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The howler monkey is one of the most advanced yodelers in the world (Photo: Mostphotos)

The monkeys that surpass the Alps' yodelers

The world's most advanced yodelers are to be found in the rainforests of Latin America – not in the Alps. New international research, with contributions from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has dis...

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Göran Sandberg, one of the honorary doctors at KTH 2025. (Photo: KAW/Magnus Bergström)

"Swedish consensus is an incredible force"

For Göran Sandberg, a doyen of Swedish research development, the most important issue in the university world at the moment is undoubtedly the supply of expertise. "It doesn't matter if you come from...

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Gunilla Franzén, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, works to ensure that the foundations of a building - soil, rock and water - are up to scratch. (Photo: Private)

Building safety from the ground up

Through pioneering work, she has contributed to increased safety in our built environments - from houses to roads and bridges. Gunilla Franzén, geotechnical safety expert, has been awarded an honorary...

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Recent publications

[1]
M. Ekerå and J. Gärtner, "A high-level comparison of state-of-the-art quantum algorithms for breaking asymmetric cryptography," IACR Communications in Cryptology, vol. 2, no. 1, 2025.
[2]
M. D. Ilić, R. E. Lawson and S. Umbereen, "A method for monitoring slow electromechanical oscillations in multi-area electrical power systems : the case of four areas IEEE 39 bus power system," IET Conference Proceedings, vol. 2024, no. 29, pp. 755-760, 2025.
[3]
S. Chung et al., "A Fast Estimation of the Intrinsic Low-Frequency Oscillation Modes of Modular Multilevel Converter Based on AC Impedance Modeling," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 4412-4423, 2025.
[4]
O. Vigren and K. Eriksson, "A multilayer network model for studying business ecosystems : Insights from enterprise architectures in the real estate sector," Journal of European Real Estate Research, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 170-191, 2025.
[5]
Y. Si et al., "A New Hyperspectral Reconstruction Method with Conditional Diffusion Model for Snapshot Spectral Compressive Imaging," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, 2025.
Full list in the KTH publications portal