KTH Space Center has announced the winners of the best thesis awards at the advanced and basic levels for 2024!

At the basic level, we extend our congratulations to Amer Avdic and Alfred Mjörnheim, who each receive 5000 SEK for their study investigating how light pulses from neutron stars, caused by their magnetic and rotational axes, can be used to gather information about their properties and behavior.

Read their study here: Cosmic Lighthouse: Exploring X-ray Pulsars in Python (pdf 1.8 MB)

The prize for the best thesis at the advanced level and 15,000 SEK goes to Simon Thor for his thesis focusing on improving simulations of tau lepton decays to enable more accurate observations of tau neutrinos with the IceCube detector at the South Pole, by integrating high-precision simulations from Tauola.

Read Simon's thesis here:

Improving tau decay simulations for detecting tau neutrinos at IceCube (pdf 2.9 MB)

Congratulations to the winners for their interesting and valuable theses!

Take the opportunity to listen to Amer och Alfred's presentation during Space Rendezvous on Thursday the 20th of Mars! Simon Thor will be presenting his work later this autumn.

During World Space Week 2024, KTH Space Center hosted a seminar titled "Earth Observation Big Data and Deep Learning for Global Environmental Change Monitoring," with Dr. Yifang Ban  as the speaker. She presented groundbreaking methods  for monitoring environmental changes using satellite data and AI, focusing on wildfires and urbanization.

If you missed the seminar, you can watch it here:

For those interested in delving deeper into the topic, KTH also offers several courses in geoinformatics and remote sensing, including these, where Dr. Yifang Ban is the course coordinator:

AG1321 Remote Sensing Technology, 7.5 credits

AG2413 Digital Image Processing and Applications, 7.5 credits

After completing one of these courses, it is also possible to do your thesis within this exciting field of research.

We want to remind you that KTH Space Center offers the possibility to apply for financial support for groups or individuals at KTH who wish to carry out any space-related projects or operations.

The support is primarily aimed for new initiatives but ongoing projects and activities can also be considered. All employees and students at KTH are welcome to apply. Amounts of up to 50,000 kr is normal, in some cases higher sums can be considered.

Applications should be sent to rymdcenter@sci.kth.se

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