With more and more people getting older and needing extra medical attention, robots may be a way of helping them live independently at home longer. Robots in the home, however, can gather lots of personal information about ...

Background Graph-based reference genomes have become popular as they allow read mapping and follow-up analyses in settings where the exact haplotypes underlying a high-throughput sequencing experiment are ...

In today’s hypercompetitive market, companies are forced to be creative and innovate in order to survive. Digital technology has brought new possibilities for organisations as well as enabled thousands of start-ups to enter ...

Sixty years have passed since neurosurgeon Nils Lundberg presented his thesis about intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring, which represents a milestone for its clinical introduction. Monitoring of ICP has since become a ...

Background Targeted client communication (TCC) using text messages can inform, motivate and remind pregnant and postpartum women of timely utilization of care. The mixed results of the effectiveness of TCC interventions ...

Background Advances in whole genome sequencing strategies have provided the opportunity for genomic and comparative genomic analysis of a vast variety of organisms. The analysis results are highly dependent on the quality ...

Design thinking has recently emerged as a powerful approach to innovation. Its ability to transform products, services, and organizations has been broadly discussed in the literature. However, how to implement the approach ...

With the advent of high-density multi-electrode arrays we are now able to measure the activity of hundreds of neurons simultaneously, even at the sub-cellular level. However, next-generation devices introduce novel grand ...

The structure and performance of neural networks are intimately connected, and by use of evolutionary algorithms, neural network structures optimally adapted to a given task can be explored. Guiding such neuroevolution ...

Information and communication technologies, such as remote health monitoring and mobile Internet, have played a key role on a major improvement on patients’ lives. The problem is that patient monitoring requires higher ...

More compliant robots have certain benefits when coming to cooperating with humans. Standard industrial robots today require many safety measurements to be legal and safe to operate. Soft robots can therefor be safer, have ...

This thesis explores preschool children’s interaction with a conversational agent (CA), and we position this work within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Through a preliminary case study, we explored children ...

The Norwegian language is under-resourced for various Natural Language Processing tasks, including the task of sentiment analysis. However, recent publications of sentiment analysis datasets such as the Norwegian Review ...

Autonomous manufacturing and assembly requires precise estimation of pose (position and orientation) of the object to be handled. If geometric information of the object is available, such as a CAD file, these estimates can ...

This thesis presents challenges and necessary requirements for simulating shared photovoltaic (PV) energy production and appliance consumption scheduling in urban apartment buildings. Such simulations are useful as a tool ...

Teaching machines to learn patterns in data is very common these days, and it has a broad spectrum of applications everywhere. Sensors like smart-watches are getting more functionality each year, and more and more people ...

While semantic technologies and the use of ontologies is one of the proposed solutions to the heterogeneity problem in database systems, the independent generation of ontologies leaves us with another heterogeneity problem. ...

Denne masteroppgaven beskriver en case studie om plan- og prosedyreverktøyet e-Plan til bruk for å strukturere hverdagen til mennesker som har diagnosen psykisk utviklingshemming. Gjennom intervjuer og observasjoner med ...

Passive fingerprinting with a Deep Learning approach. The approach is compared to three well established machine learning algorithms; SVM, KNN and Random Forest. A never before used value for fingerprinting, the TCP ...

Vi står nå overfor et effektproblem bestående av høyt strømforbruk i visse tider av døgnet blant forbrukerne, som krever utbygging av strømnettet som på alle andre tidspunkt vil være overflødig. Lite vet forbrukerne om at ...

På grunn av bekymringer over hvorfor så mange studenter som dropper ut i løpet av et semester, lurer mange i de siste årene på hvordan dette fenomenet har oppstått. Vi på Institutt for informatikk (IFI) lurer på hva årsaken ...

Vi står nå overfor et effektproblem bestående av høyt strømforbruk i visse tider av døgnet blant forbrukerne, som krever utbygging av strømnettet som på alle andre tidspunkt vil være overflødig. Lite vet forbrukerne om at ...

Nowadays, cloud computing is one of the most important topics in computing technology. With the ever-growing demands for a variety of services in cloud infrastructure, providing fast and affordable computing resources to ...

Modern large-scale software systems are highly configurable. Thus, they require a large number of test cases to be implemented and revised for testing a variety of system configurations. This makes software testing of ...

Population growth and climate change pose a real threat to food security. In addition, current food production practices have created a huge ecological footprint. In spite of this, food production has to increase globally. ...

In this thesis, we present a study of English noun–noun compound analysis that takes a holistic perspective on the problem. The holistic nature of our work manifests in three respects. First, of five compound analysis ...

Named Data Networking (NDN) has built in congestion mechanisms, both in end-node applications and in the forwarding strategy in intermediate nodes. End-nodes may adjust sending rate. Intermediate nodes will rank each face ...

Conventional surgical navigation systems rely on preoperative imaging to provide guidance. In laparoscopic liver surgery, insufflation of the abdomen (pneumoperitoneum) can cause deformations on the liver, introducing ...

Recently, personal privacy has increasingly started coming to people's attention, as we are digitally more connected to each other. The development of new mobile products connected to the Internet are starting to take a ...

Introduction: In liver surgery, medical images from pre-operative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are the basis for the decision-making process. These images are used in surgery planning and guidance, ...

A blockchain is a distributed ledger comprised of practically unchange- able, digital recorded data in packages called blocks. Each block in the chain contains data and is cryptographically hashed. The blocks of hashed ...

Denne oppgaven dreier seg om reparasjon av mobiltelefoner som en del av et bærekraftig eierskap, fordi dagens praksis fører med seg store miljøskader. Forskningsspørsmålene jeg ønsker å svare på gjennom oppgaven er: 1. ...

