Contacts

On this page you find contact information to people and functions in WASP.

Program Office

Our mission is to give a professional and efficient administrative support for the WASP management, researchers and doctoral students that are active in the WASP program. The WASP Program Office is located at Linköping University.

Program Office contact: info@wasp-sweden.org

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Elina Hjertström

Responsible Program Office, Program Coordinator

Michael Lögdlund

Co-director for program management, Program Coordinator

Anna Knutsson

(On parental leave) Coordinator, Events and Graduate School

Natalie Pintar

Communications Officer – Responsible for the websites, newsletter, research communication, strategic communication, announcement of positions, media contact

Anna Björnemo

Administration – WASP course and other administration, travel and accommodation booking

Marie Helsing Västfjäll

Coordinator - Communication and analysis

Jessica Danielsson Piazze

Program controller – Contact for appointed financial officers at the WASP universities

Meaza Eshetu Abebe

Coordinator, Graduate School

Nelly Sahlstrand

Communications officer

Maria Jonson

Coordinator

Camilla Smedberg

Coordinator

Alina Roos

Communications officer

Caroline Sturesson

Coordinator WARA

University Representative Group

There is one university representative at each WASP university. They have good knowledge about both WASP and the local procedures and can help you with most questions, either directly or by guiding you to the right person or management group.

Chair: Bo Wahlberg

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Bo Wahlberg

Professor of the Chair of Automatic Control, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Erik Elmroth

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Michael Felsberg

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University

Robert Feldt

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Amy Loutfi

WASP Co-director for recruitment coordination, Professor, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University

Marcus Liwicki

Professor and Head of Subject, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for applied AI, Luleå University of Technology

Thomas Schön

Beijer Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Uppsala University

Communication Contacts at the Universities

Chalmers University of Technology

Carina Schultz carina.schultz@chalmers.se

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Leila Zoubir lzoubir@kth.se

Linköping University

Anders Ryttarson Törneholm anders.torneholm@liu.se

Lund University

Jonas Wisbrant jonas.wisbrant@cs.lth.se

Umeå University

Victoria Skeidsvoll victoria.skeidsvoll@umu.se

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Main Financial Contacts at the Universities

Chalmers University of Technology

Madeleine Grimhag madeleine.grimhag@chalmers.se 

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Rasha Khartabil rashak@kth.se

Linköping University

Jessica Danielsson Piazze jessica.danielsson.piazze@liu.se

Lund University

Monika Rasmusson monika.rasmusson@control.lth.se

Umeå University

Heini Laitinen heini.laitinen@umu.se

Uppsala University

Niklas Eklund niklas.eklund@math.uu.se

Örebro University

Sara Johansson sara.g.johansson@oru.se

Luleå University of Technology

Ulrika Berglund ulrika.berglund@ltu.se

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Program Directors

  • Anders Ynnerman, Program director
  • Amy Loutfi, Co-director for recruitment coordination
  • Danica Kragic, Co-director for external relations
  • Karl-Erik Årzén, Co-director for research program coordination
  • Michael Lögdlund, Co-director for program management

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Anders Ynnerman

WASP Program Director, Professor of Scientific Visualization, Linköping University

Amy Loutfi

WASP Co-director for recruitment coordination, Professor, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University

Danica Kragic

WASP Co-director for external relations, Professor, Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Michael Lögdlund

Co-director for program management, Program Coordinator

Executive Committee

Chair: Anders Ynnerman

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Anders Ynnerman

WASP Program Director, Professor of Scientific Visualization, Linköping University

Amy Loutfi

WASP Co-director for recruitment coordination, Professor, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University

Bo Wahlberg

Professor of the Chair of Automatic Control, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Danica Kragic

WASP Co-director for external relations, Professor, Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Erik Elmroth

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Fredrik Heintz

WASP Graduate School Director, Professor of Computer Science, Linköping University

Holger Rootzén

Professor, Mathematical Statistics, Chalmers University of Technology

Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Marcus Liwicki

Professor and Head of Subject, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for applied AI, Luleå University of Technology

Michael Felsberg

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University

Niclas Fock

WARA Director

Robert Feldt

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Thomas Schön

Beijer Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Uppsala University

Research Management Group

The Research Management Group (RMG) consists of the chairs of RMG-AI/Math, -AI/MLX, -AS and -Software.

Chair of RMG-AI/Math: Holger Rootzén

Chair of RMG-AI/MLX: Danica Kragic

Chair of RMG-AS: Karl-Erik Årzén

Chair of RMG-Software: Robert Feldt

Danica Kragic

WASP Co-director for external relations, Professor, Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Holger Rootzén

Professor, Mathematical Statistics, Chalmers University of Technology

Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Robert Feldt

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Research Management AI/Math

Responsible for planning and carrying out research activities and recruitment processes within AI/Math.

