4 months ago Professor’s portrait: “Digitalisation is not an uncontrollable force of nature; it is created by humans” Digital service innovation is about how digital services are received and create value for users, organisations, and society. Maria Åkesson, Professor of Informatics, study how digitalisation can cont...
4 months ago 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...
5 months ago 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...
5 months ago 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...
5 months ago “Universities must get ready for new types of teaching” From traditional teaching to lifelong learning – everyone knows that we need to make the shift. But how? Pontus Wärnestål often grapples with that question.
8 months ago Drone is going to measure the quality in the municipal bodies of water CatFish, the solar-powered water drone which has been developed at Halmstad University, will support decision-making on actions for water conservations. The University has in collaboration with Halmst...
8 months ago 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 ...
9 months ago Everyday experiences in focus when developing digitalised cars of the future To create sustainable mobility solutions in the future, you need to understand how people think about digitalised cars. In his dissertation, Thomas Lindgren, who is an industrial PhD student in Inform...
9 months ago Human-machine collaboration improves the detection of anomaly When a deviation in a data set is found, it can implicate that something is wrong. It can, for example, be a machine part that does not work, a computer intrusion or a first sign of illness. By combin...
10 months ago 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,...
10 months ago 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?
11 months ago The financial industry's major role towards a sustainable society The Nordic financial industry does not have the capacity to focus on sustainability issues, due to the industry’s fierce competition. This is stated by Fazle Rahi, a PhD student at Halmstad University...
a year ago 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 (...
a year ago 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...
a year ago 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...
a year ago Researcher new board member of the International Conference on New Business Models Hello there, Maya Hoveskog, Associate Professor in Innovation Management! Congratulations on your new assignment as a board member of the International Conference New Business Models (NBM)! What is Ne...
a year ago Halmstad University educates engineers on the fourth industrial revolution The fourth industrial revolution means that industry must be digitized. Halmstad University is leading the Industry 4.0 project, which is a collaboration between several universities and industry in o...
a year ago 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...
a year ago Professor’s portrait: How can we measure sustainability? Striving for the sustainable production of products and services is now accepted by the vast majority, but how do we know that something is sustainable? Can measurable key ratios that express sustaina...
a year ago Professor's portrait: About making money and saving the world at the same time Fawzi Halila's research deals with sustainable innovations and business models for sustainability and is in the interface between innovation, product development, and sustainable development. Fawzi Ha...
a year ago 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...
a year ago Professor’s portrait: Our every-day-life is central in research about new technology Understanding how humans are affected by technology development, and vice versa, is the driving force for Vaike Fors, newly appointed Professor in the unique field of Design Ethnography. “I’m interes...
a year ago Professor’s portrait: “Being a researcher is like being an artist – you create and are passionate about what you do!” Creating a sustainable society has long engaged Urban Persson, Professor of Renewable Energy Systems at Halmstad University. With his research in district heating, he hopes to contribute with new know...
a year ago 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...
a year ago Innovation Conference 2021 – Small and medium-sized smart cities and communities On Thursday, September 23, Halmstad University’s annual innovation conference took place. The conference was arranged by the University’s profile area Smart Cities and Communities. Focus was on develo...
a year ago 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...
a year ago Professor’s portrait: Åsa Andersson is trying to crack the code to autoimmune diseases Every year a number of Swedes are diagnosed with autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, MS and rheumatic diseases. It is still unknown why the immune system attacks the body and creates such sit...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago Artificial intelligence and precision health at Halmstad University In a new research profile at Halmstad University, called CAISR Health, research on the development of AI tools meet research on how these tools can be implemented in healthcare. The theme is AI and pr...
2 years ago Professor’s Portrait: “Life would be boring without difficult problems” Slawomir Nowaczyk is a Professor in Machine Learning and his research is about the discovery of interesting patterns and relations in large amounts of data – knowledge that can be used to avoid vehicl...
2 years ago Integrating service innovation into the design of digital products Interview with researchers Maria Åkesson, Michel Thomsen and Soumitra Chowdhury.
2 years ago Students learn to think and act sustainably in new research project Today’s youth is very aware of contemporary climate issues and demonstrates a desire to change our society to become more sustainable. To meet this global movement, university education must be adapte...
2 years ago Machine errors can be predicted when companies and researchers collaborate Maintaining a sterile and high hygienic standard is of great importance in hospitals. Sterilizers are machines used to sterilize hospital equipment. If a sterilizer breaks down, it can have major consequences.
