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At Media and Information Technology we do exciting and well-known research and teaching at undergraduate as well as graduate levels.

Learn more about our research and education here, and do not hesitate to contact us should you be interested in collaboration or joining us. We do fundamental and applied research, and participate in a range of large national and international research collaborations. Research projects emanating from the division has yielded multiple successful products that have entered the market. The division of Media and information technology also hosts the research at Visualization center C, where technological and educational research and development are important components. Media and information technology is headed by professor Anders Ynnerman and belongs to the Department of science and technology.

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25 March 2021

Public disputation in Science and Engineering education: Andreas Göransson

10.00 am – 2.00 pm Online via Zoom and TPM55, Täppan, Campus Norrköping

Andreas Göransson, at the Department of Science and Technology, defends the thesis “Crossing the threshold: Visualization design and conceptual understanding of evolution.”. The event is open to the public. Language: English. Faculty opponent is Professor Anat Yarden, Dept. of Science Teaching,Weizmann Institut, Israel. Supervisor is Professor Lena Tibell.

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Carina Enemård

26 March 2021

Public disputation in Visualization and media technology: Kahin Akram Hassan

9.30 am – 1.30 pm Online via Zoom

Kahin Akram Hassan at the Department of Science and Technology, defends the thesis “It's About Time: User-centered Evaluation of Visual Representations for Temporal Data”. The event is open to the public. Language: English. Faculty opponent is Christian Tominiski, Institute for Visual & Analytic Computing, University of Rostock, Germany. Supervisor is Niklas Rönnberg.

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Gun-Britt Löfgren

Now hiring research engineers

AIDA banner Photo credit Photographer:Sergey A.Khakimulli


We are looking for one or two Research engineers at the Analytical Imaging Diagnostics Arena. A crucial requirement for development of cutting-edge AI solutions is to have access to massive amounts of well-organized training data, for AIDA referring to medical images and related clinical data.

 

Read more and apply by March 16:th 2021

Now hiring PhD students

People standing together. Photo credit David EinarWe are looking for two PhD students in Visualization and Media Technology with a focus on Information Visualization/Visual Analytics. The research group iVis mainly focuses on the explorative analysis and visualization of typically large and complex information spaces, for example in the life sciences, humanities, or environmental sciences.
Read more about the vacancies and apply by following the links below. Deadline for application is April 11:th 2021.

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Eurographics & Eurovis 2020

Logo for Eurographics and Eurovis 2020 conference In Norrköping.

For the first time the two conferences Eurographics and Eurovis (EGEV) were run together, as a single event hosted by the division of Media and Information Technology. This year's conference was held in a virtual forum using a video conferencing platform instead of a physical meeting due to COVID-19. For more information, see the conference website:

Eurographics & Eurovis 2020

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Horizon 2020, road with sunset

Three doctoral students to receive Horizon 2020 funding at LiU

Three departments will each host a doctoral student funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. The research projects deal with using waste heat to produce electricity, perovskites for photonics, and the rendering of computer-generated images.
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Innovation day for future aviation

Researchers at ITN, together with partners around the world, have three ongoing projects aimed at developing the air traffic of the future. During Sweden Emirati Innovation day, participants met online to exchange experiences.

Robert Willén tells the story behind the donation.

An important donation with an impact

“Donations such as this one from the Stig Wadström Foundation make an impact on a university. It will give us room for manoeuvre and open new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration”, says Vice-Chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson.

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