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2015-09-16

Top ranking for CTF research

News » 2015-09-16
No less than five CTF-researchers are on the top-20-list of the most published researchers in the world within New Service Development. In a recent compilation of scientists who contributed the most to New Service Development, by publishing several empirical studies about specific key issues in the field, five CTF researchers are found in the top-20-list of the most published researchers in the world in the area.
2015-09-16

Top ranking for CTF research

News » 2015-09-16
No less than five CTF-researchers are on the top-20-list of the most published researchers in the world within New Service Development. In a recent compilation of scientists who contributed the most to New Service Development, by publishing several empirical studies about specific key issues in the field, five CTF researchers are found in the top-20-list of the most published researchers in the world in the area.
2015-09-15
Assoc. Prof. John Bonner from Huddersfield University is visiting us for two days. On the first day, he will give a seminar with a thought-provoking content. As interaction designers, information scientists or HCI specialists, we are often seeking ways to improve our relationship with technology.
2015-09-15

Welcome Jasenko!

News » 2015-09-15
We are happy to welcome Jasenko Arsenovic, new Ph. D student in Business Administration to CTF. He will conduct his doctoral studies at CTF and is also linked to MIT, the Swedish Research School of Management and IT. Jasenko Arsenovic  has a Master’s of Science in Business and Economics from Linnaeus Univeristy and a Master´s degree in Informatics from IT, Management and Innovation program at Jönköping International Business School.
2015-09-15

Welcome Jasenko!

News » 2015-09-15
We are happy to welcome Jasenko Arsenovic, new Ph. D student in Business Administration to CTF. He will conduct his doctoral studies at CTF and is also linked to MIT, the Swedish Research School of Management and IT. Jasenko Arsenovic  has a Master’s of Science in Business and Economics from Linnaeus Univeristy and a Master´s degree in Informatics from IT, Management and Innovation program at Jönköping International Business School.
2015-09-11
Research concerning process oriented business development are conducted with professionals from a range of companies and other organizations. Around 40 participants in the network PoP met in Karlstad to further the collaboration. Marie-Therese Christiansson is the originator and leader of this network.
2015-09-11

Computer Science at SIGCOMM

News » 2015-09-11
Computer Science at Karlstad University has participated at the ATC workshop in the annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) on the applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communication. During the workshop Computer Science at Karlstad University presented their paper “Examining TCP Short Flow Performance in Cellular Networks Through Active and Passive Measurements”. - In this study we examine the c
2015-09-11

Computer Science at SIGCOMM

News » 2015-09-11
Computer Science at Karlstad University has participated at the ATC workshop in the annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) on the applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communication. During the workshop Computer Science at Karlstad University presented their paper “Examining TCP Short Flow Performance in Cellular Networks Through Active and Passive Measurements”. - In this study we examine the c
2015-09-10
The risk management discipline at Karlstad University welcomed this years new students of its master program Risk management in society to the first campus assembly by arranging a "Risk-walk" in Karlstad. The Centre for Climate and Safety has arranged a number of "Flood-walks" over the years as part of our work with development of pedagogic tools.
2015-09-10
The risk management discipline at Karlstad University welcomed this years new students of its master program Risk management in society to the first campus assembly by arranging a "Risk-walk" in Karlstad. The Centre for Climate and Safety has arranged a number of "Flood-walks" over the years as part of our work with development of pedagogic tools.
2015-09-10
What makes more and more people want to keep track of themselves, their habits, number of steps, weight, health, using apps, bracelets and other fitness trackers? Why do we want to measure ourselves, and also give businesses the opportunity to take part of our private data? These are some of the questions Ph D Student Vasileios Charitsis is seeking the answer to. More and more technologies, apps and gadgets are showing up on the market.
2015-09-10
What makes more and more people want to keep track of themselves, their habits, number of steps, weight, health, using apps, bracelets and other fitness trackers? Why do we want to measure ourselves, and also give businesses the opportunity to take part of our private data? These are some of the questions Ph D Student Vasileios Charitsis is seeking the answer to. More and more technologies, apps and gadgets are showing up on the market.
2015-09-09
Our choices as consumers are governed by various factors. At the restaurant one of them is the appearance of the person serving us - if the person has a look that is perceived as healthy, we choose the healthy options from the menu. These are the findings from a study made by researchers Poja Shams and Anders Gustafsson. The health trend is growing and we are becoming increasingly aware of what kind of food we should consume to maintain good health.
2015-09-09
Our choices as consumers are governed by various factors. At the restaurant one of them is the appearance of the person serving us - if the person has a look that is perceived as healthy, we choose the healthy options from the menu. These are the findings from a study made by researchers Poja Shams and Anders Gustafsson. The health trend is growing and we are becoming increasingly aware of what kind of food we should consume to maintain good health.
2015-09-09
The scientific article “Harnessing the creative potential among users” about customer involvement, written by researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, has been appointed an “Innovation Classic” by the highly ranked scientific journal, Journal of Product Innovation Management.
2015-09-09
The scientific article “Harnessing the creative potential among users” about customer involvement, written by researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, has been appointed an “Innovation Classic” by the highly ranked scientific journal, Journal of Product Innovation Management.
2015-09-01
26-28 August, PhD students and researchers in the Centre for Natural Disaster Science (CNDS)  gathered for the CNDS annual assembly. For the fift consecutive year CNDS met at Sunnersta Herrgård outside Uppsala to make progress reports of individual research projects and discuss common topics such as interdisciplinary research collaborations in the centre. This year we reviewed five progress reports and listened to three research presentations.
2015-09-01
26-28 August, PhD students and researchers in the Centre for Natural Disaster Science (CNDS)  gathered for the CNDS annual assembly. For the fift consecutive year CNDS met at Sunnersta Herrgård outside Uppsala to make progress reports of individual research projects and discuss common topics such as interdisciplinary research collaborations in the centre. This year we reviewed five progress reports and listened to three research presentations.