ANNUAL REPORT 2012

CERES
Centre for Research on Embedded Systems
Annual Report 2012
Preface
Summing up the year 2012 it is clear that it has been a very
important year in the progression of CERES as an internationally
well-known research centre. The cooperation with industry
has been taken one step further by starting new research
projects together with our strategic industry partners – projects
that include international research cooperation. We have continued
to develop our strategic research alliances with academic
partners in continental Europe and the Americas, as well as
with our ELLIIT partners in Sweden. Our research capability
has been considerably increased and sharpened by the enrollment
of four new professors: two guest professors, one promoted
professor, and one newly recruited full professor. We have
started up an advanced, distinguished-speaker seminar series,
the Halmstad Colloquium, which helps to put CERES and
Halmstad University on the scientific world map.
All this is part of the ambition to lift CERES one step further
in international reputation and attractiveness as a research
partner. The development programme, named CERES+ and
financed by the Knowledge Foundation, runs over two years
(2012-2013). We expect to see the full effects of the ambitious
build-up during the years to come.
Equally important is the development of the research at Halmstad
University as a whole, especially the research in co-production
with industry. This is growing rapidly, also with support
from the Knowledge Foundation, under the name of Research
for Innovation. 2012 was the first year of the University’s status
as a “Foundation Research Centre (KK-miljö)”, a status that,
among other things, opens improved opportunities for interdisciplinary
research initiatives bridging information technology,
health and innovation sciences.
This annual report highlights the most important achievements
within CERES during 2012 and gives brief presentations of
ongoing or recently finished research projects. PhD graduation
and a best paper award were among the things we celebrated in
2012. The staff of CERES has made a remarkable job during
2012 and I am happy to welcome several new, enthusiastic coworkers
joining the crew in the turn of the year to 2013!
Bertil Svensson
Director of CERES
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