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A photo of a happy young woman in intimate conversation with the Queen. Who is this woman? According to her name tag she is Helen Köpman, and is in charge of Kårallen.

With over 100 million users each month, the Swedish game Minecraft is the world’s best-selling computer game. Agnes Larsson, Linköping University Alum of the Year, is the creative director of the ever popular and imaginative world-building game.

One of the two recipients of this year's Anders Wall scholarships for research in the natural sciences is Fredrik Löfgren, robot developer and student of applied physics at LiU.

Thomas Lunner’s research has given improved hearing to millions of people with impaired hearing. He has been chosen as one of this year’s Alumni of the Year.

The team is in hard training for the Football World Cup for robots, to be held at the end of July, but a slew of injuries may affect their chances. The LiU robots are the only Swedish team travelling to Japan for this huge challenge.

“We have seen increasing interest from students for quantum computers, quantum cryptography and photonics, says Jan-Åke Larsson, who has taken the initiative to a new profile within Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering.

Using VR in lab work is popular with future engineers at LiU. They learn more rapidly and find everything easier to understand – and later find that industry is eager to employ people who have combined an engineering degree with visual programming.

Companies that participate in the Vinnova-funded Link-Sic competence centre can obtain help from students during the summer. Sara Nilsson and Julius Kokko Ekholm tested navigation sensors for unmanned helicopters.