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News about dissertations

Novel chemical tool for understanding membrane remodelling in the cell
Published: 2024-05-03

PNAS study makes a good "case" for using small molecules as chemical tools to understand complex biology.

Life’s insiders: Decoding endosymbiosis with mathematics
Published: 2024-05-02

Mathematical modelling advances research in endosymbiosis, according to a research group in Umeå.

Deep-learning models provides relevant ads without tracking users
Published: 2024-05-02

New thesis shows how AI can be used to categorise news articles and improve contextual advertising.

Umeå has been chosen to host the European Space Weather Week in 2025
Published: 2024-04-24

ESWW brings scientists and the space industry together as it takes place in Sweden for the first time.

Finalist for prestigious climate research prize
Published: 2024-04-23

For the second year in a row, a Umeå University researcher is a finalist for the Frontiers Planet Prize.

Wants to revolutionize real-time video analytics
Published: 2024-04-23

Ali Rahmanian shows how to improve the performance of systems that handle real-time video data.

Unique field study on fire-impacted forests
Published: 2024-04-19

During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires.

New understanding of energy losses in emerging light source
Published: 2024-04-18

A new method for measuring efficiency losses gives a breakthrough in the development of new light sources.

Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra
Published: 2024-04-17

A new major study shows that the effects of climate change could be stronger than previously thought.

Hannah's research on biased AI
Published: 2024-04-14

Hanna Devinney defends their thesis on biased AI on 18 April 2024.

Dissertations

Ulrika Wikström, Subject Matter Education with a focus on mathematics
Thu
16
May
Ulrika Wikström, Subject Matter Education with a focus on mathematics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 16 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place Hörsal NAT.D.320, Naturvetarhuset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. BETWEEN SYMBOLS AND WORDS: Structural connections in mathematics texts and their effect on reading.

Lina Varg, Subject Matter Education with a focus on natural sciences
Fri
17
May
Lina Varg, Subject Matter Education with a focus on natural sciences
Time 10:00 - 14:00 17 May 10:00 - 14:00
Place KBE 301 - Lilla hörsalen.

Defence of doctoral thesis. The teacher resembles her teacher. About what influences teachers' didactic choices and shapes science teaching in upper primary school.

Nazanin Fouladgar, Computing Science
Fri
24
May
Nazanin Fouladgar, Computing Science
Time 13:15 - 17:15 24 May 13:15 - 17:15
Place MIT.A.121.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Affect Detection with Explainable AI for Time Series.

Citlali Aguirre Salcedo, Ecology
Wed
29
May
Citlali Aguirre Salcedo, Ecology
Time 09:00 - 13:00 29 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora hörsalen, KBC (KBE303).

Defence of doctoral thesis. Steering ecological restoration efforts through the storm of climate change: the case of tropical dry forest shrub species.

Olivia Spain, Chemistry
Thu
30
May
Olivia Spain, Chemistry
Time 10:00 - 14:00 30 May 10:00 - 14:00
Place Stora Hörsalen (KBE303), KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Guardians of Green Gold - Exploring Microalgal Cell Walls and Their Significance in Industrial Processing.

Carla Pérez Morales, Chemistry
Fri
31
May
Carla Pérez Morales, Chemistry
Time 09:00 - 13:00 31 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora Hörsalen (KBE303), KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Upgrading wastewater treatment plant by-products using hydrothermal carbonization.

Karin Sandström, Energy Technology
Fri
31
May
Karin Sandström, Energy Technology
Time 09:00 - 13:00 31 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Effects of impurities on phase equilibrium in quicklime and cement clinker production.

June

Adam Dahlgren Lindström, Computing Science
Thu
13
Jun
Adam Dahlgren Lindström, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 13 June 13:00 - 17:00
Place BIO.E.203 - Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. On Learning, Reasoning, and Compositionality in Multimodal Language Models.

Hanna Isaksson, Computational Science
Fri
14
Jun
Hanna Isaksson, Computational Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 14 June 09:00 - 13:00
Place MIT.A.121 MIT-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Adaptation during the early evolution of multicellularity,

Johan Sjölander, Plant Science
Fri
14
Jun
Johan Sjölander, Plant Science
Time 10:00 - 14:00 14 June 10:00 - 14:00
Place KBE301 Lilla Hörsalen KBC.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Timing is everything: Exploring the role of the circadian clock in plant growth and adaptation.

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Latest update: 2022-11-03