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Three prestigious appointments for outstanding research

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:00:46 CEST

Sailing He, Håkan Hjalmarsson, and Karl Henrik Johansson have one thing in common: in 2013, they were all selected as Fellows of the world’s largest technical association, IEEE.

Want to turn an idea into a business? Talk to people in broad terms

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:00:56 CEST

Boost your sex life with an algorithm, enhance your travel experience with big data and reduce CO2 emissions with vehicle platooning. That’s just a few of the innovative ideas that were presented during the ACCESS innovation day for researchers.

Driven by curiosity

Thu, 30 May 2013 09:00:38 CEST

Retiring Professor Chandur Sadarangani led major advances in his field, design engineering. But his influence has spread far beyond the lab and classroom through the success of his former students.

EE in the Top 25 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject

Mon, 27 May 2013 15:00:07 CEST

KTH EE has placed 24th in the QS world rankings in the subject of electrical engineering. This means that KTH EE is the most highly ranked University in the Nordic countries. Other Swedish higher education institutions in the rankings are Chalmers (46), Lund University (51-100), Linköping University (51-100) and Uppsala University (101-150).

Cutting through the noise without turning up the volume

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:04 CEST

Noise pollution is a growing problem which, according to the World Health Organisation, is responsible for the loss of 654 000 healthy years of life in Europe alone annually. And it is not only traffic, mobile devices or so-called “personal” music equipment that is responsible, but speech itself. Researchers at KTH have developed a method that turns down the volume on loud public announcements while preserving their clarity in noisy environments.

NASA to use KTH technology to study solar impact on Earth

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:46 CEST

When NASA launches four satellites next year to study the sun's impact on Earth's magnetic field, scientists will rely on engineering developed at KTH.

Changing the world with wireless data

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 CEST

By analysing the big data produced by wireless networks, guest professor Maria Papadopouli is changing the paradigm of how users choose and interact with their wireless providers.

Building the supergrid

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:06 CEST

KTH Royal Institute of Technology researchers are helping to ensure that the power grids of the future meet the new demands created by renewable energy.

A smart home rises at the Stockholm Royal Seaport

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:53 CEST

The smart home is becoming a reality at the Stockholm Royal Seaport, and researchers from kth have been integrally involved in a two-year project along with leading construction, utilities, home-appliance and research organisations.

Cyber-physical systems integrate with humans and infrastructure

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:07 CEST

In a recent report from the American President’s technical advisor Cyber-Physical Systems, CPS, pointed out as one of the most important areas within ICT sector, while Internet of things is not mentioned at all.

Cyber-Secure Control celebrated computing research of 2012

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:55 CEST

Research on Cyber-Secure Control from the Automatic Control Department was listed as one of the "Notable Computing Books and Articles of 2012" by the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM.

3D printing research showcased on top industry innovation list

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:36 CET

3D printing has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing processes in a vast number of fields and that includes objects both big and very, very small. The US-based Society of Manufacturing Engineers has highlighted KTH research into 3D printing of nanoscale silicon structures as one of 10 top manufacturing innovations for 2013.

Extracting the value from big data

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:31 CET

2 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 – 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. That is equivalent to the memory in 57.5 billion 32GB iPads. It’s called big data for a reason, but the information content in all that data is very low. Cristian Rojas and Saikat Chatterjee want to extract the essence of the information so that we can estimate and predict the behaviour of complex systems.

Cash prize for polymer pioneers

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:00:04 CET

Mercene Labs has won the 2013 Ingemar Croon Award from KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Greenhouse Labs. The pioneering firm founded in 2012 is behind an advanced polymer solution with great potential.

Combining both worlds clarified the message

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:00:38 CET

In her thesis Zhongwei Si proposes a generalised method to deliver clear messages in a world of wireless devices which must co-operate in order to get the message across. She has every reason to be satisfied; not only did she “produce an excellent thesis” according to her supervisor, but she and her husband have also had a son in the process. Their journey has not been without challenges, she says, “It was much harder while I was going through the process. Now I've made it.”