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The Division of Statistics and Machine Learning (STIMA)

The Division of Statistics and Machine Learning is part of the Department of Computer and Information Science. The research and teaching activities at the division are focused on modern data analysis. 

Research

STIMA is a division of Statistics and Machine Learning that belongs to a department of computer science. This fact makes us unique in Sweden, and we like to view ourselves as Sweden's most modern division of statistics with a clear focus on state-of-the-art data analysis, prediction and decision making in complex systems.

We are engaged in basic methodological research, motivated by a wide range of problems in areas that span from journalism and psychology to genetics and robotics.

Teaching

The division hosts the unique bachelor's programme Statistics and Data Analysis and the international master's programme Statistics and Machine Learning.

We are responsible for the course in machine learning taught at the engineering programmes at Linköping University, as well as the PhD study programme in Statistics.


Seminar series at STIMA

STIMA leads two popular research seminar series

IDA Machine Learning Seminars

The Machine Learning Research Group at IDA invites to the research seminar series IDA Machine Learning Seminars. Welcome!

Seminars in Statistics and Mathematical Statistics

Here you can find all information about our seminars. Warm welcome!

News at STIMA

News and major articles

Innovative idea for more effective cancer treatments rewarded

Lisa Menacher has been awarded the 2024 Christer Gilén Scholarship in statistics and machine learning for her master’s thesis. She utilised machine learning in an effort to make the selection of cancer treatments more effective.
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The focus period resulted in new collaborations for the climate

In the fall of 2024, researchers from around the world once again gathered at Linköping University for ELLIIT's five-week focus period. This time, the goal was to initiate and deepen collaborations in climate research using machine learning.
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Symposium aiming to improve the climate

In the fall of 2024, Linköping University once again hosted ELLIIT's five-week-long focus period. This guest researcher program aimed for greater breadth in interdisciplinarity this year, with the theme of machine learning for climate science.

Research at STIMA

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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.
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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.

ELLIIT

Latest publications

2025

A. K. M. Firoj Mahmud, Dina Gamaleldin Mansour Aly, Yelin Zhao, Mikael Benson, Martin Smelik, Oleg Sysoev, Hui Wang, Xinxiu Li (2025) Proteogenomic analysis reveals Arp 2/3 complex as a common molecular mechanism in high risk pancreatic cysts and pancreatic cancer Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 3902 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ajinkya Gorad, Zheng Zhao, Jose M. Vallet Garcia, Ville Lehtola, Toni Hammarberg, Henrik Ramm-Schmidt, Saiful Islam, Sarang Thombre, Simo Sarkka (2025) Bearing estimation using foghorn sounds Applied Acoustics, Vol. 231, Article 110560 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Joseph Lee Rodgers, Linda Wänström, Siew Ang (2025) Putting the Flynn effect under the microscope: Item-level patterns in NLSYC PIAT-math scores, 1986-2004 Intelligence, Vol. 109, Article 101897 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Krzysztof Bartoszek, Wojciech Bartoszek (2025) Asymptotic Dynamics of Generalized Kantorovich Operators RESULTS IN MATHEMATICS, Vol. 80, Article 39 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Muhammad Usman Akbar, Wuhao Wang, Anders Eklund (2025) Beware of diffusion models for synthesizing medical images - A comparison with GANs in terms of memorizing brain MRI and chest x-ray images Machine Learning: Science and Technology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Iulian Emil Tampu, Tamara Bianchessi, Ida Blystad, Peter Lundberg, Per Nyman, Anders Eklund, Neda Haj-Hosseini (2025) Pediatric brain tumor classification using deep learning on MR-images with age fusion Neuro-Oncology Advances, Vol. 7, Article vdae205 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Hariprasath Govindarajan, Per Sidén, Jacob Roll, Fredrik Lindsten (2024) On Partial Prototype Collapse in the DINO Family of Self-Supervised Methods 35th British Machine Vision Conference 2024, Glasgow, UK, November 25-28, 2024 (Conference paper)
Jose M Pena (2024) Alternative Measures of Direct and Indirect Effects INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICAL MODELS (Conference paper)
Patrick O'Keefe, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Stacey Voll, Frank D. Mann, Sean Clouston, Linda Wänström, Joseph L. Rodgers, Scott Hofer (2024) Inter-cohort shifts in chronic disease, dementia, and mortality Biodemography and Social Biology, Vol. 69, p. 203-217 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Martin Smelik, Yelin Zhao, Dina Mansour Aly, A. K. M. Firoj Mahmud, Oleg Sysoev, Xinxiu Li, Mikael Benson (2024) Multiomics biomarkers were not superior to clinical variables for pan-cancer screening Communications Medicine, Vol. 4, Article 234 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Teaching - Bachelor and Master's programme

Bachelor's Programme in Statistics and Data Analysis, 180 credits

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Statistics and Machine Learning, Master's Programme, 120 credits

The intersection of statistics, artificial intelligence and database management, providing students a unique competence. Meets the demand for specialists able to exploit a wealth of information to improve analysis, prediction and decision making.

PhD studies

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Graduate Studies in Statistics

The doctoral program is intended to provide graduate students with a deep, foundational education in statistics, along with further in-depth knowledge in the student’s chosen area of specialisation.
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Doctoral studies in Computer Science

Computer Science is an interdisciplinary subject area, covering everything from basic studies of algorithms, computational processes, and knowledge representation to informatics and computer linguistics.

Contact us

Management

Head of Division

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Fredrik Lindsten

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division

Head of Unit Statistics (STAT)

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Frank Miller

Professor, Head of Unit

Head of Unit Machine Learning (ML)

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Jose M Pena

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Unit

Director of Undergraduate Studies

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Jolanta Pielaszkiewicz

Associate Professor

Staff at STIMA

All staff

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Johan Alenlöv
Lecturer
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Martin Andrae
PhD student
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Sourabh Balgi
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Krzysztof Bartoszek
Senior Associate Professor
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Jonas Bjermo
Postdoc
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Bayu Brahmantio
PhD student
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Marc Braun
PhD student
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Gabriel Ducrocq
Postdoc
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Filip Ekström Kelvinius
PhD student
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Hariprasath Govindarajan
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Anders Grimvall
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Ann-Charlotte Hallberg
Lecturer
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Isak Hietala
Lecturer
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Adhithyan Kalaivanan
PhD student
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Woodrow Hao Chi Kiang
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Erik Larsson
PhD student
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Fredrik Lindsten
Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division
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Sebastian Mair
Assistant Professor
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Lisa Menacher
PhD student
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Frank Miller
Professor, Head of Unit
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Shashi Nagarajan
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Anders Nordgaard
Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent
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Louis Ohl
Postdoc
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Joel Oskarsson
PhD student
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Jose M Pena
Senior Associate Professor, Head of Unit
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Jolanta Pielaszkiewicz
Associate Professor
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Dong Qian
Postdoc
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Oleg Sysoev
Senior Associate Professor
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Annika Tillander
Associate Professor
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Bertil Wegmann
Associate Professor
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Josef Wilzén
Lecturer
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Linda Wänström
Associate Professor, Docent
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Zheng Zhao
Assistant Professor

About the department

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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.

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