The Canadian ambassador Heather Grant visited BTH on April 8. Her interest in BTH was first sparked by a member of parliament (Annicka Engblom) who conveyed BTH’s sustainability profile and told her about the Master’s programme in strategic leadership towards sustainability – a programme which has been attended by several students from Canada as well as led by two Canadian programme managers. After an intensive and inspiring day at BTH´s campus in Karlskrona Ms Grant recognizes BTH as a small university with well-rounded education and a clear focus on the real world. She appreciates how sustainability is integrated into other areas such as product design and also how BTH´s research has a real world application with long term impacts – I’m impressed. I know I keep saying that, but I really am. Ms Grants also brings up BTH´s collaboration with industry as well as research and university collaborations related to sustainability, Big Data and software engineering. BTH knows international partners […]

BTH computer science researcher Marie Netz is on the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA‘s 100 list. The list presents research that can form the basis of innovation in the form of new companies, new products and services, business development or other form of benefit. Marie Netz has a PhD in computer science and applies much of her research to healthcare and nursing from a management and medical perspective. In her research she develops intelligent services to solve logistical problems in health care and nursing. Among other things, she uses artificial intelligence and machine learning. Now Marie’s research has been placed on the IVA’s 100 list because it is considered to be both interesting and with potential for the business community. The focus of the list is digitization and Marie Netz’s research is included in the category society and welfare. – The driving force and the feeling becomes magical when the research you have doing for so long proves […]