2 years ago Ten years as a Knowledge and Competence Centre has given very good results A large part of Halmstad University’s research is gathered in the University’s Knowledge and Competence Centre called Research for Innovation. The Knowledge and Competence Centre, which is a ten-year ...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago Creating a new mathematical theory of simultaneous events Even as a child, he wanted to find his own answers, rather than asking an adult. Johan Thunberg is now a researcher in mathematics and is working on a new scientific theory of synchronised systems.
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago Joint human-machine learning can improve district heating By combining machine learning and human knowledge in self-monitoring and intelligent systems, failures and deviations can automatically be detected. Research at Halmstad University shows that when the...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago Professor’s portrait: He explores the road towards a sustainable society Environmentally driven innovation calls for contributions on several different levels: engineering, strategic leadership, and political policy instruments. As newly appointed Professor in Innovation S...
2 years ago 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....
2 years ago Halmstad University in second place in an international AI competition A team from the Center for Applied Intelligent Systems Research at Halmstad University presented a successful solution in an AI competition earlier this fall. The competition is called the Aramis chal...
2 years ago Artificial intelligence could predict and prevent diseases Kobra Etminani wants to see a healthier society by using artificial intelligence, AI, in the healthcare system. AI can help doctors diagnose patients, recommending the right treatments and making a pr...
2 years ago 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 ...
2 years ago 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...
2 years ago Improved decision-making skills vital to avoid spread of Covid-19 in healthcare facilities New research from Halmstad University investigates the prevention of healthcare associated infections and gives a clue on how to avoid the spread of for instance Covid-19 in hospital settings. PhD stu...
2 years ago Visiting Professor Julie Reed wants academics to collaborate to solve practical problems Julie Reed is an internationally renowned researcher in implementation and improvement research within healthcare. She has now joined Halmstad University as a Visiting Professor. Her research focuses ...
2 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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 years ago Self tracking apps affect us – and we affect the apps with improvisation and fiddling They are a big part of our everyday lives, the apps that measure everything from how we eat and sleep, to how we move. The initial idea is that our behaviour needs to be adjusted – we are supposed to ...
3 years ago Personalised digital intervention to battle high blood pressure By motivating and reminding a person to take her medication, based on her own needs and behaviour, researchers at Halmstad University strive to improve medication adherence for patients with hypertens...
3 years ago Social byggnorm – how architecture and social relations affect each other Social byggnorm (social construction norms) is an initiative aiming to develop equal physical work environments. Together with Carlstedt architects, researchers have developed building norms that ma...
3 years ago 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 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago Anita’s company wants to forge the link between researchers and facts Researchers constantly need to collect and analyse statistics and data. This requires tools that are often developed specifically for each project, at great expense. Former Halmstad University researc...
3 years ago User experience and sustainability focus for research on functional surfaces Martin Bergman, PhD student working at Halmstad University, focuses on material design and smart surfaces, for instance in a research project in cooperation with Volvo interior design, aimed at develo...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago Schools and researchers collaborate around digital learning VR for language development, mother tongue distance education, learning through video-watching, gamification and the local environment as a learning environment for pre-school children. These are some...
3 years ago Professor’s portrait: Urban Johnson and the story of the academic subject sports psychology Why do some people manage to come back after a sports injury and others do not – even when the conditions are about the same? That question shaped the research career of Urban Johnson, Professor of Psychology.
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago User-centred and sustainable technology development – several new multidisciplinary future mobility research projects User-centred and sustainable design of new technologies is becoming increasingly important. Many traditionally technology-driven industries, such as the automotive industry and power companies, are sh...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago Professor’s portrait: A teaching interest brought Mark Dougherty to Sweden Vehicle activated signs, artificial intelligence’s inability to forget, and tools to evaluate Parkinson’s disease – these are just a few of the topics that Professor Mark Dougherty has spent his time ...
3 years ago Professor’s portrait: On important social issues such as online marketing and e-health services Helena Sandberg is the researcher that is frequently involved in very contemporary projects, such as online marketing, ehealth services, and digitalisation. In the qualitative ethnographic study “Små ...
3 years ago Local businesses implement AI with help from University researchers During a few months, three hand-picked companies have been learning about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied in their businesses and what improvements it can provide for them. “An incred...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago Professor’s portrait: Helping people live a life they feel good about Lena-Karin Erlandsson’s field of research is the balance between different types of activities and how they are affected by our health.
