STC Research Centre

Prof. Mårten Sjöström has been appointed General Co-Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2026, which will take place in Tampere, Finland, on 13–17 September 2026. ICIP is one of the world’s leading conferences in the fields of image processing and visual signal analysis.

Friday 16 January 2026

Research on how artificial intelligence and remote control can be used in practice is highlighted in Swedish Radio P4 Västernorrland. In a report, Professor Mårten Sjöström talks about opportunities, challenges and future areas of use.

Thursday 8 January 2026

A new needs analysis shows that forestry, mining, and manufacturing companies are ready to advance remote operations with immersive technologies. High demands on image quality, ergonomics, and usability remain, with AR seen as a key enabler.

Wednesday 7 January 2026

Mid Sweden University is taking a big step as a regional knowledge engine. The STC research centre, together with its partners, has been granted almost SEK 50 million for five new research projects that will drive development in artificial intelligence, sensor technology and digitalisation.

Thursday 18 December 2025

How can international students and regional companies collaborate to strengthen the workforce of tomorrow? At a Lucia gathering at SCA, international master’s students from Mid Sweden University got a firsthand look at the company’s operations, recruitment needs, and career opportunities.

Wednesday 17 December 2025

Last week, Farangis Foroughi, PhD student at STC, gave a presentation about her research at the MAX IV Laboratory, as part of their MAX4Life Talk Series.

Friday 12 December 2025

Welcome to a public defense of doctoral thesis in Computer Engineering with Soheib Takhtardeshir who will present his thesis "VAE-Driven Compression of Light Field Images through Disentangled Latent Modeling and Perceptual Quality Assessment ".

09.15–14.00

Sundsvall

Yi-Hsin Li will present her thesis "Steered Mixture of Experts for Compact and Edge-aware Representation: From 2D Image Regression to 3D Radiance Fields" in Technical University. Berlin, and on Zoom.

14.00–16.00

Online

Welcome to a public defense of doctoral thesis in Electronics with Isaac Sánchez Leal who will present his thesis "Partitioned Deep Neural Network Inference on Resource-Constrained IoT Devices: A System-Level Methodology".

09.00–12.00

Sundsvall