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.

Calendar

Events

News at IDA

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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.

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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

Job Published To Employment Type External ID City Department Occupational Area Position URL
Postdoc in AI for cybersecurity of communication software 2026-08-17 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 Neuroengineering 2026-08-13 Permanent employment LiU-2025-05665 Linkoping IMT - Biomedical Engineering Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28869
Associate professor in design 2026-08-30 Permanent employment LiU-2026-01506 Linkoping IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28954
PhD student in financial mathematics or financial statistics 2026-08-15 Time limited employment (temporary) IEI-2026-00230 Linkoping IEI - Department of Management and Engineering PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29073
Postdoc in Financial Mathematics or Statistics 2026-08-15 Time limited employment (temporary) IEI-2026-00231 Linkoping IEI - Department of Management and Engineering Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29133
PhD student in cognitive science or design with a focus on socially critical use of drone swarms 2026-08-07 Time limited employment (temporary) IDA-2026-00183 Linkoping IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29276
PhD student in AI Security: Information-Theoretic Foundations of Memory Poisoning 2026-07-31 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02691 Linkoping ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29341
PhD Position in Sustainability Analysis of Contaminated Land Remediation 2026-07-12 Time limited employment (temporary) IEI-2026-00410 Linkoping IEI - Department of Management and Engineering PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29357
Postdoc in stretchable fluid batteries for sustainable wearable electronics 2026-08-07 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02712 Norrkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29366
Principal Research Engineer in Clinical Neurophysiology 2026-07-09 Permanent employment BKV-2026-00528 Linkoping BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Technical and Administrative personnel https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29392
Postdoc in biocomposites 2026-07-31 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02755 Norrkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29405
Assistant professor in Computer Science with Specialisation in Cybersecurity 2026-08-10 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02380 Linkoping IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29421
PhD student in generative modeling for data-efficient machine learning 2026-08-21 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02831 Norrkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29453
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 Medical Science 2026-07-31 Time limited employment (temporary) BKV-2026-00540 Linkoping BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29467
PhD student in AI-driven Computer Graphics and Image Synthesis 2026-07-31 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02923 Norrkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29482
PhD student in Computer Science 2026-07-20 Time limited employment (temporary) IDA-2026-00224 Linkoping IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29500
PhD student in wireless systems 2026-07-31 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02978 Linkoping ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29502
International student assistants 2026-08-31 Extrajob LiU-2026-02998 Linkoping UF - Department of University Services Student https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29513
Application Experts to MIMER AI Factory, NAISS 2026-08-10 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-02977 Linkoping NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige Technical and Administrative personnel https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29526
PhD Student in Artificial Intelligence-Based Flow Control for Hydropower 2026-08-31 Time limited employment (temporary) IEI-2026-00485 Linkoping IEI - Department of Management and Engineering PhD students https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29533
Postdoctor in Sustainable Plant-Wearable Sensors 2026-08-17 Time limited employment (temporary) LiU-2026-03061 Norrkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29538
University Lecturer in Computational Social Science – temporary assignment 2026-08-05 Extrajob IEI-2026-00492 Norrkoping IEI - Department of Management and Engineering Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29544
Professor in Plant Bioelectronics 2026-08-03 Permanent employment LiU-2026-02658 Norrkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29563
Associate professor in quality management 2026-08-17 Permanent employment LiU-2026-01871 Linkoping IEI - Department of Management and Engineering Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29578
Team Lead for AI Technology & Tools, AI-factory Mimer 2026-08-10 Permanent employment LiU-2026-03085 Linkoping NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige Technical and Administrative personnel https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29584
Senior Associate Professor in Medical Data Analytics 2026-08-14 Permanent employment LiU-2026-03075 Linkoping ITN - Department of Science and Technology Teachers and Scientists https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29605

Examples of research activities at IDA

Other large industrial collaborations and national strategic research areas 

Projects and initiatives within our research areas 

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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

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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).

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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.

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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

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

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

Management

All staff at IDA

Address

Postal Address

Linköping University
Department of Computer and Information Science
581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Visiting Address

Building B, entrance 25 - 29
Building E, entrance 27C - 29C
Mäster Mattias väg, Campus Valla

More AI initiatives

Awards

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LiU researcher wins award for real-time data integration breakthrough

A new approach from Linköping University allows applications to combine data from multiple sources in real time – a key capability for modern AI. The research has now been recognised with an international award.

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Suleman Khan awarded the Lawson scholarship for 2025

Suleman Khan, PhD student at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), is awarded the Lawson Scholarship in recognition of his outstanding research quality and significant international impact.

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Best research paper award for foundational work on knowledge graph construction

Olaf Hartig, Dept of Computer and Information Science, has won the Best Research Paper Award at the ESWC 2025 conference, which is one of the top conferences on knowledge graphs and semantic web technologies, a subfield of artificial intelligence.

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Award winners at IDA in 2023

We are proud to present awards received by students, teachers and researchers at the Department of Computer and Information Science, IDA, Linköping University.

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