Welcome to the homepage of Greger Wikstrand

Greger Wikstrand
Civilingenjör / Master of Science & Teknologie Doktor / Ph.D.
Phone: +46 739 311 157

I am currently working as a Project Manager at YAHM. This web page only gets very little maintenance these days. If you want to see what I am doing profesionally have a look at my Agile Project Manager blog. If you are more interested in what I do personally, have a look at my personal blog or if we already know each other, we can connect on LinkedIn.

Publications etc.

Below is a list of my publications and presentations and seminars held by me. If you want to find out what I am working on, read my references page.

Publications

• Thomas Nilsson, Greger Wikstrand, and Jerry Eriksson. A collision detection method for multicast transmissions in CSMA/CA networks. To appear in: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2006. (doi:10.1002/wcm.421)

• Thomas Nilsson, Greger Wikstrand, and Jerry Eriksson. Early multicast collision detection in CSMA/CA networks. In Mario Gerla and C G Omidyar, editors, MWCN 2002, pages 294–8, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2002. IEEE. (doi:10.1109/MWCN.2002.1045740)

• Krister Svanbro, Göthe Lindahl, Erik Jonsson, Erik Rosenqvist, and Greger Wikstrand. A system and a method relating to communication of data. Patent application WO 03/069507 A1, Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 2003.

• Greger Wikstrand and Jürgen Börstler. Success factors for team project courses. In Software Engineering Education and Training, 2006. Proceedings. 19th Conference on, pages 95–102, April 2006. (doi:10.1109/CSEET.2006.34)

• Greger Wikstrand and Staffan Eriksson. Football animations for mobile phones. In Ola W Bertelsen, Susanne Bødker, and Kari Kuutti, editors, Proc. of NordiCHI '03, pages 255–8, New York, NY, USA, 2002. ACM Press. (doi:10.1145/572020.572059)

• Greger Wikstrand and Thomas Nilsson. Untruncated eliminations in the EY–NPMA MAC protocol: Performance and optimality. IEEE Communications Letters, 11(2), February 2007. (doi:10.1109/LCOMM.2007.061248)

• Greger Wikstrand and Ulrik Söderström. Internet card play with video conferencing. In SSBA 2006, pages 93–6, 2006.

• Greger Wikstrand and Jiong Sun. Determining utility functions for streaming low bit rate football video. Technical Report UMINF 04.14, Dept. of Computing Science, Umeå University, SE–901 87 Umeå, Sweden, 2004. Accepted for publication at IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, IMSA 2004.

• Greger Wikstrand and Jiong Sun. On the duration and limits of quality of service guarantees. Technical Report UMINF 06.36, Dept. of Computing Science, Umeå University, SE–901 87 Umeå, Sweden, November 2004.

• Greger Wikstrand, Staffan Eriksson, Frida Östberg, Jiong Sun, and Oscar Appelgren. Designing a mobile soccer experience — final report from the BASTARD-project. Technical Report UMINF 06.35, Dept. of Computing Science, Umeå University, SE–901 87 Umeå, Sweden, November 2006.

• Greger Wikstrand, Thomas Nilsson, and Mark S Dougherty. Prioritized repeated eliminations multiple access: A novel protocol for wireless networks. Submitted for publication to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, June 2006.

• Greger Wikstrand, Lennart Schedin, and Fredrik Elg. Effects of delay and delay visualization on Pong players. Technical Report UMINF 06.XX, Dept. of Computing Science, Umeå University, SE–901 87 Umeå, Sweden, 2006.

• Greger Wikstrand, Lennart Schedin, and Fredrik Elg. High and low ping and the game of Pong — effects of delay and feedback. Technical Report UMINF 06.41, Dept. of Computing Science, Umeå University, 2006. Accepted for publication at Network and System Support for Games 2004.

• Greger Wikstrand, Staffan Eriksson, and Frida Östberg. Designing a football experience for a mobile device. In Matthias Rauterberg, Marino Menozzi, and Janet Wesson, editors, Proc. of Interact'03, pages 940–3, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003. IOS Press.

• Greger Wikstrand. Human Factors and Wireless Network Applications — More Bits and Better Bits. PhD thesis, Umeå University, Dept. of Comp. Science. SE–901 87 Umeå, Sweden, November 2006.

• Greger Wikstrand. Network, application and usage — a three layer framework for QoS-aware service design. In Georghita Ghinea and Sherry Y Chen, editors, Digital Multimedia Perception and Design, pages 266–83, Hershey, PA, USA, 2006. Idea Group Publishing.

