Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Research at IDA covers a broad spectrum of topics from core computer science to applications. Our broad research base directly enriches our undergraduate and graduate education.

Photo credit: Karl Öfverström That includes theoretical computer science, programming environments, software engineering, real-time and embedded systems, artificial intelligence, information security, databases, information systems, computational linguistics, cognitive science, interaction and service design, autonomous systems and statistics.

Our broad research base directly enriches our undergraduate and graduate education. We give courses within most engineering programmes, several Master programmes, as well as the programmes for innovative programming, cognitive science and statistics.

List of all courses at IDA

The Department of Computer and Information Science was founded in 1983, but the roots go back to the early seventies. It is one of the largest departments for computer and information science in northern Europe, with 190 employees of which 68 are faculty members (PhDs), including 26 full professors. Approximately 70 postgraduate students are enrolled in the department's PhD programmes, including two thirds doctoral students holding salaried positions.

Divisions

Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer Systems

The main focus is intelligent artifacts. That is, man-made physical systems containing computational equipment and software that provide them with capabilities for receiving and comprehending sensory data, for reasoning, and for rational action.

Database and Information Techniques

ADIT consists of two research groups, the Security and Networks Group and the Database and Web Information Systems group, each of which has its own research profile.

Human-Centered Systems

The research and teaching at the Division for Human-centered systems (HCS) at the Department of Computer and Information Science is highly interdisciplinary.

Software and Systems

The division deals with research and education in areas that covers basic research and projects in cooperation with industry. Nine professors and eight associate/assistant professors are involved in the research together with 25 graduate students.

The Division of Statistics and Machine Learning

We conduct research in the intersection of Statistics/Computer Science and host; the bachelor's programme Statistik och dataanalys, the international master's programme Statistics and Data Mining and the Machine Learning courses for engineers.

Administrative Services

Administrative Support and Management provides support to the institution's core business, management and employees.

News

Meet prizewinning LetterMoose

The robot group at Linköping University has acquired a new member. LetterMoose saw the light of day only a few weeks ago, and his reading and writing skills have already given him first prize in an international robot competition.

Gunnar Bark to head WASP arenas

Gunnar Bark, long-time manager for Ericsson’s research activities in Linköping, is to take over as director of WARA, the Wallenberg Research Arenas, an important part of the WASP research initiative. The role brings challenges.

Artificiell intelligence and deep learning

Billion kronor programme for Swedish AI research

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted an additional billion Swedish kronor to extend the Wallenberg Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), with a broad investment into artificial intelligence.

Perspectives on sharing

They come from different parts of the world – the students taking LiU’s newly established master’s programme in design. Malin Müller from Kiruna and Linqi Cao from Beijing have started their studies by defining what the concept of “sharing” involves

John Gero is seeking design skill

“Skilled designers can do something that other people can’t: they can take a step in a different direction and produce something that we didn’t know we wanted.” These are the words of John Gero, renowned professor, University of North Carolina.

Professor Patrick Doherty, Artificiell intelligens, IDA

AI eases drone collaboration

With the aid of artificial intelligence, it is possible for robots and people to carry out complex tasks together, such as alpine rescue operations. Professor Patrick Doherty from LiU gave one of the keynote speeches at the RED-UAS 2017.

Research

Bayesian fMRI tumour

In this CENIIT project, Bayesian methods for fMRI informed brain tumour treatment planning, the goal is to improve treatment of brain tumours, by including images of brain activity in Elektas software for tumour treatment planning.

Resilient Information and Control Systems (RICS)

Relying on service continuity for societal functions starts by understanding the complex socio-technical systems that must operate to deliver electricity, water, heat and other critical services to society.

Digital inclusion in the networked society for groups with special needs

The project is based on the challenge that it will be to ensure that all citizens are included in the digital society that requires an ever-increasing degree of access to services and information on the internet.

Webbläsare med språkteknologiskt verktyg

Language technology tools for digital inclusion

The goal of the research project is to make it easier for writers to create texts that are easier to understand. This is achieved by creating a web service in which a number of tools for linguistic analysis and processing of texts are made available.

Design and Policy

Design has become one of the central competences and capacities to drive innovation in public and private sector, contribute to growth, and consequently is being regarded as one aspect of innovation systems and change agents in public sector policy.

Human factors laboratory for future air systems

A project for a Human Factors lab for future flight systems in cooperation between Department of Computer and Information Science, Department of Management and Engineering, RISE SICS East and SAAB.