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SUMMARY:Food for Thought #1: AI and its effect on Discourse and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:What role do training data\, model design\, and evaluation methods play in shaping AI-generated content? And what do we mean when we talk about “bias” in AI? \n\n\n\nThese are some of the questions we will explore in the first session of the Food for Thought lunch webinar series\, a collaboration between WASP and WASP-HS that brings together technical and human perspectives on AI and society. \n\n\n\nMark you calendar and join the conversation! \n\n\n\n\nZoom link\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 5\, 12-13 \n\n\n\nTheme: AI and its effect on Discourse and Democracy \n\n\n\nModerators: Amy Loutfi\, WASP Program Director\, and Fredrik Heintz\, WASP Co-director of Collaborations \n\n\n\nGuests:  \n\n\n\n\nEmelie Karlsson\, WASP-HS PhD student in political science at Uppsala University. Visit profile.\n\n\n\nIgor Ryazanov\, WASP-HS PhD student in computer science at Umeå University. Visit profile. \n\n\n\nMoa Johansson\, WASP Faculty and Associate Professor in computer science and engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. Visit profile. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Food for Thought\n\n\n\nArtificial intelligence is driving important discussions across research\, industry\, policy\, and society. Many of these discussions span disciplinary boundaries\, raising questions that benefit from both technical expertise and insights from the humanities and social sciences. \n\n\n\nTo encourage dialogue across the WASP and WASP-HS communities\, we are launching Food for Thought\, a monthly lunch webinar series exploring current AI-related topics from both technical and human perspectives. Each session brings together researchers from across the WASP and WASP-HS ecosystem to share insights\, challenge assumptions\, and spark new conversations.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/food-for-thought-1-ai-and-its-effect-on-discourse-and-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Verifiable Software Diversity
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Javier Ron Arteaga  \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 9\, 9:00 \n\n\n\nLocation: F3 Flodis\, Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28 and online \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Javier Ron Arteaga \n\n\n\nTitle: Verifiable Software Diversity \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (kth.se)\n\n\n\nDoctoral thesis
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-verifiable-software-diversity/
LOCATION:F3 Flodis\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Lindstedtvägen 26\, Stockholm\, 114 28\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261012T131500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261012T161500
DTSTAMP:20260921T105441Z
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Spatio-Temporal Representations of Human Dynamics for Motion Prediction and Robot Navigation
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Yufei Zhu \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 12\, 13:15-16:15 \n\n\n\nLocation: Hörsal L3\, Långhuset\, Örebro University \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Yufei Zhu \n\n\n\nTitle: Spatio-Temporal Representations of Human Dynamics for Motion Prediction and Robot Navigation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (oru.se)\n\n\n\nDoctoral thesis
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-spatio-temporal-representations-of-human-dynamics-for-motion-prediction-and-robot-navigation/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall L3\, Örebro University\, Fakultetsgatan 1\, Örebro\, 702 81\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20261013T110000
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SUMMARY:WASP Academia and Industry Days
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this year’s WASP Academia and Industry Days\, our most vibrant annual gathering\, bringing together representatives from academia\, industry\, and the public sector to explore opportunities for collaboration. The program will feature world‑leading keynote speakers\, visionary talks\, networking\, exhibitions\, poster sessions and much more. \n\n\n\nThe event is aimed at companies and organizations with research activities or interests in Sweden\, decision‑makers\, WASP researchers including postdocs\, and all WASP PhD students. \n\n\n\nRegistration opens in August \n\n\n\nVisit the WASP Academia and Industry Days website for more information.  \n\n\n\n\nAcademia and Industry Days 2026
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp-academia-and-industry-days/
LOCATION:Cirkus\, Djurgårdsslätten 43-45\, Stockholm\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261014T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T153000
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SUMMARY:Nordic AI Meet
DESCRIPTION:The Nordic AI Meet (NAIM) returns for its fifth edition in Reykjavík on 14–15 October 2026\, bringing together PhD students\, postdocs\, and early-career researchers from across the Nordics to share ideas\, build collaborations\, and shape a Nordic approach to AI for the societal good. \n\n\n\nAbstracts are welcome from all areas of AI research — from technical foundations such as machine learning\, NLP\, robotics\, and computer vision\, to applied work in medicine\, the natural sciences\, industry\, and the public sector. \n\n\n\nAI and the Humanities: we particularly encourage submissions connecting AI research and humanities perspectives\, in either direction — AI methods applied to humanities domains\, or humanities approaches applied to AI itself. The call remains open to all AI research. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters or short talks. \n\n\n\nSee timeline\, program\, practical details and register at the conference website: https://www.nordicaimeet.com/
