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  • Getting intelligent computer programmes to recognise and express intentions is complex, Michele Persiani's thesis shows.

    Robots that recognize and express intentions

    he digital and physical worlds are becoming more and more populated by intelligent computer programmes called agents. Agents have the potential to intelligently automate many daily tasks such as maintaining an agenda, driving, interacting with a phone or computer, and many more. However, there are many challenges to solve before getting there, Michele Persiani's thesis shows.

  • Prognosis of cancer patients improved through significant discovery

    Prognosis of cancer patients improved through significant discovery

    Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in male in Sweden. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have now discovered a faster and easier way to determine who has an aggressive form of cancer, and who has not.
    “This may have great implications on precision medicine when treating prostate cancer, and on more cancer groups alike,” says Maréne Landström, Professor of Pathology at Umeå

  • Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Umeå University. Foto: Przemysław Chrostowski

    Premature children do well in school

    When looking at school grades, researchers did not find any negative effects of being born moderately preterm. Only those born extremely preterm had poorer school grades. But for children born extremely preterm, going to schools in the top decile of school districts made them perform as good as full-term children in an average school district.
    How do preterm birth effect children’s school grade

  • Joakim Ahlgren, Jenny Ask, Martina Jeuthe och Robin Bergman at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre at Umeå University are now licensed as scientific divers. Photo: Stilianos Matsoukatidis

    Monitoring staff with a license to dive

    Now Umeå University can proudly present four employees who have obtained the Swedish professional diving certificate S-30. On behalf of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, macrovegetation in the Gulf of Bothnia will be monitored within the national environmental monitoring.

  • INVSN on stage at Bildmuseet June 17

    INVSN on stage at Bildmuseet June 17

    Good news for all INVSN fans! The post-punk influenced band will play live on stage at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden, on June 17, just two weeks after releasing their first album in five years, Let the Night Love You.

  •   Maja Adolfsson, Anneli Lundmark and Anna Baranowska-Rataj. Image: Ulrika Sahlén, Skogtekniska klustret, Przemysław Chrostowski

    Temporary employment may consolidate labor market inequality

    A new study from Umeå University show that temporary workers receive less employer-paid training than permanent workers. However, having a union representative present at the workplace can be beneficial for all workers that want to develop their competences.

  • © Mats Jonsson / Bildupphovsrätt 2022

    Graphic novel artist Mats Jonsson at Bildmuseet

    Mats Jonsson is one of Sweden's most prominent graphic novel artists. On June 17, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition based on his latest book När vi var samer [When We Were Sami], the first graphic novel to be nominated for the August Prize in the fiction category. Welcome to the press preview of Mats Jonsson / Still Sámi on Thursday, June 16 at 10:00 (RSVP).

  • Natalia Ikebara, graduating from the MFA Programme in Advanced Product Design, designed a holistic therapy concept for children with motor disabilities.

    Playful child therapies and honest AI vehicles at UID22

    And we’re back! For the first time since 2019, the real-life grad show is returning to Umeå Institute of Design. At UID22, the next generation of designers will uncover concepts covering a wide range of topics; from AI in autonomous vehicles, to playful therapies for children, to a device for managing your crypto assets.

  • Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973-76. © Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York.

    Nancy Holt retrospective to open at Bildmuseet this Summer

    On June 17, Bildmuseet in Sweden opens its doors to a rich presentation of Nancy Holt's innovative art. The exhibition Nancy Holt / Inside Outside presents works from 1967 to 1992 and occupies five floors of the art museum. This is the artist's first major retrospective in Europe and the most ambitious exhibition of her work to date.

  • Ten new artists are presented when Bildmuseet opens this years Master's degree show from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.

    Master's Degree Exhibition from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts opens at Bildmuseet

    Live is Life is the title of this year’s Master’s degree exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University, Sweden. It will be inaugurated at Bildmuseet on 29 April with an Art Friday event. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday, 28 April from 10–11 am (R.S.V.P). The artists will be there to present their works.

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