3 years ago Professor’s portrait: Health promotion and the two parallel missions that the Swedish sports movement is based on Sport and exercise have always been a natural part of Eva-Carin Lindgren’s life. As a researcher, she has been interested in everything from health promotion among non-physically active adolescents, t...
3 years ago Making multinational subsidiaries succeed – a matter of understanding the impact of distances What aspects decide if multinational subsidiaries fail or prosper? What effect do cultural differences have on the companies’ financial performance? And how are they affected by dissimilarities in for...
3 years ago 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...
3 years ago 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...
4 years ago 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 ...
4 years ago Using AI to individualise care for heart patients in Halland A growing elderly population puts great demands on our increasingly complex healthcare system. Ineffective decision-making can lead to a poorer quality of care for the patients, as well as escalating ...
4 years ago Halmstad University starts a new collaborative research project with Volvo Group for more efficient electromobility By applying artificial intelligence (AI) to predictive maintenance of electric-powered buses we can significantly prolong their lifetime. Halmstad University and Volvo Group have received SEK 15 milli...
4 years ago Adapting new city districts for autonomous vehicles through EU funded research Halmstad University, together with ten other organisations in seven different countries, has received funding for a new research project for the development of smart cities. The project aims to facili...
4 years ago 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...
4 years ago 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 Universi...
4 years ago 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 tr...
4 years ago Professor’s portrait: Contributing to better conditions From a municipal social worker to a Professor at Halmstad University. Magnus Tideman has changed both workplace and professional title during his career, but his driving force has always remained the ...
4 years ago 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...
4 years ago 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...
4 years ago 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 ...
4 years ago 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 years ago Heat Roadmap Europe remaps the energy supply systems of the European Union Halmstad University, in collaboration with Aalborg University in Denmark and Europa-Universität Flensburg in Germany, conducts world-leading research within the fields of heating market analysis and d...
4 years ago 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...
4 years ago 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...
4 years ago 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...
4 years ago Human interaction with intelligent vehicles – how do we react and when is it dangerous? During the past five years, PhD student Maytheewat Aramrattana has developed a simulation programme to test and evaluate functions of intelligent vehicles, including how humans act in traffic situatio...
4 years ago Professor’s portrait: Sociology captures life as it is Studying how people function in social contexts and how different structures characterise social life has been the focus of Marta Cuesta’s research for many years.
4 years ago From technology to talk – how to develop business in poor, rural areas in Colombia To transfer technology solutions – from a university to a rural, low-income area – is not a straight forward act. Deycy Sánchez Preciado, researcher in Innovation Science at Halmstad University, has i...
4 years ago A human approach to designing future cities and intelligent cars The arrival of autonomous vehicles in our society will significantly change the way we travel. But should we, and our cities, adapt to new urban mobility or can technology be tailored for us? A new Dr...
4 years ago Companies' innovation capability stimulated by cooperation New research from Halmstad University shows that an increase in cooperation makes it possible for all actors in the supply chain to raise their productivity and become more innovative. In his doctoral...
4 years ago World Alzheimer’s Day – Halmstad researchers are developing solutions for dementia patients September 21 every year is World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia among older adults. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, and reason...
4 years ago Service design and architecture create our future smart cities What can a service designer and an architect learn from each other? And how can their collaboration benefit society? By crossing two different disciplines, new ways to design the future's physical env...
4 years ago 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 years ago Professor’s portrait: Driven to contribute to something larger Thorsteinn Rögnvaldsson has worked within the sphere of computer science at Halmstad University since 1996. His interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning was, however, established much ...
4 years ago Slawomir wants to create an artificial, truly intelligent system Slawomir Nowaczyk was already a merited academic when joining Halmstad University eight years ago. Having finished his undergraduate and master studies in Poland, he moved on to earn a PhD in machine ...
5 years ago Professor’s portrait: The researcher who wants to teach machines to see When will we be able to teach robots to see like humans do? That means, to really interpret the surroundings and then make rational decisions. Today, research has not got that far. But Joseph Bigun, P...
5 years ago Intelligent maps will help robots navigate in your home Automated mobile robots have the capacity to help us with many service tasks, such as home care assistance or moving goods in a warehouse. Since robots lack human senses, they depend on sensors and ot...
