Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest departments in northern Europe in its field. Research activity at IDA covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.

The department is a dynamic and growing environment for research and education with around 300 employees. The activity covers a wide range of areas, from core computer science to applications of science. It is oriented towards both the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The research activity at IDA is mainly performed within four major areas, each divided into a number of subareas:

Artificial intelligence (AI) with the subareas of autonomous systems and robotics, knowledge representation and reasoning, ontologies and semantic web, automated planning, applied machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language processing, and theoretical foundations of AI.

Human-centered systems with the subareas of human-AI/robot interaction; societal challenges and systemic change; transport, mobility and driver assistance; data management, semantics and circular economy; and health, safety and preparedness.
Software and computer systems with the subareas of software engineering, embedded and cyberphysical systems, real-time systems, cybersecurity and resilient systems, networks and distributed systems, multimedia systems, formal methods, compilers and programming language, and parallel and high performance computing.
Data science with the subareas of machine learning methodology, statistics, database technology, and data analytics.

The broad research base of the department directly enriches the undergraduate and graduate education. The department gives courses within most engineering programmes, several Master programmes, as well as the programmes for innovative programming, cognitive science and statistics.

IDA also offers doctoral education in computer science, design, cognitive science and statistics. Currently, around 100 postgraduate students are active in the department’s PhD programmes.

The department was founded in 1983, but its roots can be traced to the early seventies. It is organised in six divisions.

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25 June 2026

Linköping University to host international cybersecurity conference

The conference will bring together 300–400 researchers, industry experts, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world to discuss developments in cybersecurity, privacy, and trustworthy digital systems.

09 June 2026

Hockey analytics is growing – international conference brings experts to Linköping

When the international hockey analytics conference was recently held in Linköping, researchers, students and representatives from hockey organisations and companies from several countries came together.

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04 June 2026

CHASS recruits PhD students for research on next-generation drone swarms

CHASS, the Center for Heterogeneous Adaptive Swarm Systems, is now recruiting PhD students for research that could contribute to future search and rescue operations, environmental monitoring and the protection of critical infrastructure.

Job vacancies at IDA

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Job	Published To	Employment Type	External ID	City	Department	Position	URL
Postdoc in AI for cybersecurity of communication software	2026-09-15	Time limited employment (temporary)	IDA-2026-00101	Linkoping	IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28841
Professor in Child Studies	2026-09-15	Permanent employment	LiU-2025-04872	Linkoping	TEMA - Department of Thematic Studies	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29465
PhD student in Materials Physics	2026-09-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00318	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29708
Postdoctoral researcher in Biostatistics/Epidemiology	2026-09-09	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-03507	Linkoping	HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29723
AI Infrastructure Application Expert (SELLMA)	2026-09-17	Permanent employment	LiU-2026-03154	Linkoping	NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29767
Postdoc in experimental psychiatry	2026-09-15	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2026-00644	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29774
PhD student in ultrafast spectroscopy of organic semiconductors	2026-10-05	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00345	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29797
Postdoc in Pediatrics at BKV	2026-09-11	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2026-00660	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29799
Student Research Assistant (Amanuens)	2026-09-25	Time limited employment (temporary)	TEMA-2026-00165	Linkoping	TEMA - Department of Thematic Studies	Student	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29810
DevOps/Service Developer engineer for Sweden AI Factory, NAISS	2026-09-21	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-03651	Linkoping	NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29817
Postdoc in electrocatalysis for sustainable energy and chemical conversion	2026-09-24	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00379	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29819
PhD in Materials Science	2026-09-25	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-03852	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29844
PhD student in Ionic Thermoelectrics and Electrochemistry for Thermal Energy Harvesting	2026-10-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-03808	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29854
Postdoc in Causal Inference and Natural Language Processing	2026-09-24	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00561	Norrkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29856
PhD student in Mixed Ionic–Electronic Materials for Thermal Energy Harvesting	2026-10-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-03809	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29857
PhD student in Medical Science, AI and Bioinformatics	2026-10-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2026-00703	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29874
Research Engineer in Cardiovascular Digital Twins	2026-10-01	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-03895	Linkoping	HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29875

Examples of research activities at IDA

Cybersecurity

Welcome to the cybersecurity platform at Linköping University. Here you can find information about research and education in cybersecurity, as well as researchers and teachers active in the field.

