Faculty of Science and Technology: Recent submissions
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Lattice-Based Cryptography for Privacy Preserving Machine Learning
(Master thesis, 2023)The digitization of healthcare data has presented a pressing need to address privacy concerns within the realm of machine learning for healthcare institutions. One promising solution is Federated Learning (FL), which enables ... -
Effective Leadership in Customer Service with Limited Resources
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines how leaders in customer service can effectively influence their employees with limited resources. Using a mixed-methods approach, including surveys and interviews, the research investigates the non-financial ... -
Human-Guided Phasic Policy Gradient in Minecraft: Exploring Deep Reinforcement Learning with Human Preferences in Complex Environments
(Master thesis, 2023)This study presents a novel approach to enhancing the performance of artificial agents in complex environments like Minecraft, where traditional reward-based learning strategies can be challenging to apply. To improve the ... -
Miljøvennlig betong
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven omhandler hvordan bruk av forskjellige sementtyper og herdebetingelser vil påvirke en konstruksjonsbetong sine egenskaper. De siste årene er det blitt gjort et omfattende arbeid for å gjøre betongbruken i ... -
What is Risk Culture, and Why Do We Need It?
(Master thesis, 2023)Hybrid threats dominate our contemporary and technological society, and new risks can be challenging to predict because of today’s digitization. As modern safety-critical organizations and their technologies become more ... -
Relevansen av 60/40-porteføljen: En analyse i dagens økonomiske klima. Relevance of the 60/40 Portfolio: An Analysis in the Current Economic Climate.
(Master thesis, 2023)60/40 porteføljer, bestående av aksjer og obligasjoner, har i mange tiår vært foretrukket av risikobevisste investorer for å oppnå stabil avkastning over tid. Med unntak av finanskrisen har denne porteføljen levert pålitelig ... -
Plug and Abandonment Technologies evaluation and Experimental material testing.
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract The conventional method to plug and abandonment (P&A) is characterized by its time-consuming nature, high costs, and associated challenges and risks related to Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) considerations. ... -
Miljøvennlig Betong
(Master thesis, 2023)I denne oppgaven vi vil se nærmere på miljøbetongen, og hvordan dens egenskaper blir påvirket av forskjellige herdebetingelser. Oppgaven består av en teoridel, en eksperimentell del, og til slutt en del som tar for seg ... -
Implementation of Lean and digitalization in the Norwegian Coastal Administration Development Department.
(Master thesis, 2023)In response to the recent decline in productivity within the construction industry, there has been a growing focus on digitizing projects and processes to streamline operations. This has led to the introduction of Lean as ... -
From hospital to urban centre: transforming SUS Våland
(Master thesis, 2023)The objective of this thesis is to explore the transformation of the Våland hospital as the hospital functions are set to move to Ullandhaug. The research question guiding this study is: How can the current hospital area ... -
Low Pressure Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen on Activated Carbon and Zeolite 13X
(Master thesis, 2023)Several gas separation techniques have been used throughout the year, however the most cost effective and energy efficient gas separation process to date is that of adsorption. Adsorption of carbon dioxide from flue or ... -
Solving a jigsaw puzzle with the use of image processing
(Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis, we present an automated solution for assembling jigsaw puzzles using a combination of image processing techniques. Our approach involves employing feature extraction methods to isolate and categorize the ... -
Use of Life Cycle Costing to Compare and Assess Business Performance Differences and Opportunities Regarding Traditional Topsides versus Subsea Chemical Storage and Injection for Subsea Wells
(Master thesis, 2023)As a significant aspect of sustainable development, Equinor is currently engaged in a substantial technology advancement involving subsea all-electric (AE) functions as a replacement for the conventional topside electro-hydraulic ... -
Feasibility study of cost-effective nutrient media for microalgal growth within the aquaculture industry in a circular economy context
(Master thesis, 2023)Microalgal biotechnology has been growing and expanding tremendously in recent years in various sectors. Being metabolically flexible, microalgae can adapt to demanding and even extreme growth conditions. Multiple applications ... -
Novel Data Encodings For Quantum Machine Learning: Enhancing the Quantum Feed-forward Neural Network for Improved Image Recognition
(Master thesis, 2023)Quantum machine learning combines the realms of quantum computing with artificial intelligence, providing novel approaches to problem-solving. Quantum image recognition is one such problem that has attracted significant ... -
Politics of climate risk management in local government: A case study of the municipality of Stavanger
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)The case study presented in this paper was conducted to study the politics of local-level climate risk management and discuss these politics' implications for responses to climate change and democratic deliberation. Local ... -
Resilience in Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: A Scoping Review
(Master thesis, 2023)Background With climate change a looming global threat, offshore wind energy is a vital resource, and floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) are essential to capture its full potential. Unfortunately, high operations and ... -
Influence of Nanoparticles and Media composition on Microalgal growth towards Environmental Remediation
(Master thesis, 2023)Scenedesmus sp. is one type of freshwater microalgae widely studied due to its robustness and versatility in growth, high nutrient removal and lipid production, making it a potential candidate as a renewable energy source ... -
Developing and Testing Digital Twins for Vehicle Collision Prediction: A Machine Learning and Genetic Search Algorithm Approach
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis focuses on developing a digital twin which can predict and avoid collisions. The digital twin does this by using different machine learning models that are trained on data from the SVL Simulator. By harnessing ... -
Risiko ved innovative offentlige anskaffelser
(Master thesis, 2023)Ved å etterspørre nye løsninger for å dekke både nye og eksisterende behov kan offentlige anskaffelser fungere som en katalysator for innovasjon og omstilling. Men selv om innovative offentlige anskaffelser er blitt en ...