

    How can you create sustainable processes that improve the work environment in the forestry industry? In the research project “Sustainable work-life”, Pia Ulvenblad, Docent in Business Administration a...
  • 24 November 2022

    Safer healthcare with smart systems

    Self-monitoring systems were originally developed to avoid catastrophic machine breakdowns but required that you knew about the mechanics and the specific error you wanted to avoid. In his PhD thesis,...
  • 3 November 2022

    Professor’s portrait: Without water, there is no life

    Antonia Liess, recently appointed Professor of Environmental Sciences, focuses her research on maintaining healthy aquatic systems. Her research has always revolved around aquatic systems, except for ...
  • 25 October 2022

    Robotar för ökat välbefinnande

    Martin Cooney, docent och universitetslektor i robotik på Högskolan i Halmstad, forskar på robotar och välbefinnande. Det handlar om hur robotar kan interagera med människor för att hjälpa dem att må ...
  • 25 October 2022

    Robots for increased well-being

    Martin Cooney, Docent and Senior Lecturer in Robotics at Halmstad University, researches about robots and well-being. It is about how robots can interact with people to help them feel good and how rob...
  • 23 September 2022

    Unique design perspective in Halmstad’s AI education

    Stefan Byttner got his first computer already before he started school. It had a tiny light that flashed red when the computer processed something, and he heard the adults saying “look, the computer i...
  • 20 September 2022

    Människan i fokus i framtidens mobilitetslösningar

    Hur ska infrastruktur och mobilitet se ut i framtidens städer? Det har studerats av Vaike Fors, professor i designetnografi, och hennes kollegor i projektet AHA II. Genom att främja samarbeten mellan ...
  • 20 September 2022

    Human-centred focus in future mobility solutions

    What should the infrastructure and mobility look like in the cities of the future? This is what Vaike Fors, Professor of Design Ethnography, and her colleagues have been studying in the AHA II project...
  • 2 September 2022

    Mobile application can improve road safety

    Hi there, Oscar Molina! Your research is about improving road safety using automated and connected vehicles. You recently presented the first demo within the SafeSmart project at AstaZero. Can you tel...
  • 1 September 2022

    Shaping AI education for practical use in society

    In the fall of 2022, Halmstad University will present a new bachelor’s program named Applied Articifial Intelligence (AI). It is tailored for people who do not primarily have an interest in the engine...
  • 17 August 2022

    Social norms as a tool against corruption

    Giving your teacher a gift may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about corruption. However, research about reducing dysfunctional and corrupt practices in schools shows that inf...
  • 10 June 2022

    Better care at a lower cost by using data

    We are faced with numerous healthcare challenges in the coming years that will require an improved quality of care without increasing costs. Part of the solution is to take advantage, in new ways, of ...
  • 13 April 2022

    The University’s Fab Lab attracted Nordic neighbours

    Fab Lab Halmstad, the University's manufacturing laboratory and prototype workshop, hosted this year's edition of Fab Lab Nordic Boot Camp. During one week, Fab Lab participants from Denmark, Finland,...
  • 6 April 2022

    Research programmes for profiling

    In the next few years, Halmstad University will establish research programmes in order to further strengthen the University's profile. The programmes must clearly contribute to one or both of the Univ...
  • 23 March 2022

    Agile start-ups most innovative

    Hi there, Dulce Goncalves! Your research is about digital innovation and you defended your dissertation a while ago. Can you tell us a little about your research?
  • 28 February 2022

    Self-driving cars for a safer future

    Self-driving cars have great potential in preventing rear-end collisions. PhD student Galina Sidorenko’s research shows the benefits of using wireless communication, also known as vehicle-to-vehicle (...
  • 17 February 2022

    Smart Home Activity Recognition boosts quality of life

    The growing elderly population requires intelligent tools to support senior people in their homes. Advancements within Human Activity Recognition (HAR) make it possible to keep track of a person’s dai...
  • 14 February 2022

    Can AI mend your broken heart?

    Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in Sweden. To prevent and discover cardiovascular disease, and to anticipate the continuous trajectory and care needs for those affected, resea...
  • 15 December 2021

    Research about face recognition when using a mask

    The Swedish Research Council has granted 3,6 million SEK over three years for a new research project at Halmstad University. The project goal is to provide reliable methods for face recognition when w...
  • 2 November 2021

    Drone for clean water engages researchers and students

    The CatFish project has gone from being a student project at the Master’s Programme in Industrial Innovation to becoming a research and collaboration project that engages researchers, students and ext...
  • 11 October 2021

    Nanotechnology for the environment and future sensors

    With advanced nanotechnology, researchers from Halmstad and Lund are developing pioneering components that can be used in several areas. For example, the technology can be used for smart monitoring, d...
  • 16 September 2021

    His mission is for vehicles to talk to each other

    Emergency vehicles asking traffic lights to change colour. Connected trucks that can drive closer to each other. Intelligent vehicles that handle parts of the driving themselves, without any risk to p...
  • 7 July 2021

    Future AI needs to solve problems without labels

    Meet researcher Hadi Fanaee who works with predicting errors and solving problems by using AI. He believes that the greatest possibilities for AI lie in so called unsupervised learning where machine l...
  • 20 May 2021

    Enabling the full potential of Machine Learning

    In this era of big data, there is a need for intelligent systems that can improve continuously by learning from ubiquitous data streams. Mohamed-Rafik Bouguelia is developing Machine Learning algorith...
  • 23 April 2021

    Researcher at Halmstad University new chair of DHC+

    Hello there Kristina Lygnerud, associate professor of business administration, and congratulations! You have just taken over the chairmanship of DHC+. What is DHC+ and how will it be noticeable that y...
  • 15 April 2021

    AI important for future personalised care

    An ageing population and limited resources pose major challenges. PhD student Alexander Galozy believes that artificial intelligence (AI) will play a significant role in the future to manage long-term...
  • 12 April 2021

    AI and healthcare

    Listen to a conversation about how AI can improve healthcare, help make diagnoses and allocate resources. In this discussion you will hear Mattias Ohlsson, Professor of Machine Learning at Halmstad Un...
  • 9 March 2021

    Agile organisations enable digital innovation

    Previous research on agile organisations has mainly focused on large companies. At the same time, there is a tendency to highlight so-called start-ups as good examples. It is generally believed that l...
  • 3 February 2021

    Improving surface quality for sustainable manufacturing

    3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), has developed vastly over the past years and is already a well-used alternative when producing plastic and metal parts for a range of different products. H...
  • 15 December 2020

    Professor’s portrait: From hobby to career

    Ying Fu, Professor of Applied Electromagnetics, has always been interested in technology and gadgets. It started as a hobby and developed into an academic career with many projects and collaborations....
  • 3 November 2020

    Increased security with facial recognition

    With the many services available on smartphones, secure transactions are essential. Fernando Alonso-Fernandez wants to develop new AI solutions for human identification and the understanding of human ...
  • 21 October 2020

    Biodiversity essential for the smart city

    What would you like the city of the future to look like? Do you dream of a world of greenery that sprouts with life? Do you want tomorrow’s children to experience blooming meadows, clean seas and fres...
  • 1 September 2020

    Sustainable manufacturing more relevant than ever

    With the rise in demand for manufactured products, combined with depleting resources, sustainable manufacturing is now more relevant than ever. New research from Halmstad University and Chalmers Unive...
  • 25 June 2020

    Adding intelligence to embedded systems

    Any kind of technical gadget that has a computer and a dedicated function is a so called embedded system. Examples range from smaller devices, like a smart watch, to larger systems, like an autonomous...
  • 13 May 2020

    Researcher in ’Wisdom of the Crowd’

