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2. 1. Interpretation and Alignment of 2D Indoor Maps : Towards a Heterogeneous Map Representation

   Author : Saeed Gholami Shahbandi; Björn Åstrand; Roland Philippsen; Antanas Verikas; Patric Jensfelt; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Robotics; Mobile Robots; Autonomous Robots; Robot Perception; Robotic Mapping; Map Interpretation; Semantic Mapping; Place Categorization; Place Labeling; Semantic Annotation; Map Alignment; Region Segmentation; Region Decomposition; Map Representation; Heterogeneous Representation;

   Abstract : Mobile robots are increasingly being used in automation solutions with notable examples in service robots, such as home-care, and warehouses. Autonomy of mobile robots is particularly challenging, since their work space is not deterministic, known a priori, or fully predictable. READ MORE

4. 2. Heterogeneous hybrids : Information Technology in Texts and Practices

   Author : Pirjo Elovaara; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information Technology; Feminist Technoscientific Studies; Actor-Network Theory; Librarians;

   Abstract : How could one understand and interpret the phenomenon of information technology, is the overall research question of this licentiate dissertation. The point of departure is the way some official texts in Sweden define the concept of information technology. It is possible to identify two dominating discourses; the technical and the social. READ MORE

5. 3. Political Representation in the European Union : A Multi-Channel Approach

   Author : Moa Mårtensson; Christer Karlsson; Sverker Gustavsson; Torsten Svensson; Hans Agné; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political representation; EU; multi-channel approach; European Parliament; Council of Ministers; interest representation; linkage; Services Directive; social-network analysis; coordination; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union (EU) is the most far-reaching attempt yet undertaken to institutionalize democratic policy-making beyond the nation-state. To what extent, and in what ways, do various channels of representation contribute towards the realization of this aim? This dissertation takes stock of current research on the EU’s system of representation, and seeks to expand its agenda so that this central question can be properly addressed. READ MORE

6. 4. An approach to systems engineering tool data representation and exchange

   Author : Erik Herzog; Anders Törne; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; engineering processes; information systems; data exchange; data representation; COTS; Information technology; Informationsteknologi;

   Abstract : Over the last decades computer based tools have been introduced to facilitate systems engineering processes. There are computer based tools for assisting engineers in virtually every aspect of the systems engineering process from requirement elicitation and analysis, over functional analysis, synthesis, implementation and verification. READ MORE

7. 5. The Aesthetics of Movement : Variations on Gilles Deleuze and Merce Cunningham

   Author : Camilla Damkjaer; Sven Åke Heed; Niels Overgaard Lehmann; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interdisciplinary studies; Gilles Deleuze; Merce Cunningham; John Cage; Félix Guattari; Francis Bacon; dance; philosophy; movement; choreography; the body; heterogeneity; juxtaposition; representation; happening; chance.; Theatre; Teatervetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis is an interdisciplinary study of the aesthetics of movement in Gilles Deleuze’s writings and in Merce Cunningham’s choreographies. But it is also a study of the movement that arises when the two meet in a series of variations, where also their respective working partners Félix Guattari and John Cage enter. READ MORE