Marie Martinelle Wirdeland

Eleni Stavrinidou gets a scientific prize from Italy

Senior Associate Professor Eleni Stavrinidou, distinguished for connecting electronics with plants, has been awarded a medal by the Italian ambassador to Sweden, at LiU’s Campus Valla.

Machine learning can give the climate a chance

Machine learning can help us discover new patterns and better tackle the climate crisis. Researchers from all over the world meet at Linköping University with the goal of finding and deepening collaborations in this area.

Thirteen countries represented at this years PALS Summer School

At the end of June, the PALS Summer School in Transcriptomics during Development and Cancer was held, offering four days of inspiring talks, lively discussions, and even some sauna sessions by the lake.

Working togehter to protect children in times of crisis

On 18–21 August, over 900 reseachers and practioners from 73 countries gathered in Uppsala to participate in ISPCAN Congress 2024 on the theme "Working together in times of crises"

New course takes the UFO issue seriously

UFO – from tin foil hat to research topic. This is the name of a single-subject course that starts in the spring 2025 at LiU. It will approach the UFO issue in a serious way while looking at the question of what constitutes knowledge and truth.

Can sensor technology make composite pressure tanks multifunctional?

Super thin sensors that are embedded into composite pressure vessels to improve maintenance and safety. A new research project strengthening composite materials research at LiU.

The medical programme at LiU wins award for student engagement

The medical programme at Linköping University (LiU) has won an international accreditation for student engagement and participation in shaping the programme.

New world record in Swedish Agriculture

On July 2, a new world record attempt was started at Bro Godås farm in Säffle, by the team from Kverneland Group Sweden. How many bales can be produced during 24 hours of continuous operation?

Poet to become visiting professor in Tage Danielsson’s name

She devotes herself to the power of words and sees poetry as a tool of knowledge. Athena Farrokhzad steps into academia with the ambition to shake up the templates with the help of rhymes and humour.

Next-gen electron microscope procured for LiU

Two years after the original grant, the procurement of the next generation advanced scanning transmission electron microscope, has finally concluded.

Collaboration between humans and AI - focus for conference

In November 2024, the Japanese-European EJEA conference will come to Sweden and, for the first time, to Linköping University. The conference's theme is future knowledge and competence for AI-driven innovation in Europe and Japan.

Researchers at LiU are opening the gateway to AI in mobile networks

Professor Erik G. Larsson, together with co-investigator Zheng Chen, Associate Professor in Communication Systems, is using their grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for a new concept for traffic on wireless networks.

Bay Area expedition for future collaborations

Forum Scientium's annual study visit is designed to broaden the academic and professional networks of its students. This year's focus was on the Bay Area - one of LiU's strategic areas for collaboration.

Christopher Sjöwall in the editorial committee for the new edition of textbook in rheumatology

Christopher Sjöwall, professor at Linköping University, has participated in the editorial committee for the latest edition of the textbook Rheumatology. The book is an important resource for students and professionals in medicine and healthcare.

Yonghao Xu to Speak at Future Space Conference 2024

Yonghao Xu, Assistant Professor at the Computer Vision Laboratory (CVL), has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Future Space Conference 2024.

Zheng Chen interviewed by ELLIIT

The strategic research environment ELLIIT recently launched the interview series "Meet the Recruited Faculty", which highlights recruited experts. The latest in the series was Zheng Chen from Communication Systems (KS).

Growing Life science research at LiU

Björn Forsberg is the latest addition to the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS). He is now setting up his own research at LiU, creating new methods for analyzing data from cryo-electron microscopes.

New PhD thesis in Computer Science about social media interactions

In June, Alireza Mohammadinodooshan at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) successfully defended his thesis on understanding user engagement with news on social media platforms.

PhD Workshop 2024 – A Successful Initiative

For the second time, the Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY) organized a full-day conference for its PhD students – PhD Workshop 2024. A successful initiative with a focus on presenting the department's research.

A new doctor in Computer Science: George Osipov

On the 3rd of June, George Osipov successfully defended his thesis in the intersection of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on parameterized complexity of constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs).

AI and interdisciplinarity go hand in hand

LiU has gained a strong position in artificial intelligence. In August, the government’s AI Commission visited Campus Valla to listen to researchers and acquaint themselves with supercomputers.

PhD Student on prestigious list "Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024"

Hanne Biesmans, PhD student at Linköping University, has been selected for the annual prestigious list "Forbes Under 30 Europe Class Of 2024" in the category Science and health care.

Fredrik Löfgren has passed away suddenly

One of LiU's most prominent students and co-workers, Fredrik Löfgren, has passed away suddenly in an accident.

IAS hosts the conference on sociology in the digital world

On 14–16 August 2024, over 150 sociologists from all over the world gathered in Norrköping to participate in the Nordic Sociological Association's 31st conference.