    Earlier this spring, Yuantao Fan defended his doctoral thesis in Signals and Systems Engineering about ’Wisdom of the Crowd’ in Signals and Systems Engineering. His focus has been on buses, but the me...
  • 24 April 2020

    Robots that understand, learn and imitate humans

    How can robots become more intelligent? That is the ultimate question that Eren Erdal Aksoy wants to find the answer to. “I am not interested in designing the latest version of a humanoid robot with...
  • 3 April 2020

    Human-centred design – a new guide for architects

    Service design researchers at Halmstad University have together with Krook & Tjäder Architects created a guide on how architects can work in a more human-centred way. The guide gives architects too...
  • 3 April 2020

    New model helps companies become innovative

    New research from Halmstad University indicates that two interlinked factors might be crucial for the success of a company: embedded innovation – also known as the process of embeddedness or integrati...
  • 26 March 2020

    Digitalisation – a cultural tool for education

    Digitalisation is a game changer – a societal change through and through – comparable to the birth of the printing press, according to Roger Säljö, Guest Professor of Digital Learning at Halmstad Univ...
  • 5 March 2020

    Eight new projects within Research for innovation

    Just before the end of 2019, Halmstad University received the positive announcement that the Swedish Knowledge Foundation grants more than SEK 37 million for eight new projects within the Knowledge an...
  • 4 March 2020

    Research and education powered by the wind

    Halmstad University has been conducting education and research on wind power for more than 25 years. Göran Sidén, former Senior Lecturer in Energy Engineering, started one of the very first courses in...
  • 18 February 2020

    Investing in biogas benefits society

    In order to encourage biogas production – an environmentally and economically sustainable alternative to fossil fuels – researchers and PhD students at Halmstad University, in cooperation with farmers...
  • 27 January 2020

    Students create smart heat pump

    It started as a project at the Swedish heating company NIBE and quickly became a collaboration between NIBE, Halmstad University and Electronics Centre in Halmstad (ECH). It soon developed into a Mast...
  • 28 November 2019

    Research for more efficient sustainable heating

    District heating is a sustainable alternative for heating households. In a recently published licentiate thesis from Halmstad University, doctoral student Shiraz Farouq presents data-driven methods fo...
  • 25 November 2019

    Strong development of Halmstad University’s research

    Halmstad University has high quality research. In the latest research barometer from the Swedish Research Council, Halmstad University ranks eighth nationwide – close to Chalmers University and Uppsal...
  • 28 October 2019

    Professor’s portrait: A desire to improve the world

    Who should have the right to consume when the earth's resources are scarce? How is the welfare state affected by environmental issues and climate change? Human ecology encompasses interdisciplinary pe...
  • 25 October 2019

    Successful research venture within AI

    Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming central in technical research and development. But eight years ago, when Halmstad University started Center for Applied and Intelligent Systems Research...
  • 29 September 2019

    Professor’s portrait: Henrika, horses and health

    Henrika Jormfeldt, newly appointed Professor of Nursing, likes to walk with horses. It is not just an interest in animals and nature. It also about sustainable health throughout life. Her research sho...
  • 26 September 2019

    International collaboration for sustainable wind power

    New research at Halmstad University contributes to cross-continent collaborations and a symbiotic business model. In her thesis, Jasmine Lihua-Liu collaborated with Chinese wind power company Goldwind...
  • 14 July 2019

    3D printing with moon dust

    On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon – on a surface covered with moon dust. Now, 50 years later, scientists are developing technology that will make 3D printing with moon ...
  • 28 May 2019

    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 performa...
  • 25 April 2019

    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 t...
  • 5 April 2019

    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 a...
  • 28 February 2019

    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 se...
  • 4 February 2019

    Working towards safer roads

    25,670 people lost their lives on European roads in 2016, and around 130,000 were seriously injured. Road transport represents a fifth of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions and is the main cause of air...
  • 28 December 2018