• Greger Wikstrand. Improving User Comprehension and Entertainment in Wireless Streaming Media. Licentiate thesis, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, 2003.

• Greger Wikstrand. Presenting grid state for electrical power dispatch. Master's thesis, Uppsala University, 1998.

Other

• Fredrik Elg and Greger Wikstrand. Simulation and modelling. Course Paper, 1998.

• Greger Wikstrand and Fredrik Elg. Determining workload. Course Paper, 1998.

• Greger Wikstrand and Fredrik Elg. The visual environment and visual performance. Course Paper, 1998.

• Greger Wikstrand. Link layer multicast performance in wireless networks early multicast collision detection vs IEEE 802.11x. Seminar given at Ume r a University, 2005.

• Greger Wikstrand. A usability perspective on networked media and applications. Seminar given at Högskolan Dalarna and Ume r a University, 2005.

• Greger Wikstrand. Digital arenas in the world. Presentation given at the Swedish Rally Inauguration, Karlstad, Sweden, 2004.

• Greger Wikstrand. Designing for leisure — implications from arena and inhabited television. Final paper for the course Design for HMI given at KTH in 1997, 2001.

• Greger Wikstrand. Cognitive reliability and error analysis — applying CREAM to "kollision eksjö–nässjö, 1996-10-08". Linköping university (Course paper), 1999.

• Greger Wikstrand. Cognitive modelling and the homunculus problem. Course Paper, 1998.

Notes

I have been working with the following co–authors: Thomas Nilsson, Mark Dougherty, Jerry Eriksson, Krister Svanbro, Göthe Lindahl, Erik Jonsson, Erik Rosenqvist, Jürgen Börstler, Staffan Eriksson, Ulrik Söderström, Jiong Sun, Lennart Schedin, Fredrik Elg and Frida Östberg.

M.Sc. Theses

These are M.Sc. theses where I have been involved as a supervisor.

• Martin Hedqvist Användargränssnitt för Posnet Umeå university and Esrange. 2006-2007.
• Qin Lu Effects of network performance on mobile gaming Umeå university. 2005.
• Axelsson, P. Mobil implementation av en H.264-dekoder Umeå university. 2006.

• Qveflander, N. Load-balancing strategies for shared resources, e.g. for distributed computer games. Umeå University. 2004.
• Arwén, T. Mobile gaming and network performance — effects of delay and compensatory algorithms. Umeå University. 2004.
• Häggkvist, E. Testbed for CMM. (Preliminary title) Umeå University. 2004.
• Östberg, F. Under preparation. Umeå University. 2002-2004

• Zhang, H. Effects of network performance on mobile gaming Umeå university. 2005–2006.
• Ershag, J. Effects of network performance on mobile gaming Umeå university. 2006.
• Assargård, P. Personal re-runs. Nolia / Umeå University. 2003–2004
• Schedin, L. Mobile gaming and network performance — effects of delay and feedback. Umeå University. 2003–2004.
• Veräjä, P. Rapid betting. Umeå University. 2003
• Lind, D. Sound rendering toolbox for the Gesture Experience Prototype project Umeå University. 2002-2003
• Breton, J. and Broto, A. Creation of the User Portal application for a test bed for 3G mobile's services. Ericsson AB / Umeå University. 2002.
• Nilsson, T. Wireless network optimization for Hipe-spots. Ericsson AB / Umeå University. 2002.
• Ekström, P. and Malmgren, M. Infotaining the Arena - Applying a Five Phased Model when Evaluating a Mobile Infotainmnet Service. Ericsson AB / Umeå University. 2001.

Other Teaching

Other teaching that I was involved in at Umeå University.

• Project supervisor at Object-oriented software development (OOPU). 2003
• There is some (old) advice for students here.
• Also see publications above for a scientific evaluation of the course.

Short CV

Employment history

• Since 2007 I am working as a project manager at YAHM.
• I was a Ph.D. student at Umeå University 2002-2006
• I have worked at Ericsson. One of the things I did there was being the project manager for the creation of Testplats Botnia.
• Before that I was with Procter & Gamble.
• And before that I was at Linköping University.

Education

• I hold a Doctorate (Ph.D.) and a Licenciate of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Umeå University
• I have a Master of Science in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University

Memberships

• I am a member of the ACM,
• and the IEEE
• and also of Civilingenjörsförbundet.

Links

• Old list of courses and my old home-page (1998-1999)
• Internal pages. For supervisors and collaborators only. (Requires password)
• My links page
• My blog.

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