As promised, here’s the first in a series of filmed brief updates from our Dean Andreas Jacobsson. Filmed “on the fly” with a smart phone, this Dean’s update includes goings-on at the Faculty, a status update on the step 1 applications for new MSc programmes and a couple of other good news.
Please feel free to comment below. Thank you for watching and for considering this an experimental work-in-progress in terms of production value.
Readers of Malmö University’s intranet news might already have seen the recent status update on the rebuilding efforts in Niagara. The text, published yesterday in Swedish, outlines plans for the ground level and reception area, the 5th, 6th and 7th floors, student spaces and the 5th floor help desk, and the 11th floor.
The Faculty’s annual holiday party will be on December 17. Formal invitations with information about when and where will soon be sent out by email. Also note that the Faculty’s end of spring semester celebration will be held on May 28 from 17.00-21.00 in Orkanen.
On November 14, guest professor Jay David Bolter will hold a talk at the University’s after work lecture series I huvudet på en professor. His talk Augmented and Virtual Reality-enhancing our understanding of cultural heritage will be held in English.
Jay David Bolter is the Wesley Chair of New Media at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is currently a guest professor at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology.
When and where:
Wednesday, November 14, from 5-6 pm
(doors open at 4:30pm)
The Niagara 2nd floor café, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö University
I huvudet på en professor is a series of after work-lectures held in Swedish. Jay’s talk will be about 30 minutes, followed by a panel discussion with a PhD-student and ending with an opportunity for audience members to ask questions.
Beer, wine, alcohol-free drinks, coffee, tea and snacks can be purchased at the event.
On Wednesday November 7 at 13:15, Sara Leckner will hold a talk in Swedish at the Faculty of Odontology titled Digitala fotspår – svenskarnas attityd till kommersiell användning av beteendedata.
All are welcome to attend the talk, which will be held in the Aula at Tandläkarhögskolan, Carl Gustafs väg 34, Malmö
Here is an abstract of the lecture (in Swedish):
I kölvattnet av Cambridge Analytica-skandalen och införandet av nya dataskyddsförordningen (GDPR) under våren 2018 är företagens registrering och hantering av användargenererad internetdata ett aktuellt ämne. Den här föreläsningen presenterar studier som undersökt svenskarnas inställning till insamling av personliga data och diskuterar orsakerna till och konsekvenserna av, de digitala fotspår vi lämnar på nätet.
On Ada Lovelace Day, October 9, a group of girls from Lorensborgsskolan and Gullviksskolan in Malmö visited Storm for a Micro:Bit coding workshop. The event was organized at the initiative of Anders Fyhn at Arm and in collaboration with Marie Gustafsson Friberger from the organization Geek Girl Mini Malmö.
On October 25, Malmö University Vice-Chancellor Kerstin Tham and the University Library will organize an afternoon conversation, held in Swedish, about how the University can facilitate the transition to open access publishing.
When and where:
Thursday October 25 at 13:00-16:00 in Niagara lecture hall B1
The program includes:
In connection with his October 18 doctoral thesis defense, David Cuartielles, IOTAP researcher and co-founder of the open-source electronics platform Arduino, hosts an exhibition at Storm. The exhibition is open on Thursday October 18 from 9:00-16:30 and on Friday October 19 from 9:00-16:00.
The Platform-things Exhibition outlines the Arduino platform‘s history and gives many examples of how it has been transformed into interactive technology all around the world.
See the Storm event page for a full program
Read more about the exhibition in the Malmö University event calendar
This year’s two honorary doctors at the Faculty are tech-investor and entrepreneur Hampus Jakobsson and Professor Michel Godefroid from Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Both will hold their honorary doctorate lectures during the week of the Conferment and Inauguration Ceremony. More information below. 
More information about Hampus Jakobsson’s lecture
More information (in Swedish) about Michel Godefroid’s lecture
On October 4, Helena Holmström Olsson will take the stage at the University’s after work lecture series I huvudet på en professor. Helena’s talk, which will be held in Swedish, is titled Mjukvara – tjänsteinnovation för en bättre värld? (Software – service innovation for a better world?)
When and where:
Thursday, October 4, from 5-6 pm
(doors open at 4:30pm)
The Niagara 2nd floor café, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö University
Watch a short teaser film about the lecture and read a synopsis here
I huvudet på en professor is a series of after work-lectures held in Swedish. Helena’s talk will be about 30 minutes, followed by a panel discussion with a PhD-student Lars Holmberg, and ending with an opportunity for audience members to ask questions.
Beer, wine, alcohol-free drinks, coffee, tea and snacks can be purchased at the event.
On October 17 and 18, Swedsoft organizes the Software Technology Exchange Workshop (STEW) at Malmö University. Helena Holmström Olsson at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology is one of the keynote speakers. Her talk is titled Delivering Value: Using the Right Technique for the Right Purpose.
The themes for the 2018 STEW conference are Open source and Artificial intelligence/Machine learning in software development. Other keynote speakers include Charlotta Falvin, Nithya A. Ruff and Staffan Truvé.
Registration closes on October 4.
