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Professor Helge Ruddat has received NOK 12 million to investigate and classify the mathematical concept of Fano manifolds.
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She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a tool that can help doctors make better and faster decisions when a cerebral stroke is suspected.
As part of the Pedagogy Unit (Uniped), the focus of this research group is to work with educators on the critical assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education to explore AI’s implications and identify appropriate applications.
The reseach group on AI, ethics and law focuses on legal and ethical implications of development, deployment and use of AI systems.
We invite scholars and researchers to contribute to a research workshop retreat exploring the imperial continuities within the North Sea's extractive activities.
The HyTack project aims at developing and providing an educational base in the field of hydrogen technology to the students in the partner universities, partner countries, and to a wider community.
Yucong Ma has researched dynamic analysis and design of subsea shuttle tanker systems.
Mathematical models enable a scientific understanding of natural phenomena around us, and the study and optimization of processes in society and industry.
Developing a digital toolbox for Special Core Analysis (SCAL).
Nisar Ahmed has developed a workflow for seismic inversion methods to estimate the rock-properties in a reservoir.
The National IOR Centre has provided cost efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for improved oil recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf through academic excellence and close collaboration with the industry.
Use of histopathology to identify changes in marine species in response to contaminants is a long-known practice.
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Professor Dimitrios G. Pavlou was recently awarded the prestigious Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing.
Safety and Resilience Through Digital Technologies: A Participatory Study with Women at the Intersection of Gender-Based Violence and Immigration in Norway (SaRe-DiGT) is a Marie Curie research project on the interconnectedness of digital technologies, gender-based violence, and immigration in Norway.
This research initiative aims to shed light on imperial logics and practices of extractive activities in the North Sea during the 20th and 21st century.
Physics of Fluids (PoF) belongs to American Institute of Physics (AIP) academic journals and is traditionally known as one of the best fluid mechanic journals in the world.
In his PhD work, Mehul Vora has contributed to new knowledge about the environmental risk related to shortlisted products and processes in improved and enhanced oil recovery.
Prediction of subsurface multiphase or single-phase flow processes is challenging, but important for oil and gas production, carbon storage and hydrogen storage and production.
Only 34 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2023 Outreach for Engineers Forum. Three UiS researchers got a scholarship.
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Researchers at University of Stavanger have asked the industry to define their education needs in the years to come.
The group conducts research in algebraic geometry, complex analysis and geometry, mathematical models and differential equations, and differential geometry and mathematical physics.
How to reduce cost of energy for future large offshore wind turbines in free-wind and wake conditions by using full-scale wind and response data from offshore wind farms.
The goal is to find environmentally friendly solutions for shipping and transport in Arctic waters.
UiS researchers got funding for Polish-Norwegian collaboration.
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Huong Huynh finished her PhD project at University of Stavanger October 2021. Now her PhD thesis has been selected as Best Norwegian PhD in Catalysis.
There will be a possibility to have workshops on the day after the main NIKT conference, Thursday November 30.
The NOKOBIT conference has been organized annually for the last 30 years as a national conference in information science and information systems.
NIK is a broad national conference aimed at being an important national venue for discussions, networking, and dissemination of research and advanced development work in informatics and computer science.
The objective of this project is to establish long-term excellent collaboration within Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) education and research groups in Norway and Brazil.
NISK 2023 will take place at the University of Stavanger, 27-30 November, co-located with the NIKT conferences.
UDIT (Norwegian Conference on Didactics in IT education) is a meeting place for scientific publication, discussion, and exchange of experiences related to teaching ICT in higher education.
This year's conference theme: Subsurface for energy security and sustainability.
Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New research at UiS will examine this in more detail by analyzing gut bacteria from elderly people who are at risk of developing Alzheimer's.
The goal of this project is to establish a bi-national team within P&A that exchange knowledge, help to educate young professionals with expertise in this area and develop new research projects with international impact.
Cement plays a crucial role in the oil and gas industry, both during completion and P&A.
In well construction, the primary cementing job is performed to stabilize the borehole and provide zonal isolation.
Panagiotis Aslanidis defended his thesis on wettability for core analysis. The purpose of his research was to link reservoir wettability to the properties of the crude oil, rock mineralogy and formation water composition.
Our research group has competence on design, analysis and testing of materials and structures. The current research and development activities in our group can be divided into concrete structures and technology, wind engineering and extreme loads, fatigue and structural integrity.
28 students participated in a trip to the Rosenberg Worley facilities in Buøy.
