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After the COVID-19 pandemic, during which teachers developed a lot of online course material, teachers worldwide are challenged with how to combine online teaching with classroom teaching in an efficient way. This paper presents Discussion seminars, a teaching activity that structures discussions clearly, making it easy for students and teachers to follow the discussion. The paper puts Discussion
Effective preprocessing of electroencephalography (EEG) data is fundamental for deriving meaningful insights. Independent component analysis (ICA) serves as an important step in this process by aiming to eliminate undesirable artifacts from EEG data. However, the decision on which and how many components to be removed remains somewhat arbitrary, despite the availability of both automatic and manua
The wide spread of on-line social networks poses new challenges in information environment and cybersecurity. A key issue is detecting stubborn behaviors to identify leaders and influencers for marketing purposes, or extremists and automatic bots as potential threats. Existing literature typically relies on known network topology and extensive centrality measures computation. However, the size of
In this thesis, we provide a number of novel algebraic means of certifying stability and performance for linear systems constrained in various ways by cones. The purpose is mainly threefold: to provide mathematical statements with applicative potential, to unify seemingly dissimilar results in the literature and thereby increase understanding, and to advance the state of the art on dynamical syste
The analysis of interconnected systems is a large and growing field, with successful applications in a wide range of natural and synthesized systems. Biomolecular networks, power grids and human social dynamics have all been the subject of study through the lens of network dynamics, with impressive results. The work presented in this thesis takes the form of four research papers all focusing in di
LU-PZE is an interactive tool for illustrating fundamental concepts related to control theory, covering the relation between transfer functions, pole-zero plots, step responses, Bode plots, and Nyquist diagram. The tool gamifies education with dynamic assignments and quizzes. The tool is straightforward to use since it is web-based. https://lu-pze.github.io
Collaboration involving student–industry activities entails a complex interaction between university, students, and industry. The university–student–industry triangle identified here is neither static nor balanced, and each of the three intertwined relationships displays distinguishing characteristics. Each has its own structure; the activity phases of the relationships are not synchronous, and ea
Background. Test automation is a widely used technique to increase the efficiency of software testing. However, executing more test cases increases the effort required to analyze test results. At Qlik, automated tests run nightly for up to 20 development branches, each containing thousands of test cases, resulting in information overload. Aim. We therefore develop a tool that supports the analysis
This work presents a digital calibration technique in continuous-time (CT) ΔΣ analog to digital (A/D) converters. The converter is clocked at 144MHz with a low oversampling ratio (OSR) of only 8. Dynamic element matching (DEM) is not efficient to linearize the digital to analog converter (DAC) when the OSR is very low. Therefore, non-idealities in the outermost multi-bit feedback DAC are measured
The measurement and the investigation of the errors in a Couette rheometer have been a topic of considerable interest in many rheometric studies. In the present study, a more accurate predictor-corrector method based on CFD and the analytical solution of the problem is described. Comparing to the previous CFD-based method, in addition to considering the effect of the end parts, the presented corre
Students completing a Swedish Master’s degree in engineering should have knowledge and skills to independently solve engineering issues. This autonomy should be developed and demonstrated within the M.Sc. project course. But, how can supervisors encourage independence? We have explored this in a case study through semi-structured interviews with students, supervisors and examiners of two M.Sc. pro
Supervising a student can be compared to teaching someone to drive a car. The student is in the driver’s seat while the supervisor provides structure and guidance, and can intervene in risky and unsafe situations. It is a learning process in which the student gradually gains experience and sufficient skill to obtain a driving license, and to drive without an instructor. Similarly, a student attend
Projektet redovisas med en beskrivning och analys av arbetet med att leda ett lärarlag som här definieras som ett community of practice (Etienne Wenger 1988) med målet att genom ett sådant kollegiearbete gemensamt utveckla ett ändamålsenligt campus ethos för våra masterstudenter (Adrianna Kezar 2007). Mina erfarenheter och reflektioner kring arbetet med att leda och skapa möjligheter för samarbete
Braided convolutional codes (BCCs) are a type of parallel-concatenated convolutional code in which the parity outputs of one component encoder are fed back and used as inputs to the other component encoder at the succeeding time unit. In this paper, we review the published results on BCCs that have appeared in the literature over the past ten years and present a unified view of BCCs in the context
In this paper, we study the block error rate (BLER) performance of spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC- LDPC) codes using a sliding window decoder suited for streaming applications. Previous studies of SC-LDPC have focused on the bit error rate (BER) performance or the frame error rate (FER) performance over the entire length of the code. Here, we consider protograph-based constructions
This paper presents simulation and measurement results for two 2-stage E-band power amplifiers implemented in 0.18um SiGe technology with fT = 200 GHz. To increase the power gain by mitigating the effect of the base-collector capacitance, the first design uses a differential cascode topology with a 2.7 V supply voltage. The second design instead uses capacitive cross-coupling of a differential com