See the Malmö University calendar for more information about the conference
Detailed program for STEW 2018 is available here
Link to STEW conference registration page
On Wednesday October 3 at 12.30, Claudio Nigro, PhD-student at the Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, will talk at the Malmö City Library as part of the University’s Akademisk kvart series.
The title of Claudio’s talk, which will be held in English, is Hydrogen versus metals in aerospace and nuclear power plants.
Synopsis:
Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is a major concern for nuclear and space industries. Although it was significantly used in the past, e.g. in airships, and is still seen as an environment-friendly energy source, it has been shown to be responsible not only for numerous dramatic explosions but also the degradation of the mechanical properties of metals leading to drastic failures in hydrogen-rich environment. Hydrogen embrittlement is a hydrogen-related damage potentially occurring in metals in different forms.
Where:
Malmö City Library (from the entrance go left and to the 2nd floor), Kung Oscars väg 11
Artificiell Intelligens – Den sista uppfinningen? (the last invention) is the title of the upcoming event at Bildningsbaren, Malmö University’s after work lecture series at Grand. On September 26, Faculty Dean Andreas Jacobsson will be one three guests invited to share their thoughts and insights on the hot topic of AI. The discussion will be held in Swedish.
When and where:
Wednesday September 26 at 17.15 at Grand Mat & Öl, Monbijougatan 17, Malmö. (Doors open at 16.30)
What is AI and how does it work? What will the consequences be when we share our intellectual abilities with machines? Who controls AI-development? What are the opportunities and the challenges with AI? Could AI lead to the end of humankind? These are some of the questions to be discussed.
Panel participants:
Maria Kareliusson, entrepreneur and life hacker
Christian Balkenius, professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University
Andreas Jacobsson, Faculty Dean
Cecilia Nebel, moderator and journalist
The conversation is followed by a mingle. As usual, the event will be broadcasted live on Bildningsbaren’s Facebook page.
Read more (in Swedish) about the topic for the upcoming Bildningsbaren.
Martin Fisk, senior lecturer at the Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, will hold his docent lecture in Swedish this Friday. The lecture title is The effects of heat treatments on microstructures and mechanical properties in metallic materials.
Friday, September 21 at 13.15-14.15
In NI:B0E15, Niagara building, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1
All are welcome to attend an open lecture with Pierre Gullander from Symetri. The lecture (in Swedish) titled Effektiv datahantering i BIM-processdrivna byggprojekt is part of the recently launched CAD verification course at the Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics.
Offered to a group of recently arrived architects, building engineers and civil engineers, the 8-week course offering is a collaboration between the Department, Ingenjörer utan gränser and Symetri, and is financed by Region Skåne.
Wednesday, September 26 at 15.15-17:00
Room OR:D222, Orkanen
For more information about the lecture and the CAD verification course, please contact Rafid Khazal.
On Wednesday September 19 at 12.30, Kristian Stålne, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, will lecture at the Malmö City Library as part of the University’s Akademisk kvart series.
The title of Kristian’s talk is Utvecklingsstadier genom det vuxna livet (which approximately translates to Developmental stages throughout the adult life). Read more about the topic in a previous blog post about Kristian’s 2018 book release.
On September 26, it’s time again for the annual Faculty mingle TS-fika.
The purpose of TS-fika, which is organized every September, is to welcome new students and staff to the Faculty. We also want to create a meeting place for conversations, inspiration and collaborations between students, staff and invited companies.
TS-fika will be on Wednesday September 26 at 13.00-15.00 on the 5th floor of Niagara.
As usual, the Faculty provides coffee/tea and cookies. About 40 student ambassadors will work during the event to represent the Faculty’s programs with displays and demos.
Representatives from a number of local employers have been invited to mingle and meet future employees. We will post a list of the participating companies on the TS blog.
Lounge music will be provided by student DJ Viktor Ohlson. There will also be a contest organised in collaboration with Drivhuset.
See you at the TS-fika!
On Friday, the group of incoming building engineering students at the faculty participated in a traditional cardboard boat building contest. In addition to a daring headwind race, the teams also competed in the categories best design and lightest boat weight.
Swedish public radio SR’s science show Vetenskapsradion is arranging a national political debate about research politics. It will be broadcasted live tomorrow Friday (August 31) at 14.03 from Kulturhuset in Stockholm. The debate editors have invited you as researchers pose questions for the panel participants. You can either ask your question by sitting in the audience or by emailing in advance to publik.vet@sverigesradio.se.
The debate will be in Swedish. You can of course pose any questions, but here are some basic question areas that the editors have in mind:
The participating politicians (and party affiliations) are :
On September 4, Dr. Mohan Kumar, professor in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology, will give a lecture titled Integrating ‘Things’ into Pervasive Computing: Research Challenges and Issues.
WHEN & WHERE:
Tuesday, September 4 at 15:15 to 17:00, in Niagara room NI:A0513.
Kumar’s research interests are in pervasive and mobile computing and parallel and distributed computing. This lecture is part of the research center Internet of Things and People’s lecture series, IOTAP Keynote.
More information about Mohan Kumar’s research is available on his RIT webpage