The European Union is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Researchers from University of Stavanger are participating in a new research project to investigate the key elements of this transition.
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The European Union is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Researchers from UiS are participating in a new research project to investigate the key elements of this transition.
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On the 25th of October 2022, Izwan Ahmad was awarded the 2022 Innovation Awards for master’s students by Rogaland county mayor Marianne Chesak.
PhD candidate Bernardo Costa came out on top in the competition for best extended abstract during a wind engineering conference.
Fredrik Bjørheim, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science and Technology, has investigated damage assessment and modeling of ageing structures.
We are developing functional materials and process chemistry for energy and environmental applications.
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Researchers at UiS have developed an energy converter that creates electricity from sea currents and river flows.
The reason of 98% of the failures of mechanical systems and 60% of the failures of structures subjected to variable loading conditions is fatigue.
Students from all over the world got the opportunity to meet some of the leading physicists at the 2022 XQCD PhD school.
Heating and cooling in buildings and industry are responsible for half of energy consumption in Europe. They have also put a severe pressure on the Norwegian electricity grid. There is a lot of waste heat released from data centres and other industrial processes in Norway, which is poorly mapped and utilized.
Micheal B. Oguntola has studied optimization and modelling of enhanced oil recovery injection strategies in his PhD project.
This research group works on topics related to geopolymers, subsurface well integrity, plugging and abandonment.
The CEMENTEGRITY project seeks to develop and test better materials for sealing wellbores exposed to CO2 stored in underground reservoirs.
The paper was awarded at the 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2021).
Only 25 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2022 Outreach for Engineers Forum. 6 PhD research fellows from UiS were awarded with a scholarship.
Smart Assets, Digital and Integrated Operations, and Condition monitoring and Maintenance Analytics.
The purpose of the new research project is to support advancement of Blastocystis research by bringing together professionals from various
disciplines and countries.
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Researchers at the University of Stavanger (UiS) have managed to run a gas turbine on 100 percent hydrogen.
This project (SUBSET) aims to increase the relevance of subsurface course content to actual needs in the energy
industry of the future by establishing an arena for dialogue and collaboration between academia and industry.
The 5-year NORPART project "Applied Informatics for Energy System
Integration" (AI-ESI) aims to make a contribution by conducting joint activities between the partner universities in Norway, Egypt, and Palestine. Academic cooperation will target educational programs development, teaching, research and supervision, and
mutual virtual and physical student/researcher mobility.
Solar Energy Research Group seeks to overcome barriers to world solar adoption by connecting solar energy researchers from different disciplines and perspectives at the University of Stavanger. The research group is a place to share research, projects, dissemination, and ongoing activities. The group also helps researchers find ways to work together and promote joint initiatives.
How can the established theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, be used to predict the material properties of the cores of neutron stars? Researchers at the University of Stavanger might have the answer.
Our research aims to contributing on a sustainable use of the red seaweed Palmaria palmata in aquaculture. The work focuses on life cycle and nutritional potential.
Marine Sewage Outfalls – Environmental Impact Evaluation (SANOCEAN) focusing on ocean research including blue economy, climate change, environmental research and sustainable energy.
The first Energy Norway conference was arranged 25-26 April 2022. Theme: Subsurface utilization for energy transition.
The industry of aquaculture is a fast-growing industry. An international project from UiS will help solve sustainability issues in this industry by using economic theory.
The research group for mechanical engineering and materials technology has broad expertise in the design of mechanical components, testing and development of materials, manufacturing methods and methods for load calculations and fluid dynamics.
The Porous Liquids project aims at developing a new technology for environmentally friendly and efficient separation of carbon dioxide.
The Subsurface Utilisation and Renewable Energy group addresses the latest issues related to the energy transition, underground hydrogen storage, geothermal heat production and geo-sequestration of carbon.
The number of students in petroleum-related topics at universities in Norway has dramatically declined and the supply of people with subsurface competence is approaching a critical low level.
The role of the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the future energy system depends on the national and international business regulations, societal acceptance and license to operate.
Large volumes of subsurface data exist, but current workflows for subsurface understanding are suboptimal, resulting in inadequate utilization of datasets.
The amount of water injected, produced and discharged to sea in aging fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is increasing. Water handling is energy-intensive and costly, and represents about 50% of the total energy for field operation.
Hydrocarbon (HC) production is energy intensive and emits large amounts of CO2. There is an urgent need to develop concepts and implement new energy-efficient solutions to produce HC resources at the lowest possible emissions.