5 years ago 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...
5 years ago 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...
5 years ago 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...
5 years ago 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...
5 years ago European initiative develops better healthcare solutions for patients with dementia People with a dementia diagnosis often struggle with daily routines, for example remembering to take their medication. In a European initiative called Remind, organisations from nine different countri...
5 years ago From punch cards to artificial intelligence – from east to west Antanas Verikas has seen the birth of artificial intelligence. Since his university studies in electronics in the early 1970's, the technology that enables artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved rap...
5 years ago Multi antenna systems improve indoor positioning and autonomous vehicles Marco Marinho, a PhD student at Halmstad University, has made the practical implementation of multi antenna systems possible. These systems have until now been mostly limited to theory and very hard t...
5 years ago Professor’s portrait: ”My research is fundamentally about people” Jeaneth Johansson is driven by a passion to meet new people and solve problems. She feels that being a professor is ”the most enjoyable job in the world”, not least because contact with doctoral stude...
5 years ago Honorary Doctor who wants to highlight the family’s role in health and care Many people have to take care of their elderly parents and loved ones nowadays, and those that do, know what a tough job it can be. One who can certainly relate to this is Gun-Britt Lydén – who for al...
5 years ago Professor’s portrait: The nurse who became a professor In most cases, when someone becomes ill, it affects more than one person, extending to the people around them. Close relatives were a neglected group in healthcare for a long time. Kristina Ziegert ha...
5 years ago 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...
5 years ago Fast response, smooth dialogue and a clearer development – new app for mentoring of student teachers strengthens education To be able to use practical knowledge in teaching, and interact with pupils, is important for teacher students, as well as conditions for feedback and development. In an international research project...
5 years ago 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...
5 years ago Professor’s portrait: Professor of Informatics focuses on users Initially, Carina Ihlström Eriksson had no plans of becoming a researcher, but a friend of hers, who began studying at Halmstad University, changed her mind. And once she enrolled, as a student in Bus...
5 years ago Mining historical data enables power companies to predict and prevent power outages Since 2014 Hassan Nemati’s research focus has been on estimating the reliability of underground power cables by using historical data. This means, estimating how reliable a cable is without installing...
5 years ago New Google film about an innovation project developed at Health Technology Centre Halland Every three seconds someone develops dementia. Today, on World Alzheimer's Day, Google releases a film about Bike Around, a regional project developed at Health Technology Centre Halland. Bike Around ...
5 years ago The myth of beauty and happiness versus clever identification – new research drills into advertising Marketing surrounds us. Adverts and selling texts, pictures and film clips follow us around whether we move in the physical or digital world. But what sort of creative processes that advertisers follo...
5 years ago 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...
6 years ago 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...
6 years ago Increasing efficiency in testing software product lines Software product line engineering is a software development technique for mass production and customisation of systems such as medical devices, mobile phones and automotive systems. In a software prod...
6 years ago 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 ...
6 years ago Big data requires better computers – Halmstad researcher takes processing power one step further Big data is just what it sounds like – huge volumes of data, collected by sensors and computers all around the world. When a large amount of information is analysed, conclusions can be used to for exa...
6 years ago 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...
6 years ago 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.
6 years ago 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...
6 years ago Social robot in training to express human feelings through art Can a robot sense your feelings? Right now 198 works of robot art are competing in a Robot Art Competition in the USA. The winners are selected partly by Facebook likes. A unique contribution to the c...
6 years ago 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...
6 years ago New research shows how it is easier for truck drivers to optimise their driving for reduced fuel consumption Could less fuel have been used? That is a question asked in new research from Halmstad University. Since both the environment and company finances benefit from lower fuel consumption, it is important ...
6 years ago Professor’s portrait: The Universitys first professor in Health Innovation Health promoting innovations supported by digital services have a great potential to improve the health of children and young people. In Jens Nygren’s research, the children participate in the entire ...
6 years ago Professor’s portrait: The ethnologist who became digital Magnus Bergquist was inaugurated as a new Professor at the University’s Academic Ceremony in November. Throughout his working career, he has been interested in collaboration and networking. The recurr...
6 years ago 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...
6 years ago 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...
6 years ago Professor’s portrait: Health, health promotion and participation in focus Health, health promotion and participation in healthcare are Petra Svedberg’s main research areas. She is particularly interested in two vulnerable groups: children and adolescents, and adults with me...