People are bad at making passwords, resulting in an easily exploitable security vulnerability across the digital landscape. Basing your memorized password on something like your spouse’s name or even your own is inherently ...

Gamification is a term for adding game design elements into a non-game context. Using motivational theory and gamification theory this thesis explores how adding game elements to an educational learning tool affects students ...

How can older adults actively participate in the design processes of assistive robots designed for their homes? We have organized workshops with a group of older adults who worked actively with materials and physical ...

This thesis is an exploration of transitions towards a more sustainable fashion industry with a cross-disciplinary project involving Norwegian fashion brand Haik With Us. Together we created a research product that is 10 ...

Learning about the periodic table of elements can be a challenge for second grade students. The amount of theoretical information, combined with abstract scientific concepts, makes it difficult for students’ meaning-making. ...

This master’s thesis is an empirical investigation of a Smart City initiative within healthcare in a Norwegian municipality. What is presented is a rich description of how local actors have engaged themselves in the planning, ...

In this work, we tackled the task of identifying sentiment bearing sentences for product reviews in Norwegian. We have created a set of automatically labeled datasets that classify sentences in terms of how relevant they ...

Previous studies have shown that miniaturised accelerometers can be used to monitor cardiac function and automatically detect ischemic events. However, accelerometers cannot differentiate between acceleration due to motion ...

In the search for new technologies to assist the fish industry in the fight against diseases, computer vision is playing an essential role. The ability to automatically detect and inspect fish through a camera lens opens ...

This thesis describes the design of a domain map prototype, which serves as a means of tackling wicked problems from the perspective of knowledge federation. This is to cre-ate a new way of problem-solving in a time of ...

The rapid increase in the number of processors demands quicker and more reliant data availability to avoid extensive memory accesses. Caches hierarchies are most important in an efficient n-core system. However, more ...

In recent years, deep learning algorithms have become increasingly more prominent for their unparalleled ability to automatically learn discriminant features from large amounts of data. However, within the field of ...

The use of technology to address mental health among youth in Norway is gaining traction, with many measures being implemented from the public sphere. Literature claims that peer-support can help alleviate some of the ...

This thesis is about the analysis of capacity levels around health information use based on a district-level case study from Nepal. Well capacitated workforce can make better use of Health Information System (HIS) and ...

This thesis explores strength exercising and learning of bodily skills as a field that can be augmented through introducing digital sensory artefacts, that aim to alter the way the performance is perceived. Using feedback ...

Medical ultrasound (US) imaging is a non-invasive imaging modality. Smaller and cheaper US systems make US imaging available to more people, leading to a democratization of medical US imaging. The improvements of general ...

In traditional networks, a dedicated piece of hardware is configured and installed for every single network function. A network function represents any hardware appliance in the network that has network-level functionality, ...

This paper is about creating digital musical instruments where a predictive neural network model is integrated into the interactive system. Rather than predicting symbolic music (e.g., MIDI notes), we suggest that predicting ...

The latest technical and interaction advancements within the virtual reality (VR) field have marked a new era, not only for VR, but also for VR locomotion. In this era, well-established, prevalent VR locomotion techniques ...

The drum-like virtual reality (VR) keyboard is a contemporary, controller-based interface for text input in VR that uses a drum set metaphor. The controllers are used as sticks which, through downward movements, “press” ...

This thesis explores preschool children’s interaction with a conversational agent (CA), and we position this work within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Through a preliminary case study, we explored children ...

The school health service is an important service working with health preventive measures for youth. However, challenges exist, for example in terms of resources. Chatbots represent new opportunities for strengthening the ...

While coordination is assumed to contribute to distributed self-managing work team performance, our knowledge about the factors influencing coordination in such team settings is limited. In the present study, we investigate ...

In this thesis, swarm airports are introduced as a way of obtaining continuous operation in an autonomous drone swarm. An airport acts as a service station where the drones can replenish their energy autonomously. When ...

Precise wind power output predictions is of great importance for a successful integration of wind power into the power grid and market operations. A popular approach to short-term wind power prediction is to use machine ...

Algorithm-based, automated solutions allow designers and engineers to support the tasks of human operators, or transfer parts of their work to a system. However, pushing the limits of automation might make the tasks left ...

Denne masteroppgaven er en fortolkende studie av digitale læringsmiljøer i høyere utdanning. Studien er en del av det pedagogiske kvalitative prosjektet UDFeed. Studien fulgte et emne ved Institutt for Informatikk ved ...

With the rise of packages sent to customers and online shopping becoming more popular, the user experience of package tracking is becoming more important. This thesis addresses the lack of theory in Service Design, and ...

Medical ultrasound is a non-invasive low-cost image modality used in diagnostic applications. It has become the preferred modality in cardiology. Motion estimation techniques may be applied to the echocardiographic images ...

Mobile robots operating in seniors' homes can serve as social companions and assist with daily tasks, thus enhancing the seniors' quality of life. In order for robots to assist seniors, it is crucial that they are equipped ...

Suksesskriterier for fremtidens elektroniske pasientjournal (EPJ) ligger i strukturerte data, delte data, mulighet for kommunikasjon på tvers av helseforetak og pasientens mulighet for involvering i eget sykdombildet. I ...

Background We previously reported that in pathogenic mismatch repair (path_MMR) variant carriers, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) was not reduced when colonoscopy was undertaken more frequently ...

The user experience of smartphones heavily rely upon functional internet connectivity, but, even though smartphones have multiple network links for accessing the internet, they are rarely able to utilize more than one link ...