The main objective of this work package is to improve the reservoir energy production strategy with carbon capture and storage.
The objective of this work package is to develop a holistic petroleum system model and exploration for sustainable use of the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
University of Stavanger together with NORCE, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and University of Bergen, are the main research institutions in NCS2030.
The centre includes an expert team of geoscientists, reservoir engineers, modellers, data scientists, economics, among others, that will work together with industry experts.
The research centre NCS2030 will find solutions that maximize the value creation of energy resources on the Norwegian continental shelf, while at the same time achieving the net-zero emission (NZE) goals.
Through this project, we aim to enhance capability in higher education with a special focus on supply chain & logistics networks performance enhancements satisfying three United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – quality education, gender equality, and decent work and economic growth.
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium that aims at developing didactic materials for integration of digital tools into product development and manufacturing education.
The Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium in the Erasmus+ project TEAL2.0.
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a partner of an ERASMUS + Project that is aimed at creating strong partnerships between the world of education and the business world, to develop technical-professional training opportunities strongly anchored to the needs of companies in the European aerospace supply chain.
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium that aims at developing didactic materials to improve knowledge concerning the implementation of Lean Thinking in the workplace.
The Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium in the European Project BIM4PLACEMENT – European key competences in building and construction.
The Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium in the European Project Lean ERASMUS+ KA2.
Save the date for our conference on subsurface utilization for energy transition, 25-26 April 2022.
Radioactive Waste Spatialities, Materialities and Societies in the Nordic Region, 1960s to 1990s
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University of Stavanger (UiS) and Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) will work together to find solutions for patients with chronic intestinal diseases.
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A new collaboration project for further development of a more environmentally friendly solution for the treatment of drilling mud waste has received 2.8 million from the Research Council of Norway.
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The Research Council allocates NOK 28 million to the ImpactWind Sørvest project, led by NORCE. UiS is an important research partner in the project. Professor Muk Chen Ong leads one of the work packages.
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University of Stavanger with partners have been awarded the National Centre for Sustainable Utilization of Energy Resources on the Norwegian Shelf (NCS2030).
Oceans cover more than 70 % of the earth’s surface. However, those are still much unexplored.
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A total of 12 companies are on the list of the industry partners of The National IOR Centre of Norway. Chair of Board Thierry Laupretre (Aker BP), sums up the collaboration.
Eight years of research on improved oil recovery are coming to an end. In this article you get the highlights from the research at The National IOR Centre of Norway.
“Norway’s cold climate is very suitable for building-integrated photovoltaics,” says researcher Hassan Gholami. He completed his doctoral degree on the subject at the University of Stavanger.
The MOFSORBMET project is developing MOFs for the adsorption-enhanced recovery of critical metals from the primary (mining) and secondary sources (e-waste). Our initial focus is the metals for batteries and the sustainable recovery of resources from battery waste.
The NewbornTime project aims to improve newborn care using artificial intelligence (AI) for activity and event recognition taken from videos in the time both during and immediately after birth.
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University of Stavanger, NORCE, IFE and University of Bergen are partners in an application for a new petrosenter, focusing on subsurface research.
Five petroleum engineering students from University of Stavanger reached the finals in the prestigous PetroBowl contest.
University of Stavanger is participating in two new research projects led by NORCE. Together the partners seek new solutions for computing technologies; 3D machine vision and automated well monitoring.
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A UiS-led investment in sustainable aquaculture receives almost NOK 100 million from the government's Green Platform Initiative. The investment will improve fish welfare and reduce the environmental and climate footprint of aquaculture - and is based on expertise from the oil industry.
The project investigates how Norway’s digital infrastructures enable an open and inclusive public sphere.
Charlotte Obhrai's new research project will investigate large offshore wind turbines, and how to improve the design for offshore wind conditions.
See the list of all scientific publications written by researchers affiliated with the IOR Centre.
In her doctoral work, Siv Marie Åsen has taken a closer look at what happens to different types of polymers when they are injected in the reservoir. Are the polymers degraded when transported through pipes or through the sandstone reservoir?
Important deliverables from the Centre are well documented and verified methods for evaluation of IOR potential on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. To gain increased knowledge and better methodologies it is important to integrate and combine different methods for field specific applications.
This forum will focus its work on polymer flooding from pore to core scale, and partly to field scale.
The economic feasibility of implementing new IOR methods on a field needs to be evaluated, preferably taking the uncertainty in the reservoir description into account.
Improved modeling methodology and simulation capabilities for IOR are important to perform reliable pilot and full field simulations.
