Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

The Division of Human-Centered Systems is part of the Department of Computer and Information Science. Research and teaching at HCS is highly interdisciplinary.

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Human-Centered Computing

We do research and teaching on human-computer interaction, multimodal interfaces including natural language and augmented reality, interaction and service design, collaborative and social computing, as well as ubiquitous and mobile computing, and accessibility.

Cognitive Science

In this field, we do research and teaching on distributed and situated cognition, cognitive ethnography, learning technologies, and design cognition.

We also do research on artificial intelligence including knowledge representation, machine learning, and natural language processing.

In cognitive systems, we cover human factors, cognitive ergonomics, man-machine interaction as well as command and control, emergency and disaster management, safety management, and resilience engineering.

Information Systems

In this field, the research and teaching focuses on decision support systems, data mining, semantic web, and ontologies.

News at HCS

News and major articles

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Machine Psychology – a bridge to general AI

AI that is as intelligent as humans may become possible thanks to psychological learning models, combined with certain types of AI. This is the conclusion of Robert Johansson, who in his dissertation has developed the concept of Machine Psychology.

Best student paper award to Riley Capshaw

Riley Capshaw, PhD student at the Department of Computer and Information Science, has won the Best student paper award at EKAW-24, the 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management.

Robots are common in the care of older adults

More than half of Sweden’s municipalities have purchased companion robots in the form of dogs or cats for their dementia care homes. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from Linköping University.

Research at HCS

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Just Transitions Graduate School

The aim of Just Transitions graduate school is to build knowledge and competence around how to implement just climate transition in a local context. The graduate school is based on seven doctoral projects and a platform for knowledge exchange.

Semantic Web

The Semantic Web is an extension of the traditional Web in which interlinked data with well-described semantics has been added in a machine-processable form.

Changing the game of consumption

The game is a research communication project that uses large-scale social simulations, megagames, to help groups explore different interests and ideas about transformations towards sustainable consumption related to food, vacations and furnishings.

Latest publications

2025

Henrietta Palmer, Merritt Polk, Elena Raviola (2025) The situatedness of dilemmas in boundary spaces: uncovering paradoxical conditions for increasing effectiveness through transdisciplinary research approaches GLOBAL SOCIAL CHALLENGES JOURNAL, Vol. 4, p. 20-45 (Article in journal)

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Hilda Naas, Sam Thellman, Tom Ziemke (2025) Human preferences for cognitive and emotional capabilities in robots across different application domains Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol. 12, Article 1511549 (Article in journal)

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Maria Andreassen, Nuria Santaularia, Aseel Berglund, Erik Berglund, Helena Orädd, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma, Leonie Klompstra (2025) Feasibility of a Mobile Exergame for Patients with Heart Failure Games for Health Journal (Article in journal)

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Wilhelm Brodin, Carl-Oscar Jonson, Mikael Johansson, Erik Prytz (2025) Exploring teamwork, trust, and emergency response competence in emergent ad-hoc immediate responder groups: an experimental simulation study Ergonomics (Article in journal)

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Tomas Rosberg, Birgitta Thorslund (2025) Effects of European Rail Traffic Management System Onboard Version on Running Time, Driver Target Braking, and Driver Workload Transportation Research Record (Article in journal)

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Elsa Andersson, Johan Falkenjack, Arne Jönsson (2025) Applying and Optimising a Multi-Scale Probit Model for Cross-Source Text Complexity Classification and Ranking in Swedish Proceedings of the Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies (NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025) (Conference paper)

Emma Mainza Chilufya (2025) Human-Centred Design of Socially Interactive Virtual Agents

Oscar Bjurling (2025) Designing Human-Swarm Interaction Systems

Maike Jansen, Eva Blomqvist, Robin Keskisärkkä, Huanyu Li, Mikael Lindecrantz, Karin Wannerberg, André Pomp, Tobias Meisen, Holger Berg (2025) Designing an Ontology Network for Digital Product Passports The Semantic Web: ESWC 2024 Satellite Events (ESWC 2024), p. 220-237 (Conference paper)

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Anton Björnqvist, Carl-Oscar Jonson, Erik Prytz, Björn J. E. Johansson, Peter Berggren (2025) Assessing the impact of evaluations of crisis management efforts International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 118, Article 105226 (Article in journal)

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Management

Head of Division

Head of Unit Knowledge Modelling and Cognitive Systems (KMACS)

Head of Unit Cognition and Interaction Lab (COIN)

Head of Unit Interaction and Service Design Research Group (IxS)

Head of Unit HCS Education. Director of Undergraduate Studies

Staff at HCS

All staff

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division

Franziska Babel

Postdoc

Peter Berggren

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Associate Professor, Docent

Eva Blomqvist

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Unit

Head of Department, Professor

Vanessa Esperance Rodrigues

Professor, Head of Unit

Associate Professor, Docent

Mikael Christer Öyvind Lindekrans

Agathe Malbet

PhD student

Jalal Maleki

Lecturer, Head of Unit

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Max Pettersson

Ture Pontén

Erik Prytz

Senior Associate Professor

Senior Associate Professor

Katarina Wetter-Edman

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Tom Ziemke

Professor, Head of Unit

About the department

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 covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.

Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

Photo credit Jonas JärmenResearch and Teaching

Human-Centered Computing

Cognitive Science

Information Systems

News at HCS

News and major articles

Machine Psychology – a bridge to general AI

Best student paper award to Riley Capshaw

Robots are common in the care of older adults

Game at work – for your health

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

Where to place lifesaving bleeding control first aid equipment

LiU Game Awards 2023: finalists announced

SEK 39 million for graduate school on just climate transition

SEK 4.1 million awarded to the ERASMUS project Women STEM-UP

Minister for Energy and Digital Development visits IDA

Projects focussing on sustainable industry receive EU funding

SEK 9 million for research into a sustainable energy megagame

AI creates texts for people with reading difficulties

A rude robot designed by students

Laypeople have difficulty estimating severity of blood loss

"Curiosity, passion, and excitement"

Sofia Thunberg: "The AI systems we use today are often extremely specific"

AI can predict septic shock

First master’s graduates in design

Exploring Designing for Nomadic Welfare

People´s adaptability makes systems safer

Designing urban service futures

Design a new strong profile

Simplified language on the Web

Research at HCS

Just Transitions Graduate School

Semantic Web

Changing the game of consumption

Switching the Current

The joy in reading – a co-design project around students’ interaction with social robots

Women STEM-UP

Nomadic Welfare

Digital inclusion in the networked society for groups with special needs

Language technology tools for digital inclusion

Design and Policy

WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Latest publications

2025

Contact us

Management

Head of Division

Head of Unit Knowledge Modelling and Cognitive Systems (KMACS)

Head of Unit Cognition and Interaction Lab (COIN)

Head of Unit Interaction and Service Design Research Group (IxS)

Head of Unit HCS Education. Director of Undergraduate Studies

Staff at HCS

All staff

About the department

Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

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