Community Building Summer School is intended to introduce new PhD students to the program WASP. This year’s Community Building Summer School will take place during week 35 in Linköping.
Participant Information
Mandatory to class 2025 PhD students
Practical information
PhD Students are responsible for booking their own tickets and accommodation.
Important information about the WASP Code of Conduct
The WASP community is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that celebrates the unique qualities and talents each individual brings to our collective experience. We are committed to ensuring that every member is treated with respect, professionalism, and personal integrity. The Code of Conduct outlines the behaviours expected of all participants, aiming to create a safe, welcoming, and productive environment for everyone involved, both during WASP events and within all official communication channels.
Read more:
WASP Code of Conduct: https://internal.wasp-sweden.org/2025/01/29/wasp-code-of-conduct/
WASP Diversity and Inclusion Group (DIG): https://internal.wasp-sweden.org/networks-and-resources/diversity-and-inclusion-group/
Program
Monday 2025-08-25: Campus Valla, Linköping: Ada Lovelace, B-huset, entrance 27
10:00 – 11:00
START OF SUMMER SCHOOL: Coffee & Welcome kit hand-out
WASP Program Office
11:00 – 11:30
Welcome and introduction about CBSS, Stephanie Lowry (ORU)
Short film about the WASP Graduate School
Introduction to WASP Graduate School, Daniel Axehill, LiU
11:30 – 12:00
PhD Student perspective
Karol Wojtulewicz, LiU PhD Student Council Chair
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch at Restaurang Kårallen, Kårallen, LiU Campus Valla – MazeMap
13:00 – 13:30
Presentation from WASP Program Office – Communication
Natalie Pintar, WASP Program Office
13:30 – 14:30
Brief presentation of the WASP research areas (15 min* 4)
Autonomous Systems: Karl-Erik Årzén, LU
AI/Math: Holger Rootzén, CTH
AI/MLX: Thomas Schön, UU
Software: Robert Feldt, CTH
Please send your questions about the WASP research areas here. Use the code 3409 0513
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00
Panel discussion WASP research areas-
Moderator: Stephanie Lowry
16:00 – 16:30
Experience sharing by WASP graduates of 2025 (Digital)
Amr Alkhatib, ORU
Georg Hess, CTH/Zenseact AB
Rishi Hazra, ORU
17:00 – 18:00
Mingle at Restaurang Universitetsklubben, Vallfarten, LiU Campus Valla
Tuesday 2025-08-26: Campus Valla, Linköping: Ada Lovelace, B-huset, entrance 27
09:00 – 10:00
Lecture: Structure in noisy network data: Fiona Skerman
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30
Group exercises
Fiona Skerman
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch
12:30 – 13:00
Group exercises (continued)
13:00- 13:30
Presentation of results of the group exercises
14:00 – 17:00
Parallel company visits: Please note that we will be walking to the companies, so we recommend dressing according to the weather
Qualcomm Datalinjen 3C 583 30 Linköping
Sectra AB Teknikringen 20, 583 30 Linköping
The National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden (NSC)- LiU, Campus Valla, Hus Galaxen/G-Huset: Enterance G83
Wednesday- 2025-08-27: Campus Valla, Linköping: Ada Lovelace, B-huset, entrance 27
09:00 – 10:30
Lecture: Behavior Trees and Robot Planning
Petter Ögren, KTH
10:30- 11:00
Coffee break
11:00- 12:00
Group exercises
Petter Ögren, KTH
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 16:00
Diversity and Inclusion Group (DIG) workshop: Ada Lovelace
Group rooms for group tasks-E236, Meitner, E326, E326, FB112B, FB112B,FB112C, FB112C,FB112D, FB112D, FB113, FB113,
16:00 – 17:00
WASP-WARA Overview: Caroline Sturesson, LiU
WARA PS Presentation: Jesper Tordenlid & Katarina Iversen, Combitech
17:00 – 17:30
Presentation of WASP Clusters: Core technology Clusters
Elias Nyholm, CTH
Stefan Stojanovic, KTH
18:00 – 19:30
Dinner at Restaurang Universitetsklubben, Vallfarten, LiU Campus Valla
Thursday 2025-08-28: The Dome, Visualization Center C, Norrköping
08:15- 08:30:
Gatering at the bus stop Vallfarten, LiU Campus Valla
08:30- 09:30:
Bus to Norrköping
09:30- 10:00
Data Visualization – an introduction
Martin Falk, Linköping University
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break at Visualization center Restaurant & Café C
10:30 – 12:30
Data Visualization – an introduction
Martin Falk, Linköping University
12:30- 13:30
Lunch at Visualization center Restaurant & Café C
13:30- 14:30
Dome Show: Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University
14:30- 15:00
Coffee
15:15
Return transport to Linköping: bus stop Kvarngatan/ outside of Film & Musikgymnasiet.
Friday 2025-08-29: Campus Valla, Linköping: Ada Lovelace, B-huset, entrance 27
09:00- 10:00
Lecture: Sovereign Scalable Data Engineering Sciences & Distributed Machine Learning Operations (SovScaDesDisMaLOps) Raazesh Sainudiin, VakeWorks AB URL: https://vake.works/SovScaDesDisMaLOps/2025/book/
10:00- 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30
Amelia Andersdotter and Raazesh Sainudiin (continued lectures), VakeWorks AB.
11:30 – 12:00
Jim Dowling from Logical Clocks AB on Sovereign Operations
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 15:30
Group exercises and discussions including fika: Raazesh Sainudiin and Alfred Lindström, VakeWorks AB.
15:30 – 16:00
Discussions, Open Q&A, Concluding remarks and Evaluation survey
Moderator: Stephanie Lowry