The main objective of this task was to devise methods and procedures to map volumetric distribution of residual oil saturation in a reservoir after secondary production.
What are the most important parameters from smaller scales that are important to describe flow on a larger scale? Chemical EOR methods have proven their potential on core scale. But, additional oil produced at the core scale does not necessarily imply that the field recovery will be similarly increased.
The objective of the pore scale task was to identity mechanisms that influence fluid transport, chemical reactions, and oil recovery.
This research group focuses on the mineralogical and geological background of tested rock material for a variety of core flooding experiments and to search for the most economic and fastest toolbox of methods to gain substantial results within this objective.
This research group is dedicated to the theoretical and empirical study of social and spatial justice from a cross-disciplinary perspective.
The National IOR Centre of Norway was evaluated this fall. Now the report is complete. A consensus expert panel provides green light for three new years with research on improved oil recovery at University of Stavanger.
SR-bank's Innovation Award 2017 was given to Arild Lohne, NORCE and PhD student Oddbjørn Nødland, UiS. Both are researchers at the National IOR Centre of Norway.
The Scientific Advisory Committee of The National IOR Centre of Norway has spoken: The Centre should be proud of its fundamental research.
50 of the IOR Centre's researchers, project managers and PhD students were gathered at Sola strandhotell for a day of good talks, inspiration and socialization.
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Do you want to learn more about the smallest building blocks in nature? UiS have invited three world famous physicists to tell us in everyday language about the role particles play in nature and the strong forces binding them together.
At core scale we focus on IOR mechanisms; improving macroscopic and microscopic sweep efficiency.
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The Department of Energy Resources at UiS is investing in new equipment and new research areas within geotechnics and geophysics, in collaboration with Anko. This gives our students the opportunity to learn subjects and techniques that can also be used outside the petroleum industry.
Mário Helder Lopes da Silva has developed a method for qualification of new partitioning tracers for use in Partitioning Inter-well Tracer Tests (PITT).
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The University of Stavanger is investing in hydrogen research. Olena Zavorotynska is one of several researchers who, with the support of the Akademia agreement, will take a closer look at the opportunities hydrogen provides us in the energy mix of the future.
Energy transition towards clean, sustainable, and affordable energy solutions is on top of the global, national, and local agenda.
Running research projects in the Energy Systems Engineering group.
Our work connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on energy technology.
In this page you find the courses taught at University of Stavanger related to energy technologies and system integration.
We use state-of-the-art tools like advanced physical models, artificial neural networks, and integrated design, control and optimization algorithms.
Energy transition towards clean, sustainable, and affordable energy solutions is on top of the global, national, and local agenda.
Energy transition towards clean, sustainable, and affordable energy solutions is on top of the global, national, and local agenda.
The group focuses on developing innovative techno-economically sustainable solutions and has a broad network of academic and industrial partners.
Distributed energy conversion technologies, using fuel flexible solutions, energy storage and smart technologies are essential parts of the energy transition towards carbon free solutions.
This research group focuses on exploring and implementing green and sustainable chemistry into novel biodegradable and non-toxic compounds.
Organic chemistry provides useful tools to attack some of the big challenges we are facing in society.
How do microbes affect human health, animal health and food security?
Stavanger Municipality, UiS, and NTNU are establishing an interdisciplinary collaboration that will promote art and the artist's role in society.
Can we produce energy, limit land use and create industrial opportunities by using our house facades as solar panels?
The NewbornTime project is about improved newborn care by using artificial intelligence (AI) for activity and event recognition in video from the time during and after birth.
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Professor Kjersti Engan is listed as the 11th most influential woman in the field of artificial intelligence.
A proposed centre of excellence (SFF), Quark-Lab will build a bridge between the collider physics and gravitational wave astronomy communities based on fundamental theory.
Full name of project: Building resilience through education for Sustainable, Collaborative and Smart Cities (RESICITIES)
Greencoin addresses the challenge of how to promote pro-environmental behaviours among urban citizens.
The main objective of the project is to provide security and dependability in the management and orchestration of network and data resources in 5G Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC).
The ECIU University Research Institute for smart European regions (Smart-ER) will design, develop and implement smart city research.
Numerous projects are carried out by Cluster on Industrial Asset Management (CIAM) affiliates and experts. These include PhD projects, industry projects and international projects.
The 7th IOR NORWAY is arranged 26-28 April 2021. The digital event will be co-organized with the 14th International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability and its Effects on Oil Recovery.
