Join us when the WASP community come together for the most appreciated event of the year.
What started as a gathering for WASP PhD students, has now grown into a meeting place where all parts of the WASP community come together. Research exchanges in a friendly environment and updates about what’s going on in WASP remain the focus of the WASP Winter Conference.
Days full of activities and up to 500 participants are expected.
A warm welcome to Norrköping!
Last day for registration was December 6th.
Please note: All participants are responsible for arranging their accommodation and travel.
Questions? Please reach out to WASP Program Office.
Main Conference Program
08:30 Registration opens
Room: Flygeln
10:00 Welcome and Director’s update
Room: Flygeln
Chair: Anders Ynnerman, WASP Program Director
10:20 Presentation of WALP-projects
Room: Flygeln
Chair: Sandor Albrecht, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Luigi Nardi, Lund University
- Sonia-Florina Horchidan and Paris Carbone, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
11:00 Coffee break
Room: Flygeln
11:25 NVIDIA
Room: Flygeln
Speaker: Seyed-Ahmad Ahmadi
Title: NVIDIA – Accelerating Data Science and AI Workloads at Data Center Scale
11:55 Scientific highlights
Room: Flygeln
Chair: Amy Loutfi, WASP Co-director
- Adha Hrusto, Lund University
- Jens Sjölund, Uppsala University
- Johan Edstedt, Linköping University and Georg Bökman, Chalmers University of Technology
- Martina Scolamiero, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
12:40 Lunch
Room: Trozelligalleriet
12:40 Lunch meetings
Room: Vingen
- Recruited Faculty Lunch meeting
Chair: Amy Loutfi - Postdoc-lunch
13:40 Poster session #1 and coffee
Room: Värmekyrkan
Exhibition open. Project course presentations.
Poster Catalogue (opens in new window)
14:40 Panel discussion: AI as a tool for research and innovation
Room: Flygeln
Chair: Anders Ynnerman
- Aristides Gionis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Miriah Meyer, Linköping University
- Ross D. King, Chalmers University of Technology
- Karin Stacke, WASP Alum
- Lars Svensson, WASP Alum
15:25 Poster session #2 and coffee
Room: Värmekyrkan
Exhibition open. Project course presentations.
Poster Catalogue (opens in new window)
16:30 Parallel session (for PhD students): How I meet my representative
Room: Hemerycksalen
Chair: WASP PhD Student Council
16:30 Parallel session (for alumni): Alumni meeting with management
Room: Trozellirummet
Chair: Amy Loutfi
17:30 End of day
19:00 Pre-dinner mingle
Room: Flygeln
19:30 Dinner
Diploma Ceremony and Alumni of the Year Award
Room: Flygeln
Host: Anders Ynnerman
08:30 Registration opens
Room: Flygeln
9:00 WARA highlights
Room: Flygeln
Chair: Niclas Fock, WARA Director
10:00 Best Poster Award, Best Thesis Award and Alumni of the Year presentation
Room: Flygeln
Chair: Karl-Erik Årzén
10:35 Coffee break
Room: Flygeln
11:00 DIG: Inclusive and belonging in Academia
Room: Flygeln
Speaker: Anna Wahl, Professor Gender, Organization and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Chair: Amy Loutfi
12.00 Ana Paiva, WASP Distinguished Guest Professor
Room: Flygeln
Title: Beyond Algorithms: Engineering Social AI
12.30 Concluding remarks
Room: Flygeln
Anders Ynnerman
12:45 Lunch to go
Room: Flygeln
13:15 Cluster session #1
Room: See Cluster Meetings
Chairs: Cluster leaders
14:30 Cluster session #2
Room: See Cluster Meetings
Chairs: Cluster leaders
15:30 End of program
Awards
Alumni of the Year recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements of WASP graduates. Our alumni can make a real difference across the globe in a variety of ways. Through the Alumni of the Year award, WASP seeks to acknowledge persons that have made a contribution to the local, national and international communities.
The winner is revealed and will receive the award at the conference dinner on January 10. The winner will also have a presentation during the plenary session on January 11.
A Best Poster Award will be granted to three PhD students that participates in the poster sessions.
Read more at Poster Exhibition Information
For the first time, a Best Thesis of the Year Award will be granted.
The nomination and evaluation process has involved the WASP Research Management Group, the University Representative Group, and supervisors of eligble* PhDs. The winner is selected by the WASP International Scientific Advisory Board.
*PhD students that have defended during the period October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023.