STC Research Centre

How can future 6G networks deliver reliable connectivity in remote areas? In the ENSURE-6G project, researcher Jean de Souza Sant’Ana compares High Altitude Platforms and LEO satellites to strengthen communication in northern regions.

Friday 20 February 2026

Within the DIGIT project, over 60 business cases, in collaboration with Mid Sweden University, have worked with data-driven development and AI for increased sustainability. In a new report, three of the companies talk about their journeys – from challenge to concrete benefit.

Monday 16 February 2026

Yi-Hsin Li recently successfully defended her thesis “Steered Mixture of Experts for Compact and Edge-aware Representation: From 2D Image Regression to 3D Radiance Fields.”

Friday 13 February 2026

Mid Sweden University's AI investment is highlighted as a decisive factor in last week's big establishment news, the investment in an AI center in Sundsvall. Mattias O'Nils, Head of STC Research Centre, has been involved in the dialogue behind the decision and we catch up with him to hear a little more.

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Today, Soheib Takhtardeshir successfully presented his doctoral thesis "VAE-Driven Compression of Light Field Images through Disentangled Latent Modeling and Perceptual Quality Assessment"

Thursday 22 January 2026

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

Welcome to a public defense of doctoral thesis in Electronics with Meng Jiang who will present her theis "Measurement Quality in Acoustic Sensing with Microphones: From Indoor Localization to Heart Sound Classification".

09.00–13.00

Sundsvall

Welcome to the public defense of doctoral thesis in Computer Engineering with Ali Hassan who will present his thesis "Parameter-Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks for Computer Vision Applications".

09.15–13.00

Sundsvall

Who Owns AI Risk in Your Business? Many small and medium-sized companies use AI and digital systems in their daily operations. But who is responsible when data is wrong, systems fail, or AI-driven decisions create risk?

13.00–14.00

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