270 participants caught up on the newest in IOR research at this year's big IOR event at University of Stavanger.
The sixth annual conference hosted by The National IOR Centre of Norway is history. Hopefully the participants got a refill of both knowledge and entertainment.
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Using mathematical models, doctoral student Filippo Malaguti at UiS will contribute to testing Rosenberg Worley's floating offshore wind solution Flexifloat.
Shaghayegh Javadi can welcome the Christmas holidays as Doctor Javadi after defending her PhD thesis November 25th, 2019.
Samuel Erzuah defended his PhD thesis 24 September. Now he is moving back to Ghana as Dr. Erzuah.
With a thesis on a very topical theme, CCUS, Mohan Sharma graduated as the sixth PhD at the Centre.
In her PhD work, Remya Nair has investigated how "smart" salt water can increase oil recovery. 15 March she defended her doctoral thesis.
Oddbjørn Nødland was the fifth PhD candidate to graduate from The National IOR Centre of Norway.
Auditorium E-164 was packed at the public defence of Mona Minde's doctoral degree.
On June 6th, Laura Borromeo defended her dissertation. Her thesis evaluates if Raman spectroscopy could be applied to enhanced oil recovery investigations.
Kun Guo defended the degree philosophiae doctor 12 April. He is the second PhD student to graduate from The National IOR Centre of Norway.
Aojie Hong was defending the degree philosophiae doctor Thursday, December 14th. He is the first PhD student to graduate from the National IOR Centre of Norway.
UiS is part of the Lean 6σ Learning Academy, organised by European Networks for Performance Enhancement in Mechanical (Manufacturing) and Construction Industry.
With around 25 participants PhD candidate Jaspreet Singh Sachdeva defended his thesis in a video conference in Teams Monday 20 April. Now he can finally call himself a doctor.
The purpose of Emanuela Kallesten's project is to understand how stress state and pore pressure affect the permeability of compacting rocks at reservoir conditions.
Dhruvit Berawala's PhD project deals with numerical modelling of shale gas production and CO2 injection in shale gas reservoirs for enhanced recovery.
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Repsol, IKM Acona and Vår Energi awarded a total of nine prizes and NOK 275,000 to bachelor and master students at UiS.
Tijana Voake defended her PhD thesis 22 January, and is now ready for new challenges.
The field of complex analysis focuses on the study of calculus involving the complex numbers.
Research activities within the materials physics
group focus on the structure and dynamics of novel materials.
In its broadest sense, mathematical physics may be construed as the application of rigorous mathematical methods to problems in physics.
Subatomic Physics and Cosmology covers particle and nuclear physics, as well as astroparticle physics, Big Bang-physics and gravitational waves (PACT).
The mathematical statistics group does research both in statistical methodology and the application of such methodology to real life problems. The group mainly concentrates on the following research fields:
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which classically is devoted to the study of solutions of polynomial equations in several variables, so called algebraic varieties.
PP2A and PP4 (Protein Phosphatase 2A and Protein Phosphatase 4) are conserved enzymes found in all eukaryotes and are in fact crucial for biological functions in all kinds of eukaryotic cells.
The research group lead by Hanne R. Hagland studies metabolic flexibility in cell systems.
The research group led by Professor Peter Ruoff studies cellular metabolism and circadian systems using both molecular biology and computational methods.
Photosynthesis is the fundamental metabolic process on earth that has successfully enabled organisms to sustain evolutionary extinction. Molecular machines operating in photosynthetic organisms could provide humans with a blueprint for a corresponding technology development to balance climate change.
The PAH synthesis at UiS began as a bachelor thesis driven project to provide analytical reference materials for environmental scientists at our local environmental research facilities, now NORCE.
The Pumps and Pipes initiative fosters collaboration and transfer of knowledge between oil and gas and the health sector.
Ocean Technology Innovation Cluster Stavanger (OTICS) connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on ocean technology.
The demand and development of global wind power energy have significantly increased in the past decades. The wind power could be captured and converted into electricity through the wind turbine.
This area focuses on Wind and Wave Load and Response Modelling and Monitoring.
UiS researchers study a range of issues connected to Offshore and Subsea Technology.
UiS researches offshore fish farms and methods to prevent water contamination.
Research and education today cannot be conducted without using state of the art software products. For an academic institution usual marked prices are unaffordable. We are thankful that software companies generously donate software that we can use in public research and the education of bachelor, master, and PhD students.
