Coming licentiate seminars

Jan242022 Licentiate thesisMachine Learning Based Methods for Virtual Validation of Autonomous DrivingDuring the last decade, automotive manufacturers have introduced increasingly capable driving automation functions in consumer vehicles. As the functionality becomes more advanced, the task of driving moves from the human to the car. Hence, making... Author: Tobias Johansson. Opponent: Anders Holst, RISE.   10:00  Location: Room 8103, EDIT Building, Rännvägen 6, Göteborg. Onlinelink Machine Learning Based Methods for Virtual Validation of Autonomous DrivingDuring the last decade, automotive manufacturers have introduced increasingly capable driving automation functions in consumer vehicles. As the fun... Author: Tobias Johansson. Opponent: Anders Holst, RISE.   10:00  Location: Room 8103, EDIT Building, Rännvägen 6, Göteborg. Onlinelink Jan242022 Licentiate thesisEfficient Communication via Reinforcement LearningWhy do languages partition mental concepts into words the way the do? Recent works have taken a information-theoretic view on human language and suggested that it is shaped by the need for efficient communication. This means that human language is... Author: Emil Carlsson. Opponent: Noah Goodman, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA.   16:00  Location: EDIT 8103/Online . Onlinelink Efficient Communication via Reinforcement LearningWhy do languages partition mental concepts into words the way the do? Recent works have taken a information-theoretic view on human language and su... Author: Emil Carlsson. Opponent: Noah Goodman, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA.   16:00  Location: EDIT 8103/Online . Onlinelink Jan282022 Licentiate thesis3D modelling of epidermal nerve fiber patternsNeuropathical disorders, such as diabetic neuropathy, damage the nerve structure in the epidermis. This thesis presents statistical analyses and models for the epidermal nerve fibers (ENFs). The main objective is to improve our understanding regar... Author: Konstantinos Konstantinou. Opponent: Prof. Tomáš Mrkvička, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic..   10:00  Location: Pascal, Chalmers tvärgata 3, Göteborg. 3D modelling of epidermal nerve fiber patternsNeuropathical disorders, such as diabetic neuropathy, damage the nerve structure in the epidermis. This thesis presents statistical analyses and mo... Author: Konstantinos Konstantinou. Opponent: Prof. Tomáš Mrkvička, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic..   10:00  Location: Pascal, Chalmers tvärgata 3, Göteborg. Jan282022 Licentiate thesisMembrane Filtration of Wood Components − Investigation of Fouling Layer Characteristics using Fluid Dynamic GaugingAs process industries transition from using fossil-based to bio-based resources, energy-efficient and highly selective operations will be required to process lignocellulosic biomass. Membrane separation, as a highly efficient operation, can be emp... Author: Kenneth Gacutno Arandia.   13:00  Location: KB-salen, Kemigården 4, Chalmers. Onlinelink Membrane Filtration of Wood Components − Investigation of Fouling Layer Characteristics using Fluid Dynamic GaugingAs process industries transition from using fossil-based to bio-based resources, energy-efficient and highly selective operations will be required ... Author: Kenneth Gacutno Arandia.   13:00  Location: KB-salen, Kemigården 4, Chalmers. Onlinelink Jan312022 Licentiate thesisRealistic Real-Time Rendering of Global Illumination and Hair through Machine Learning PrecomputationsOver the last decade, machine learning has gained a lot of traction in many areas, and with the advent of new GPU models that include acceleration hardware for neural network inference, real-time applications have also started to take advantage of... Author: Roc Ramon Currius. Opponent: Leonardo Scandolo, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.   11:00  Onlinelink Realistic Real-Time Rendering of Global Illumination and Hair through Machine Learning PrecomputationsOver the last decade, machine learning has gained a lot of traction in many areas, and with the advent of new GPU models that include acceleration ... Author: Roc Ramon Currius. Opponent: Leonardo Scandolo, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.   11:00  Onlinelink Jan312022 Licentiate thesisLow noise frequency combs and their use in broadly tunable lasers and optical coherence tomographyFrequency combs revolutionized the world of laser physics by providing a link between the microwave and optical domains. Such a link allows for precise knowledge of any comb line’s absolute average location, as well as the average spacing between ... Author: Connor Skehan. Opponent: Per Olof Hedekvist.   13:00  Location: mc2. Onlinelink Low noise frequency combs and their use in broadly tunable lasers and optical coherence tomographyFrequency combs revolutionized the world of laser physics by providing a link between the microwave and optical domains. Such a link allows for pre... Author: Connor Skehan. Opponent: Per Olof Hedekvist.   13:00  Location: mc2. Onlinelink Feb092022 Licentiate thesisA Framework for Seamless Variant Management and Incremental Migration to a Software Product-LineContext: Software systems often need to exist in many variants in order to satisfy varying customer requirements and operate under varying software and hardware environments. These variant-rich systems are most commonly realized u... Author: Wardah Mahmood. Opponent: Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Professor at University of Haifa, Israel.   14:00  Location: Online and Room 473, Jupiter, Hörselgången 5, Gothenburg. Onlinelink A Framework for Seamless Variant Management and Incremental Migration to a Software Product-LineContext: Software systems often need to exist in many variants in order to satisfy varying customer requirements and operate under... Author: Wardah Mahmood. Opponent: Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Professor at University of Haifa, Israel.   14:00  Location: Online and Room 473, Jupiter, Hörselgången 5, Gothenburg. Onlinelink Feb112022 Licentiate thesisCarbon materials: towards a circular economy through thermochemical recycling of mixed wasteCarbon materials, such as paper, wood, plastic and textiles, play an important role in our everyday life, from clothes and packaging to infrastructure. However, the use of those materials follows a linear way. We take carbon resources, we make pro... Author: Isabel Cañete Vela. Opponent: Franz Langhauser, Advisor Process Technologie, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH .   13:00  Location: Zoom. Onlinelink Carbon materials: towards a circular economy through thermochemical recycling of mixed wasteCarbon materials, such as paper, wood, plastic and textiles, play an important role in our everyday life, from clothes and packaging to infrastruct... Author: Isabel Cañete Vela. Opponent: Franz Langhauser, Advisor Process Technologie, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH .   13:00  Location: Zoom. Onlinelink Feb112022 Licentiate thesisCarbon materials: towards a circular economy through thermochemical recycling of mixed wasteCarbon materials, such as paper, wood, plastic and textiles, play an important role in our everyday life, from clothes and packaging to infrastructure. However, the use of those materials follows a linear way. We take carbon resources, we make pro... Author: Isabel Cañete Vela. Opponent: Franz Langhauser, Advisor Process Technologie, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH .   13:00  Location: Zoom. Onlinelink Carbon materials: towards a circular economy through thermochemical recycling of mixed wasteCarbon materials, such as paper, wood, plastic and textiles, play an important role in our everyday life, from clothes and packaging to infrastruct... Author: Isabel Cañete Vela. Opponent: Franz Langhauser, Advisor Process Technologie, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH .   13:00  Location: Zoom. Onlinelink