I’m so happy! Yesterday I had the first webinar in the course “Automatic Control Basic Course”, and I got a lot of good feedback from the students. As always, it is delightful when someone appreciates what you do. The idea of a webinar is that the students discuss the material from the latest lecture inContinue reading “First Webinar for this semester”
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Lab preparations
As part of my teaching duties, I’m responsible for coordinating lab 1 in the course Automatic control, basic coruse. Coordination includes: Setting up the equipment for the lab (see picture). Coordinate Ph.D. student supervisors. Coordinate student supervisors. Make the signup lists available. Every time I’m surprised by how much time this takes to do. But nowContinue reading “Lab preparations”
New Corona Recommendations
There are now new corona recommendations in my area. Some of them are: only online meetings, no public commuting, only online teaching, and avoid meeting persons that you don’t meet weekly. It is, without a doubt, mentally exhausting to always think about the coronavirus and how oneself and others behave. Still, it is so importantContinue reading “New Corona Recommendations”
Time
This week has been one of those where time is not enough. The week would need to be longer, or a day should be more than 24 hours. I have spent quite a lot of time on the two courses I take, which have deadlines on the same day. The deadlines are still far away,Continue reading “Time”
Ethics
During the last week, I have talked a lot about ethics in connection to Brain-Computer Interfaces. I can’t deny that it sometimes feels a bit like science fiction when we consider a future where everyone uses BCI systems in their everyday life as seamlessly as we use cellphones today. But it is nevertheless a relevantContinue reading “Ethics”
New teaching course coming up
I will be one of the teachers next semester in the basic course in Automatic Control. There I will be responsible for webinars, which are online sessions where the students discuss the latest lecture material. The webinars are a new element in the course, so we don’t know what the students will think about it.Continue reading “New teaching course coming up”
First data collection
Today was one of those big days: I collected my first set of EEG data! I did a simple trial where the test person (my husband in this case) imagined to lift his right or left hand. I am so proud that I got everything to work: the stimuli program, mounting the EEG cap, andContinue reading “First data collection”
Frida Heskebeck 