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Associate Professor Ari Tarigan from the Department of economics, safety and planning is part of a group of researchers from Polish and Norwegian universities that was awarded almost 2 million euros for their project “Greencoin”, an interactive system that will promote environmentally friendly behaviour among citizens through a reward system.
Our research mainly focuses on the development of biological markers using molecular biology techniques for the purpose of environmental monitoring.
Aiming to promote innovation and achieving increased tunnel safety, a research group has been established at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IDE) at the UiS with its members and collaborators representing the fields of ICT and tunnel safety.
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Spring of 2019, a wind turbine was lifted into place and installed on the Ullandhaug campus. Solar cells have already been installed. The turbine and solar cells are part of a laboratory that will produce energy from solar and wind. Students, researchers and the business community can study the energy mix produced at the lab.
Stavanger AI Lab opens up for several types of collaboration with society. We see it as our social mission to raise competence in AI. At the same time we want to be contributors to innovation in the field of artifical intelligence.
The Applied AI and Digitalization in Drilling Group at IEP, Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Stavanger, bridges the gap between industrial domain expertise and latest advances in Artificial Intelligence.
A project focusing on the health care sector and how to amplify the voice of the users when applying digital technology.
The research is concentrated on six specialisations. You will find more detailed information about each research subject and contacts by clicking on the links below.
Our research groups study human, animal, plant and environmental health in an interdisciplinary way.
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A young an amibitious research group received the Lyse Research Prize for 2019, having been recognized on the national and international physics scene.
Researchers at the Norwegian Reading Centre will study the use of storybook apps and print picture books in language focused reading activities in kindergartens. The aim is to develop an app that kindergarten staff can use to consider to what extent specific features of e-books are appropriate for such activities.
DigiHand explores the emergence of handwriting skills in digital classrooms.
Structural geology is the study of tectonic deformation. We focus on the deformation of the upper crust and how it affects erosion and sedimentation in sedimentary basins, forms faults and folds that compartmentalize reservoirs, and makes ductile materials, such as salt, flow.
Basin scale studies focus on improving the understanding of paleogeographic evolution, tectonic and sedimentary interaction, and petroleum systems by integrating surface and subsurface data.
Provenance research tracks the transport routes of sediment. Such research is done for various reasons, such as paleogeographic, paleogeologic, and tectonic reconstructions of basins, basin surroundings, and continental-plate configurations.
Light detection and ranging (lidar) research focus on the planning and collection of lidar data as well as the processing and interpreting of 3D outcrop models.
Geophysics uses measurements of physical quantities to make inferences about the geological properties of the Earth and other planets. Geophysical methods are used in many fields of science and engineering. Specialized areas include environmental geophysics, exploration geophysics, and near-surface geophysics.
Geographic information science (GIS) research focuses on the analysis of spatial relationships, defining uncertainty, and using GIS for decision-making.
Value can only be created through our decisions. Uncertainty is inseparable from all significant decisions. You can’t make good decisions without embracing uncertainty.
Geosciences is an important expertise area within the energy sector, environment, construction among others.
The goal for OTICS is to achieve high-quality research through international and national cooperation, and to establish the University of Stavanger as one of the leading research institutions in Ocean Technology.
The Cognitive Lab is the only arena at UiS where all faculties meet and collaborate on research at the highest level. The lab provides the natural sciences with a meeting place for the health sciences, psychology and various disciplines that study social conditions, human behaviour and learning.
Stavanger Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Stavanger AI Lab) connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on AI research and development.
Due to an increase in the amount of data available through technological advancements, AI and machine learning approaches can be employed to convert the data into contextual information, leading to a step change in the field of energy and petroleum engineering.
How can we develop and maintain livable, safe and robust urban environments that address climate changes and cater to a sustainable future?
The PhD programme in Science and Technology at the University of Stavanger offers five specialisations: Energy Engineering and Geoscience, Offshore Technology, Mechanical and Structural Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics and Physics, Risk Management and Societal Safety, and Chemistry and Biological Science.
Focusing on data, we will obtain value and impact by computing while maintaining privacy and trustworthiness.
Green transition and sustainable development is all about using resources smarter and more efficiently. The researchers in the ENSYSTRA project seek to accelerate the transition to enable a more integrated mix of renewable energy.
In this page you find the courses taught at University of Stavanger related to artifical intelligence and machine learning.
Novel information retrieval and web mining solutions for next generation search engines and intelligent systems, using cutting edge machine learning and AI.
We investigate the function of biological systems, from intracellular molecular networks to complex microbial communities, and use mathematical models and experimental methods to explain and predict behavior.