    Testing complex autonomous systems

    Autonomous vehicles can increase traffic safety, lead to reduced fuel consumption and more efficient road use. The technology for self-driving cars is developing fast, but there are still many challen...
  • 12 December 2018

    How digital learning can enhance thinking

    Does digital learning enhance our thinking? How? The term digital learning is under constant change and redefinition. After about 20 years of collaboration with Halmstad University, Jo Smedley is thri...
  • 27 August 2018

    Efficient testing of software is increasingly important

    The massive increase of processors and computers integrated in devices and systems all around us, places great demands on efficient software engineering. In a so-called software product line, products...
  • 4 June 2018

    CSR in the context of globalisation

    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a hot topic for the last few years. The focus has however been on North America and Europe, at least when it comes to research. But, when firms with thei...
  • 18 May 2018

    Your walk talks

    The way you walk can reveal current and future health problems. New research from Halmstad University suggests the use of wearable sensors for analysing your movement. This can potentially result in e...
  • 17 May 2018

    An engineer with a passion for health

    In all honesty, Anita Sant'Anna had her eyes set on being a medical doctor. However, after some time contemplating, she decided to study electrical engineering. Today she has managed to combine both h...
  • 27 April 2018

    Emotional art by social robots

    Halmstad University’s social robot Baxter can create paintings that express human emotions. Last year, Baxter’s paintings successfully participated in an international robot art competition. The emoti...
  • 21 November 2017

    Critical demands on wireless networks

    The wireless communications has revolutionized the manner in which humans communicate. In the new generations of embedded systems, people, autonomous devices and the environment will interact with eac...
  • 8 November 2017

    Reinventing optical sensors with nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology allows us to combine materials with different optical properties in entirely new ways. Components can be made smaller, cheaper and more energy-efficient than those we use today, and new...
  • 24 August 2017

    Scary or safe when monitored day and night?

    During three weeks in May, researcher Edison Pignaton de Freitas lived in the Halmstad Intelligent Home (HINT). Edison’s daily routines were monitored by the different sensors in the flat and collecte...
  • 28 June 2017

    How to handle the winding path of an innovation

    Innovation can be defined as the introduction of new products and services that add value to the consumer. But the innovation process is rarely straightforward, and the uncertainties involved often re...
  • 12 June 2017

    Reshaping healthcare through Artificial Intelligence

    When Artificial Intelligence and medicine meet, a new discipline is born. Efficient solutions for a better healthcare system, specifically for congestive heart failure patients, is the goal for a new ...
  • 17 May 2017

    Finding small things in big data

    Sepideh Pashami uses big data to predict and understand not only what happens when you change certain factors in a process, but why it happens. In a project with Volvo, she is working on a system that...
  • 11 May 2017

    Making the Intelligent Home even smarter

    After four years of owning his own business, Jens Lundström chose to go back to school. As a researcher he now combines his passion for innovation and progress, making the Intelligent Home even smarter.
  • 3 May 2017

    Steps literally taken towards better health

    How we walk can tell us a lot about our wellbeing, and also about future health problems. Siddhartha Khandelwal, with his colleagues at Halmstad University, have created a unique database with walking...
  • 4 April 2017

    Young adults forge ties through ’book talk’

    Who is the one that is going to travel and why is the family worried? Shaun Tan’s ”The Arrival” opened the project where young arrivals in Sweden are faced with tough subjects through a ’book talk’ st...
  • 20 January 2017

    Professor’s portrait: A dream about self-driving cars

    Alexey Vinel was inaugurated as a new Professor at the University’s Academic Ceremony in November. His research focus is on developing wireless communication technologies to support intelligent transp...
  • 20 January 2017

    Frida Stranne wants facts to go viral

    As Donald Trump was winning the presidential election, researcher Frida Stranne reported live from CNN in New York for the Swedish tabloid Expressen. But Halmstad University’s most well-known research...