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Science outreach events

Umeå University researchers disseminate their knowledge and their research outside the University through various events and public lectures.

In our calendar, you can read about upcoming public lectures.

Upcoming defences of doctoral theses

Elia Astanterabi Swai – Public Health
Thu
22
May
Elia Astanterabi Swai – Public Health
Time 09:00 - 12:00 22 May 09:00 - 12:00
Place Hall Alicante, Building 5 B, 3 floor, Umiversity Hospital, Umeå

Defence of doctoral thesis. BEING YOUNG AND PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED: Voicing the needs and challenges of children, adolescents, and their carers in northeastern Tanzania.

Mariam Taha. Computing Science
Fri
23
May
Mariam Taha. Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 12:00 23 May 09:00 - 12:00
Place NAT.D.360

Defence of doctoral thesis. Problematic Metric Space for Machine Learning: Data and Model Spaces

Fredrik Landfors – cardiology
Fri
23
May
Fredrik Landfors – cardiology
Time 09:00 - 13:00 23 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place Room B NUS Building 1D, 9th floor

Defence of doctoral thesis. DECODING DYSLIPIDEMIA: Human Genetic Studies of Drug Targets in Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease.

Erik Zäll, Experimental Physics
Fri
23
May
Erik Zäll, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 23 May 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE301, Lilla hörsalen.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Heating a sustainable future: Optical coatings for solar collectors.

Samielle Drake - Economics
Fri
23
May
Samielle Drake - Economics
Time 10:00 - 12:00 23 May 10:00 - 12:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.220 – Lindell 2

Defence of doctoral thesis. Navigating Public Procurement

Ayush Varshney, Computing Science
Mon
26
May
Ayush Varshney, Computing Science
Time 10:00 - 14:00 26 May 10:00 - 14:00
Place BIO.A.206 - Aula Anatomica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Navigating Model Anonymity and Adaptability.

Signe Lundqvist, Mathematics
Tue
27
May
Signe Lundqvist, Mathematics
Time 13:00 - 17:00 27 May 13:00 - 17:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.220 – Lindellhallen 2.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Does it move? Euclidean and projective rigidity of hypergraphs.

Maarten Laurits Jensen, Computing Science
Tue
27
May
Maarten Laurits Jensen, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 27 May 13:00 - 17:00
Place MIT.A.121.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Dynamic Context-Sensitive Deliberation for Social Simulations: Balancing Scalability and Realism.

Thomas Gu – Neurology
Fri
30
May
Thomas Gu – Neurology
Time 09:00 - 12:00 30 May 09:00 - 12:00
Place 1 D, T9, Hall B

Defence of doctoral thesis. Carotid Near-Occlusion – Diagnostics, Pathophysiology and Risk of Recurrent Ipsilateral Ischemic Stroke

Lidia Kidane, Computing Science
Fri
30
May
Lidia Kidane, Computing Science
Time 13:15 - 17:00 30 May 13:15 - 17:00
Place MIT.A.121.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Accurate and Low-Overhead Workload Prediction for Cloud Management.

June

Sonakshi Garg, Computing Science
Mon
2
Jun
Sonakshi Garg, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 14:00 2 June 09:00 - 14:00
Place HUM.D.210.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Bridging AI and Privacy: Solutions for High-dimensional data and foundation models.

Cyrille Bader – Medical biochemistry
Tue
3
Jun
Cyrille Bader – Medical biochemistry
Time 3 June at 09:00 until 3 July at 12:00 3 June at 09:00 until 3 July at 12:00
Place KBE301 - small assembly hall

Defence of doctoral thesis. Molecular guardians? Biochemical studies of tactors involved in mitochondrial DNA maintenance and beyond.

Tamara van Steijn, Ecology
Thu
5
Jun
Tamara van Steijn, Ecology
Time 09:00 - 13:00 5 June 09:00 - 13:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.230 - Lindellhallen 3.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Exploring Priority Effects in Grassland Communities.

Sophia Hernandez – Molecular Biology
Thu
5
Jun
Sophia Hernandez – Molecular Biology
Time 09:00 - 12:00 5 June 09:00 - 12:00
Place Major Groove, Building 6L, NUS/Department of Molecular Biology

Defence of doctoral thesis. Characterisation of exported parasite proteins in Plasmodium berghei blood stages.

Johanna von Knorring – Professional Development
Thu
5
Jun
Johanna von Knorring – Professional Development
Time 09:00 - 12:00 5 June 09:00 - 12:00
Place Hall Betula

Defence of doctoral thesis. Patients' and Doctors' Experiences of Empathy in the Everyday Life of Healthcare.

Emil Häglund, Computing Science
Thu
5
Jun
Emil Häglund, Computing Science
Time 10:00 - 13:00 5 June 10:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.320.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Contextual Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Targeted Marketing.

Malin Mickelsson – Medical Biosciences
Thu
5
Jun
Malin Mickelsson – Medical Biosciences
Time 13:00 - 16:00 5 June 13:00 - 16:00
Place Assembly hall Betula, University Hospital, Umeå

Defence of doctoral thesis. Evaluation of potential risk markers associated with subclinical atherosclerosis.

Junhong Li - anathomy
Wed
11
Jun
Junhong Li - anathomy
Time 13:00 - 16:00 11 June 13:00 - 16:00
Place Aula Biologica

Defence of doctoral thesis. The Role of Myoblasts in Healing tendon Tissue

Charles Meyers , Computing Science
Wed
11
Jun
Charles Meyers , Computing Science
Time 13:15 - 17:00 11 June 13:15 - 17:00
Place UB.A.230 - Lindellhallen 3.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Verification and Validation for Trustworthy Machine Learning.

Viktor Burström – Pharmacology
Fri
13
Jun
Viktor Burström – Pharmacology
Time 04:00 - 16:00 13 June 04:00 - 16:00
Place KBE303, big lecture hall

Defence of doctoral thesis. Signaling and regulation of dopamine D3 and D4 receptors.

Anton Sommar – Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fri
13
Jun
Anton Sommar – Obstetrics and Gynecology
Time 09:00 - 12:00 13 June 09:00 - 12:00
Place Assembly hall, Education department, elevator 8, first floor, Sundsvall hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Pain Mechanisms in Endometriosis: Investigating Inflammatory, Neural, and Hormonal Factors, and the Impact of Surgical Intervention.

Gianluca Debiasi Anders – Medical Biochemistry
Fri
13
Jun
Gianluca Debiasi Anders – Medical Biochemistry
Time 09:00 - 12:00 13 June 09:00 - 12:00
Place Small assembly hall, KB.E3.01, KBC building

Defence of doctoral thesis. Study of DNA metabolism in the context of Staphylococcal mobile elements.