Chair: Holger Rootzén

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Holger Rootzén

Professor, Mathematical Statistics, Chalmers University of Technology

Anders Rantzer

Professor, Automatic Control, Lund University

Elina Rönnberg

Senior Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Linköping University

Ozan Öktem

Associate Professor, Numerical Analysis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sandra di Rocco

Professor, Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Tobias Ekholm

Professor, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University

Research Management Group AI/MLX

Responsible for planning and carrying out research activities and recruitment processes within AI/MLX.

Chair: Danica Kragic

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Danica Kragic

WASP Co-director for external relations, Professor, Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Amy Loutfi

WASP Co-director for recruitment coordination, Professor, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University

Fredrik Heintz

WASP Graduate School Director, Professor of Computer Science, Linköping University

Helena Lindgren

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Thomas Schön

Beijer Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Uppsala University

Research Management Group AS

Responsible for planning and carrying out research activities and recruitment processes within AS.

Chair: Karl-Erik Årzén

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Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Bo Wahlberg

Professor of the Chair of Automatic Control, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Erik Elmroth

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Michael Felsberg

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University

Sonja Buchegger

Professor, Division of Theoretical Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Research Management Group Software

Responsible for planning and carrying out research activities and recruitment processes within Software.

Chair: Robert Feldt

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Robert Feldt

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Alexandre Bartel

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Görel Hedin

Professor, Department of Computer Science, Lund University

Simin Nadjm-Tehrani

Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University

Graduate School Management Group

The Graduate School Management Group (GSM) is overall responsible for coordination of the WASP Graduate School. This includes regulations and procedures for courses and activities. They also handle deviations and exceptions from the study plan set forth by WASP.

Chairs: Fredrik Heintz and Daniel Axehill

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Fredrik Heintz

WASP Graduate School Director, Professor of Computer Science, Linköping University

Daniel Axehill

WASP Graduate School Director, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University

Amy Loutfi

WASP Co-director for recruitment coordination, Professor, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University

Benny Avelin

Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University

Elin Anna Topp

Associate Professor and Docent, Department of Computer Science, Lund University

Florian Pokorny

Assistant Professor, Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Marina Axelson-Fisk

Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology

Paul Townend

Associate Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Arena Management Group

The Arena Management Group (AMG) is responsible for preparing proposals, budget allocation and follow-up on results as well as supporting ongoing projects relating to the WASP Research Arenas (WARA).

Chair: Niclas Fock, WARA Director

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Arena Management Group

Niclas Fock

WARA Director

Bo Wahlberg

Professor of the Chair of Automatic Control, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Erik Elmroth

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Fredrik Heintz

WASP Graduate School Director, Professor of Computer Science, Linköping University

Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Michael Felsberg

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University

Jesper Tordenlid

Adj. member AMG, WARA-PS Project Manager

Johan Eker

Adj. Member AMG, Project Manager WARA Ops, Ericsson Research

Johanna Björklund

Adj. member AMG, Assoc. Prof., Umeå University, Co-founder, Adlede and Codemill

Matteo Iovino

Project Manager WARA Robotics, Scientist, ABB Corporate Research

Philipp Leitner

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

International Management and Affiliations Group

The International Management and Affiliations Group (IMAG) is responsible for international contacts and collaborations. Many universities and laboratories are part of the WASP international network, which is manifested for example in common projects, student exchanges, study visits and a postdoc program.

Chair: Bo Wahlberg

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Bo Wahlberg

Professor of the Chair of Automatic Control, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Danica Kragic

WASP Co-director for external relations, Professor, Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Erik Elmroth

Professor, Department of Computing Science, Umeå University

Karl-Erik Årzén

Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund University

Michael Felsberg

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University

Robert Feldt

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

PhD Student Council

The student council is composed by students from all the WASP universities. They represent all WASP PhD students and can raise questions of importance for the students. Also, the student council assists the decision-making bodies in WASP as a referral body giving the PhD students’ view on different matters.

Contact: phdcouncil@wasp-sweden.se

Chair: Karol Wojtulewicz
Vice Chair:
Ayesha Jena

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Karol Wojtulewicz

PhD student, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University

Ayesha Jena

PhD Student, Department of Computer Science, Lund University

Amandine Caut

PhD student, Department of Mathematics in Uppsala University

Hoomaan Maskan

PhD Student, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University

Newton Mwai Kinyanjui

PhD student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Valency Colaco

PhD student, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University

Sabina Akbarova

PhD student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Nana Wang

PhD student, Division of Decision and Control systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Arthur Nijdam

PhD student, Department of Electrical and Information Technology at Lund university

Maciej Wozniak

PhD student, Division of robotics, perception and learning at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Eduardo Gutiérrez Maestro

PhD Student, Center for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University

Diversity and Inclusion Group

The Diversity and Inclusion Group (DIG) work with diversity, inclusion and gender equality.

Chair: Amy Loutfi

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Amy Loutfi

WASP Co-director for recruitment coordination, Professor, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University

Alma Persson

Associate Professor, Department of Thematic Studies, Linköping University

Mary Sheeran

Mikael Johansson

Professor, Division of Decision and Control Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Per Runeson

Professor, Department of Computer Science, Lund University

Amandine Caut

PhD student, Department of Mathematics in Uppsala University