En man som står bredvid en drönare på toppen av en asfalt.

Drone and swarm research at LiU

Drones are transforming how we explore, monitor and collaborate – in the air, on land and beneath the surface of the water. Research in drones and drone swarms is an interdisciplinary and rapidly growing field.

En man som sitter framför en datorskärm.

Research Areas within Human-Centered Systems

Our research spans a wide field in terms of applications, but often shares a focus on the interaction between humans, technology and society, as well as an effort to address complex problems through interdisciplinary and user-centered methods.

robot dog Spot, drone, small helicopter, operator

WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science

WASP, Wallenberg AI autonomous systems and software program, is the largest individual research investment in Sweden in modern times. One of the WASP research environments at LiU is located at the Department of Computer and Information Science.

Other large industrial collaborations and national strategic research areas

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TAILOR – A European network of AI excellence centres

TAILOR is a European project coordinated by Linköping University, with the aim to build the capacity to provide the scientific foundations for Trustworthy AI in Europe. TAILOR is also a network of research excellence centres.

TrustLLM - trustworthy, open and sustainable language model for European languages

TrustLLM is a European project coordinated by Linköping University. The project will develop a language model for European languages including Swedish and is to benefit citizens and industry alike.

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Adaptive Software for the Heterogenous Edge-Cloud-Continuum - ASTECC

ASTECC is a 5-year cooperative research project in software systems at the Department of Computer and Information Science. It is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).

ELLIIT - a network for Information and Communication Technology

ELLIIT is a network organization for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research at Linköping, Lund, Halmstad and Blekinge. The objective is scientific excellence in combination with industrial relevance and impact.

Security Link

A platform for strategic interdisciplinary research, within crisis management, security and infrastructure protection. The research covers sensors, telecommunication, sensor and information fusion, decision support, information security and ethics.

Projects and initiatives within our research areas

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

The cybersecurity lab at LiU offers facilities that are tailored for teaching cybersecurity in undergraduate and professional training programs. These facilities enable training in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity within secure settings.

A list of research projects, centres, networks

Adaptive Software for the Heterogenous Edge-Cloud-Continuum - ASTECC

ASTECC is a 5-year cooperative research project in software systems at the Department of Computer and Information Science. It is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).

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AI and the automation of teaching

The aim is to gain knowledge about the bodily dimensions - sensuality - of students' reading practices in primary school. It examines how young readers engage physiologically and affectively in activities related to reading during the school day.

Children using system AI Chatbot in compute.

AI Literacy for Swedish Primary Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly permeating children's and young people's leisure and education. This research project provides a scientifically based foundation for AI literacy in schools.

Doctoral studies

Doctoral (PhD) studies at the Department of Computer and Information Science

Doctoral studies at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) are organised to cross traditional subject boundaries, and is common to the whole department.

Educational programmes involving IDA

The department gives courses within most engineering programmes, the Bachelor's programmes in Information Systems Analysis, Innovative Programming, Cognitive Science, and Statistics and Data Analysis, and several Master's programmes.

For more information on the programmes in Swedish that the department gives courses within, please visit Institutionen för datavetenskap (utbildningsprogram).

Master's programmes

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Computer Science, Master's Programme, 120 credits

Provides skills needed within modern software technology, for positions such as operating systems designer or Internet security specialists. You can also pursue a career in research or continue your studies towards a doctoral degree.

Cybersecurity, Master's Programme, 120 credits

Help defend society against cyberattacks and develop next-generation security solutions. This programme combines theoretical courses and practical exercises which will give you tools to address the digital security challenges of today and tomorrow.

Design, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme offers an interdisciplinary design-based approach to tackling societal challenges through service design, sustainable design and visual media design. Established and innovative design concepts are incorporated in a collaborative setup.

Popular online courses

Elements of AI, 2 credits

The course aims to give an introduction and overview of artificial intelligence. The focus is on understanding the concept and some important techniques such as search and machine learning as well as consequences of AI on society. Start the course

Elements of AI, Part 2: Building AI, 2 credits

Course contentThe course aims to introduce practical AI, focusing on basic machine learning. The aim is to understand how to build AI systems using machine learning, gain insight into the possibilities and limitations of the technology, and to get

AI for Natural Language, 3 credits

Course contentWriting computer programs that understand and produce human language is a central goal of artificial intelligence. This course aims to provide an understanding of how far we are from this goal: what is and what is not possible today.

