News from STC
News from STC research centre
Interview Samuel Willingham
Samuel works as a joint Early Stage Researcher at Mid Sweden University and the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria). His research topic is “Learning Algorithms for Inverse Problems with New Imaging Modalities“.
Guest lecture
Mittuniversitetet bjöd in Kent Damberg, Senior HW Designer på BitSim NOW, för att hålla en öppen gästföreläsning om FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Arrays. Nu kan du se föreläsningen på Mittuniversitetets Youtube-kanal.
Irida Shallari Receives Prestigious Award for Research in Energy-Efficient AI
Mid Sweden University researcher Irida Shallari has been awarded the Royal Skytteanska Society's 2026 Prize for Outstanding Young Researchers in Natural Sciences and Engineering for her research on energy-efficient artificial intelligence with applications in railway infrastructure and industry.
Degree project at Bosch to provide smarter AI for industry
How can AI be used to understand different operating conditions in industrial systems? Through his degree project at Mid Sweden University, Italian student Marco Greco is working with real industry data from Bosch to develop energy-efficient AI solutions for the industry of the future.
Degree project at Valmet connects AI to real industry challenges
How can AI be used to detect errors in industrial processes? Through his degree project at Valmet, student Ali Gharieb gets to work close to real industrial needs – in a collaboration where research and product development meet.
Eiraj Saqib successfully defended his doctoral thesis
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.
New doctoral student strengthens research in industrial AI
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.
From exchange student to research engineer at ResilientEdge
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.
Field tests provide new insights into optical measurement of salt on asphalt
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.
International students get tools for careers in Sweden
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 holds halftime seminar on robust advertisement detection research
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.
Making sound visible - halftime seminar by Marianthi Adampoulou
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.
New course strengthens expertise in industrial cybersecurity
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.
Oscar Berg presented his work at a half-time seminar
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.
Great interest in inspirational lecture on industrial development with AI
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.
International winter school in image analysis and visual AI held at Mid Sweden University
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.
The electric car can become part of the energy system of the future
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.
Sundsvalls Tidning draws attention to Irida Shallari
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.
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