Mälardalen University

Let’s read the log: root cause analysis of railway test execution logs with large language models

Abstract Software quality assurance is pivotal in safety-critical domains such as railway systems, where failures could have catastrophic consequences. In this context, the train control and management system, which enables communication and control across multiple subsystems (su...

Metacognitive Training for Negative Symptoms (MCT-Minus) in schizophrenia: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Negative symptoms are experienced by up to 60% of the individuals with schizophrenia and represent a stronger indicator of current and future functioning than positive symptoms. These symptoms respond poorly to pharmacological and existing psychosocial interve...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

“A person is a person through other persons”: Ubuntu philosophy as educating Sara Lidman’s literary philosophy of conscience

This article investigates the conceptual conversation that takes place between African Ubuntu philosophy and the concept of conscience in the novel Jag och min son [Me and My Son] (1961/1963) by the renowned Swedish author and activist Sara Lidman (1923–2004).The novel explores t...

Evolving Intelligence. The Generative Path from Information and Computation to Cognition and Intelligence. A Book Presentation

This paper provides a presentation and structural overview of the book Evolving Intelligence. The Generative Path from Information and Computation to Cognition and Intelligence. The monograph is forthcoming with World Scientific in 2026. Evolving Intelligence develops a naturalis...