News from Aalborg University

04.01.2019

Artificial neural networks make life easier for hearing aid users

Researchers have taken an important step towards making life easier for people with hearing loss. Morten Kolbæk, PhD student at Aalborg University (AAU), has developed a groundbreaking algorithm that can enable hearing aid users to take a more active part in conversations in noisy environments − Photo: ©Oticon

16.12.2018

SGRE and AAU to lead project making offshore wind more affordable

Siemens Gamesa and Aalborg University to lead EU-funded R&D project to make offshore wind one of the most affordable energy sources

07.12.2018

Video: Student Recreates the Sound of the Sixties with Software

PhD student Silvin Willemsen from Aalborg University, Denmark, has made an award-winning effect for music and sound production. Based on analogue models, he has developed software that replicates the classic sixties ‘plate reverb’ effect with a high level of precision.

21.11.2018

New AAU Professor to Harness Massive Information

The amount of data is growing explosively these years. In three hours we generate more data than the amount that existed in 2003. Newly appointed computer science professor Katja Hose, 38, will map the data ocean so that we have the information we need, and especially, so that information is easily accessible, reliable and accurate

16.11.2018

AAU closes seven degree programmes and changes language on six others

Based on a larger analysis and strategic considerations for the faculties, AAU has decided to close down seven degree programmes, change language from English to Danish on six other programmes and put one programme on standby. This decision was made to meet the Ministry’s order to reduce admissions of international students by 290 in 2019. Students can complete their current programme.

13.11.2018

Robots in Sewers will Save Society Millions

In the future the country's sewer systems will be inhabited by surveillance robots. Using robots, big data and artificial intelligence (AI), a new Danish research project will save hundreds of millions of kroner on maintaining sewers.

08.11.2018

New Ranking Confirms: AAU is World Class in Engineering

Yet another recognised international ranking places Aalborg University (AAU) among the world's absolute top institutions in engineering. Best Global Universities ranks AAU in fourth place.

25.10.2018

AAU Students to Learn to Build Denmark’s New Fighter Jets

Two engineering students from Aalborg University will be doing an internship at Lockheed Martin starting in January where they will learn to build the world's most advanced combat aircraft

16.10.2018

Enabling More Solar Energy in the Grid with Better Control

The power generated from solar photovoltaic (PV) panels is fluctuating. This poses a big challenge to the existing power grid in terms of frequency and voltage stability. A researcher at Aalborg University has developed strategies for controlling the fluctuating power of solar PV systems so that in the future, we can ensure a higher proportion of solar energy in the grid in a friendly way

28.09.2018

Strong national partnership strengthens Danish healthcare innovation

In Denmark, four regional business clusters and two innovation networks have joined forces with five universities with the aim to strengthen the national collaboration on development and testing of new healthcare technologies.

21.01.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

PhD defence by Tanaka Takaaki on Control and Optimization of Modular Multilevel Cascaded Statcom Converters for Offshore Wind Application

23.01.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

PhD defence by Roni Irnawan on Control and Planning of Expandable Multi-Terminal VSC-HVDC Transmission Systems

23.01.2019 at 01.00 PM - 04.00 PM

PhD defence by Xiaodong Duan: Machine Learning Methods for Selected Vision Tasks in Social Robots

24.01.2019 at 03.00 PM - 05.00 PM

Tiltrædelsesseminar, Nicholas Wood