Contact us

Student Office at IDA

Contact: expedition@ida.liu.se

Visiting address: Room 3F:477B, Building E, Entrance 27/29, Floor 3, Campus Valla

Opening hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12.15 and 13.00.

Registrar at IDA

Contact: registrator@ida.liu.se

Doctoral education at IDA

Contact: Anne Moe, Coordinator

E-mail: anne.moe@liu.se

Phone: +46 13 28 14 60

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Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Calendar

Events

News at IDA

Linköping University to host international cybersecurity conference

Hockey analytics is growing – international conference brings experts to Linköping

CHASS recruits PhD students for research on next-generation drone swarms

LiU researcher wins award for real-time data integration breakthrough

New centre for research on drone swarms

Miriah Meyer: “I’m a fangirl of theory”

The making of future security experts

New AI partnership strengthens the region

Suleman Khan awarded the Lawson scholarship for 2025

RESIST is recruiting in cyber resilient AI

Vivian Vimarlund – the researcher who shaped the role of digitalisation in the future of healthcare

AI and simulation lab equips teachers

Cutting‑edge IT and mobile communications research grows

National initiative to protect AI systems from cyberattacks

New Wallenberg Academy Fellows researching 6G and AI

Research on exoskeletons and cleaners receives SEK 16.7 million

Research on next-generation AI planning receives SEK 15 million

Centres of Excellence strengthen LiU’s research

Mutual reinforcement of ethics and trust in AI

First researchers in the new Fenomenmagasinet

Best research paper award for foundational work on knowledge graph construction

New doctor in Cognitive Science: Emma Mainza Chilufya

5 minutes with Dustin Stoltz

New cybersecurity lab at LiU

5 minutes with Josef Ginnerskov

5 minutes with Marshall Taylor

New doctor in Computer Science: Dominik Drexler

Dominik Drexler awarded the Lawson Scholarship for 2024

The researchers who need to be one step ahead

New doctor in Computer Science: Mina Niknafs

Millions raised to advance quality assurance of software

Machine Psychology – a bridge to general AI

Innovative idea for more effective cancer treatments rewarded

Best student paper award to Riley Capshaw

Shaping AI technology for the benefit of society globally

LiU at the forefront of strategic research

New doctor in Computer Science: Klervie Toczé

The focus period resulted in new collaborations for the climate

LiU receives SEK 232 million from the Swedish Research Council

Symposium aiming to improve the climate

AI may boost society's cybersecurity

Machine learning can give the climate a chance

Collaboration between humans and AI - focus for conference

New PhD thesis in Computer Science about social media interactions

A new doctor in Computer Science: George Osipov

AI and interdisciplinarity go hand in hand

Fredrik Löfgren has passed away suddenly

IEEE Linköping University Student Branch Wins 2023 Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award

Robots are common in the care of older adults

Job vacancies at IDA

Examples of research activities at IDA

Cybersecurity

Drone and swarm research at LiU

Research Areas within Human-Centered Systems

WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science

Other large industrial collaborations and national strategic research areas

TAILOR – A European network of AI excellence centres

TrustLLM - trustworthy, open and sustainable language model for European languages

Adaptive Software for the Heterogenous Edge-Cloud-Continuum - ASTECC

ELLIIT - a network for Information and Communication Technology

Security Link

Projects and initiatives within our research areas

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

A list of research projects, centres, networks

Adaptive Software for the Heterogenous Edge-Cloud-Continuum - ASTECC

AI and the automation of teaching

AI Literacy for Swedish Primary Education

AI literacy in Swedish Teacher Education

AI4X Center of Excellence (LiU-CoE)

Center for Heterogeneous Adaptive Swarm Systems - CHASS

Computational Cardio-Oncology

Cybersecurity

Database and Web Information Systems

Drone and swarm research at LiU

Multiagent systems for modern industrial processes and value chains - MAS

Professional Self-efficacy, Emotional challenges and Moral stress in Teacher and Medical Education