On June 9, Eiraj Saqib successfully presented and defended his doctoral thesis "Bottleneck-Aware Optimization of Distributed CNN Inference for Edge-Cloud IoT Systems" and can now call himself a PhD in Electronics.
With a background in embedded systems and industrial IoT, Thomas Bénéteau wants to contribute to robust AI models for industry. At Mid Sweden University, he is now researching how AI can strengthen railway infrastructure and improve operational reliability.
After two exchange periods at Mid Sweden University, Alessandro De Martini returns as a research engineer in the ResilientEdge project. Now he wants to combine AI and infrastructure to strengthen companies' cybersecurity and robustness.
How do asphalt, environment and wavelengths affect measurements of salt on roadways? A degree project at NTNU in Trondheim and tests within the SENAVIS project provide new insights into how sensor technology can work in both labs and real environments.
How does the Swedish labour market actually work? During an inspirational lecture in Grönborg, international students at Mid Sweden University received concrete advice, personal examples and tools to take the step from studies to work in Sweden.
Faeze Zakaryapour Sayyad has presented her halfway seminar, showcasing research on robust and annotation-efficient advertisement detection in documents under domain shift. Her work combines academic and industrial perspectives to improve large-scale media analysis under real-world conditions.
PhD-student Marianthi Adamopoulou recently presented her research during a halftime seminar at Mid Sweden University. Her work focuses on sound imaging and how deep learning can be used together with simple microphone setups to visualize and classify sound.
On 14–16 April, a new online course in cybersecurity developed by STC and FSCN was held for the first time. The course, which provides in‑depth knowledge of threats, risks, and protection in industrial environments, featured guest lectures from experts – something the participants greatly appreciated.
Recently, doctoral student Oscar Berg held his half-time seminar at Mid Sweden University. The seminar marks an important milestone in doctoral education and provided an opportunity for valuable feedback on the work carried out so far.
There was great interest when the research project DIGIT arranged an inspirational lecture focusing on how artificial intelligence can contribute to development in the manufacturing industry. Over 160 people signed up for the online seminar.
Mid Sweden University hosted the 2026 Winter School for EMJM in Imaging program on February 18–20 in Sundsvall. Students and researchers from the partner European universities gathered for lectures and workshops on image analysis, visual AI, and visual perception.
In the future, the electric car's battery can be used for more than just transport. In an interview with the technology magazine M3, Professor Kent Bertilsson talks about the technology that can turn the electric car into an energy storage for both the home and the electricity grid.
In an interview with Sundsvalls Tidning, Irida Shallari, senior lecturer in electronics, talks about her career journey – a journey that began in 2016 when she came to Mid Sweden University as a doctoral student.
This weekend marked the final races of Vasaloppet Week, and this year Mid Sweden University was represented by a team from the Electic Power Engineering program. In bright winter conditions, students and teachers together completed the five stages of the Stafettvasan relay between Sälen and Mora.
Researchers, authorities and companies gathered on 24 February at Mid Sweden University for a network meeting within Senavis. The focus was on dialogue, exchange of experience and the development of new sensor technology for more precise and sustainable anti-slip control.
On January 1, NextIndustriAI started, a new cross-border research project that will make it easier for manufacturing small and medium-sized companies in the Aurora region to take the step into AI-driven production.
After six years of work, Meng Jiang successfully defended her doctoral thesis in electronics on February 25. Between measurements, writing and family life, she has now stepped into the research world as a doctor, ready to continue contributing to her field of study.
On February 27, Ali Hassan successfully presented and defended his Doctoral Thesis “Parameter-Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks for Computer Vision Applications” and can now title himself Doctor in Computer Engineering.
Business and Growth at Sundsvall Municipality visited Mid Sweden University to deepen their knowledge of the university's research and collaboration with the business community. The goal is to strengthen cooperation and find new ways to complement each other in the future.
On February 18, Isaac Sánchez Leal successfully defended his PhD thesis on partitioned deep neural network inference for resource-constrained IoT devices. His work presents a system-level methodology enabling efficient and accurate AI execution on battery-powered edge devices.
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