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.

Cognition, interaction and design with the subareas of cognitive science, cognitive systems engineering, interaction design, service design, public safety and security, decision support, human factors, and social robotics.
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 90 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

News at IDA

10 June 2025

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.

19 May 2025

New doctor in Cognitive Science: Emma Mainza Chilufya

On March 28, Emma Mainza Chilufya at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) successfully defended her thesis about human-computer interaction. "Being a PhD student at IDA has been eye-opening and inspiring", she says.

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14 May 2025

5 minutes with Dustin Stoltz

Meet Dustin S. Stoltz from Lehigh University, a cultural and economic sociologist using computational methods to study cultural change.

Job vacancies at IDA

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Job	Published To	Employment Type	External ID	City	Institution	Position	URL
Senior Associate Professor in Construction Engineering	2025-08-11	Permanent employment	LiU-2025-01086	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26549
Associate Professor in Construction Engineering at the Department of Science and Technology	2025-08-11	Permanent employment	LiU-2025-01085	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26631
PhD student in Computer Science at IDA	2025-07-31	Time limited employment (temporary)	IDA-2025-00155	Linkoping	IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26793
Postdoc in Optimization (WASP)	2025-06-16	Time limited employment (temporary)	MAI-2025-00029	Linkoping	MAI - Department of Mathematics	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26870
Postdoc in Polymer Nanofibers for Solar Fuels Photocatalysis	2025-06-20	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2025-02492	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26893
Research engineer in ion channel pharmacology	2025-06-16	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2025-00457	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26937
Postdoc in Evolvable soft neural electrodes	2025-06-16	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2025-02667	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26940
Postdoc in Materials Chemistry	2025-06-24	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2025-00288	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26954
PhD student in Chemistry, focusing on simulation of reactive gas flows	2025-06-24	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2025-00275	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26988
Principal research engineer in addiction medicine at BKV	2025-06-23	Permanent employment	BKV-2025-00488	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27025
Employment as research assistant in neurobiology/psychology at BKV	2025-06-19	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2025-00481	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27027
PhD student in wireless systems	2025-07-31	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2025-02789	Linkoping	ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27037
Postdoc in Plant Bioelectronics	2025-06-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2025-02886	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27038
Postdoc in psychiatric neuroscience at BKV	2025-06-25	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2025-00493	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Teachers and Scientists	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27044
PhD student in Medical Science	2025-07-31	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2025-00502	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27062
Teaching assistants/Amanuens in Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics	2025-07-01	Extrajob	IEI-2025-00350	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	Student	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27075
Principal research engineer within material science and engineering	2025-06-23	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2025-03058	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Technical and Administrative personnel	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27076
PhD in communication electronics	2025-08-11	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2025-03057	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27079
PhD student in Medical Science at BKV	2025-07-04	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2025-00506	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	PhD students	https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27080

Research at IDA

Wallenberg AI autonomous systems and software program is a collaboration between academia and industry in Sweden.

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WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

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

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.

More projects at IDA and centra/laboratories for collaboration

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

The cybersecurity lab offers facilities that are tailored for teaching cybersecurity in undergraduate and professional training programs.

Digital4Business

Digital4Business is a Joint Professional Master's Degree in Advanced Digital Technologies. Linköping University contributes to the project with its broad and deep expertise in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

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Graduate School in Computer Science, CUGS

The scientific scope of the graduate school CUGS at the Department of Computer and Information Science at Linköping University includes central parts of core computer science and computer engineering.

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The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science

This is a research hub and training center at the forefront of Computational Social Science, a rapidly growing field that leverages computational tools to advance our understanding of human behavior and the complex social dynamics it can bring about.

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.

What is it like to be a PhD student at IDA?

New doctor in Cognitive Science: Emma Mainza Chilufya

New doctor in Computer Science: Dominik Drexler

On March 24, Dominik Drexler at the Dept of Computer and Information Science successfully defended his thesis about integrating learning and AI planning. "Pursuing a PhD at IDA has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life", he says.

Mina Niknafs shows her printed thesis in the lecture hall.

New doctor in Computer Science: Mina Niknafs

On March 3, Mina Niknafs at the Dept of Computer and Information Science defended her thesis on resource management. "Pursuing a PhD at IDA is an enriching experience that combines academic freedom with a supportive research culture", she says.

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

Management

Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Calendar

News at IDA

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

An AI look into the future

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

Game at work – for your health

Best poster award for knowledge graph technology

Best paper award in automated planning

WASP extended with a new initiative: AI for Science

International recognition for AI researcher at LiU

ISY Day 2024 – AI in Society, Education, and Research

Kickoff Conference for SweCSS

Synthetic images can save a lot of time in healthcare

Developing medical AI without sharing sensitive information

Developing artificial intelligence that benefits society

Apply to Visiting Fellows Program at SweCSS

Erik Sandewall, one of LiU's pioneers, has passed away

George Osipov awarded the Lawson Scholarship for 2023

Celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, at IDA

How can AI be made secure and used to create safety?

Studying whether a robot can awaken children’s interest in reading

New PhD Thesis in Computer Science

Where to place lifesaving bleeding control first aid equipment

Fredrik Heintz - member of the government’s new AI Commission

Two new Wallenberg Academy Fellows at LiU

Job vacancies at IDA

Research at IDA

WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

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

Security Link

More projects at IDA and centra/laboratories for collaboration

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

Digital4Business

Graduate School in Computer Science, CUGS

The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

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

Database and Web Information Systems

Security and Networks

Telecommunications for Smart Cities

Wireless Optimization and Analytics

Just Transitions Graduate School

Center for Advanced Research in Emergency Response - CARER

Semantic Web

Disaster Medicine

Changing the game of consumption

Switching the Current

Resilient Information and Control Systems (RICS)