In 2020 a curriculum renewal in Norway integrated programming into multiple subjects at both elementary schools and upper secondary schools. This was done with the hopes of improving deep learning and introducing computational thinking to pupils attending the schools. Some criticism has been raised against the decision, with some declaring that this will hurt deep learning and that programming is ...

With the emergence of powerful generative AI models comes the possibility of creating knowledgeable and engaging chatbots, which have the potential to significantly enhance several areas of the user’s life. This thesis focuses on the design and implementation of FysBot, an application with an integrated chatbot that aims to increase the user’s physical activity levels. In collaboration with a PhD ...

The global fishing industry, a critical food source, faces significant challenges due to criminal activities such as illegal fishing and over-exploitation. Traditional surveillance methods can be susceptible to tampering and cannot fully ensure the integrity of recorded events. This thesis introduces Haddock, a shared, distributed logging system leveraging a two-phase dissemination protocol and the ...

Climate change has emerged as an important topic over the past decade, and one of the areas most susceptible to change is the Arctic Tundra. Monitoring the environment features a variety of challenges; it’s remote location, manual monitoring equipment and required permission to depart on expeditions. A solution to this is the use of a wireless sensor network to allow more automatic gathering ...

Today, many are unaware of how much of their personal information is publicly available on the web, which has become an increasingly important issue among internet users. This thesis builds on the work of the preceding Capstone project and uses the open-source Online Privacy Pilot tool as a case study to explore how large language models can be incorporated into the tool to enhance its functionality ...

Annually, avalanches claim an average of 100 lives, and many more are injured. For victims buried by an avalanche, time is of the essence. If not rescued within 15 minutes, the victim only has a 10% probability of survival. Commonly, the people venturing into avalanche-prone areas equips avalanche beacons. These devices work as small radio transmitters transmitting a signal at 457 kHz once each ...

The widespread adoption of distributed computer systems, exemplified by plat- forms like Airbnb and Booking.com, has transformed homes into rental proper- ties and streamlined vacation rentals by offering comprehensive tools for listing properties, processing payments, facilitating searches, and enabling communi- cation. However, a critical gap remains: these platforms do not facilitate ...

SynQLite is a relational database (RDB) built on SQLite. Using conflict-free replicated relations (CRR) to apply conflict-free replicated data types (CRDT) to augment the SQLite database. With SynQLite sites update their local replica without coordination from others sites, and sites converge once they have applied the same sets of updates. These sets of updates are fetched from the CRR and ...

When patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are physically active, they encounter an issue with keeping their blood glucose (BG) stable. Generally, their blood glucose level (BGL) will drop, causing hypoglycaemia which can have fatal consequences. The simple solution is to consume carbohydrates in the form of liquids or food, but during physical activities, it can be difficult to follow their BGL at ...

Users of software applications expect fast response times and high availability. This is despite several applications moving from local devices and into the cloud. A cloud-based application that could function locally will now be unavailable if a network partition occurs. A fundamental challenge in distributed systems is maintaining the right tradeoffs between strong consistency, high availability, ...