Research News

A group of researchers, including Markus Fiedler at Blekinge Institute of Technology, BTH, has studied the phenomenon of video conference fatigue, or “Zoom fatigue” and concluded that both age, gender and personality play a role in how tired you get. For example, they note that young, introvert women are affected more than others. However, there […]

BTH researcher Henrik Ny urges Sweden’s transport politicians to initiate an independent rapid investigation that compares different future scenarios for high-speed ground transport. According to him, magnetic trains could provide the best customer benefit, be best for the national economy and give the least environmental impact. In addition, this could provide an export opportunity for […]

BTH researcher James Ayers was recently awarded the AASHE Sustainability Award for his licentiate thesis in which he investigates the efficacy of academic sustainability programmes in developing sustainability competencies among students. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently announced their Sustainability Awards winners. BTH researcher James Ayers is one of […]

BTH computer science professor, Veselka Boeva, was recently the recipient of the prestigious Sony Research Award Program, which provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers. Professor Veselka Boeva has long research experience in the field of artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, data analysis and […]

Trung Q. Duong received his PhD degree in Telecommunications from BTH under the supervision of Professor Hans-Jürgen Zepernick in 2012. Duong is now elevated the IEEE Fellow grade (the highest grade of membership) in recognition of his contributions to cooperative communications and physical layer security. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organisation, with over […]

The 7th IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (IEEE NFV-SDN 2021) will be a virtual event in 2021. The conference takes place online from 9-11 November 2021 and BTH co-organizes the conference. -It is IEEE’s premier venue for the discussion and presentation of research results from industry and academia in Network Functions […]

Telenor Sweden’s CEO Bjørn Ivar Moen recently visited BTH together with Andreas Kristensson, Head of IoT & New Business. The visit focused on how BTH and Telenor can collaborate in the future within the framework of the industry’s digital transformation – what we call smart industry or industry 4.0. Deputy vice-chancellor Andreas Larsson began by […]

BTH’s research in software engineering continues to climb the international rankings. The research is now ranked second in the world and number one in Europe, in terms of the number of publications in leading journals in the field. Software engineering is an area that is becoming increasingly relevant in society with the ongoing digitalisation. BTH […]

Three BTH researchers, together with a researcher at Umeå University, receive SEK 24 million for a project that will facilitate collaboration between different actors in the municipality in creating a more age-friendly society. – A starting point is that elderly care, spatial planning and the elderly themselves have overlapping interests in housing and care. They […]

BTH ranks sixth in Sweden and 352nd in the world when it comes to research in computer science according to a recently completed international ranking. It is the research portal Guide2Research that has recently presented a number of rankings of universities all over the world and individual researchers. – It is very satisfying that BTH […]