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/nordic-ai-meet/
LOCATION:Reykjavik Natura\, Nautholsvegur 52\, Reykjavik\, 102\, Iceland
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:PhD defense: Behavior Trees for Robotics Software Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Razan Ghzouli \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 15 \n\n\n\nLocation: Room 520\, Plan 5\, Jupiter Building\, Hörselgången 5\, Lindholmen\, Gothenburg and online \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Razan Ghzouli \n\n\n\nTitle: Behavior Trees for Robotics Software Engineering \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (chalmers.se)\n\n\n\nDoctoral thesis
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-behavior-trees-for-robotics-software-engineering/
LOCATION:Room 520\, plan 5\, Jupiter Building\, Chalmers\, Hörselgången 5\, Gothenburg\, 417 56\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261016T090000
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DTSTAMP:20260925T063545Z
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SUMMARY:PhD defense: On the Limits of Privacy in Federated Learning: Personalization and Adversarial Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Sargam Gupta \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 16\, 9:00 \n\n\n\nLocation: NAT.D.470\, Umeå University \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Sargam Gupta \n\n\n\nTitle: Limits of Privacy in Federated Learning: Personalization and Adversarial Analysis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (umu.se)
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-on-the-limits-of-privacy-in-federated-learning-personalization-and-adversarial-analysis/
LOCATION:Lecture hall NAT.D.470\, Umeå University\, Naturvetarhuset\, Umeå Universitet\, Umeå\, 901 87\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261016T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261016T123000
DTSTAMP:20260925T064033Z
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Directional Sensitivity for DoA Estimation: From Missed Detections to Tracks
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Gustav Zetterqvist \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 16\, 9:30 \n\n\n\nLocation: Ada Lovelace\, B Building\, Campus Valla\, Linköping \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Gustav Zetterqvist \n\n\n\nTitle: Directional Sensitivity for DoA Estimation: From Missed Detections to Tracks \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (liu.se)\n\n\n\nDoctoral thesis
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-directional-sensitivity-for-doa-estimation-from-missed-detections-to-tracks/
LOCATION:Ada Lovelace\, B-building\, Linköping University\, Universitetsvägen 31\, Linköping\, 583 30\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261016T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261016T130000
DTSTAMP:20260925T065037Z
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Look Ma\, No Labels: From Robust Perception to Self-Supervised Representation Learning for Autonomous Driving
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Maciej Wozniak \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 16\, 10:00 \n\n\n\nLocation: Kollegiesalen\, Teknikringen 14 \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Maciej Wozniak \n\n\n\nTitle: Look Ma\, No Labels: From Robust Perception to Self-Supervised Representation Learning for Autonomous Driving \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (kth.se) \n\n\n\nDoctoral thesis
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-look-ma-no-labels-from-robust-perception-to-self-supervised-representation-learning-for-autonomous-driving/
LOCATION:Kollegiesalen\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Brinellvägen 8\, Stockholm\, 114 28\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261019T131500
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SUMMARY:PhD defense: Knowledge Transfer\, Alignment\, and Interpretability: Modular Architectures and Inductive Biases in Deep Reinforcement Learning
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the doctoral defense of Finn Rietz \n\n\n\nDate and time: October 19\, 13:15 \n\n\n\nLocation: Hörsal L2\, Långhuset\, Örebro University \n\n\n\nDoctoral student: Finn Rietz \n\n\n\nTitle: Knowledge Transfer\, Alignment\, and Interpretability:Modular Architectures and Inductive Biases in Deep Reinforcement Learning \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo defense (oru.se)\n\n\n\nDoctoral thesis
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-knowledge-transfer-alignment-and-interpretabilitymodular-architectures-and-inductive-biases-in-deep-reinforcement-learning/
LOCATION:Hörsal L2\, Örebro University\, Fakultetsgatan 1\, Örebro\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Defense
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261029T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261030T143000
DTSTAMP:20260916T093727Z
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SUMMARY:Chalmers AI Days
DESCRIPTION:A 2-day conference dedicated to artificial intelligence research and innovation. This event is designed to engage a broad audience\, from faculty and students to industry professionals. \n\n\n\nThe programme will include keynote talks from international experts in AI and its applications\, as well as thematic sessions in topics of special interest to Chalmers researchers and CHAIR partners Ericsson\, Sahlgrenska University Hospital\, and Volvo AB. \n\n\n\nThis year’s sessions will span AI and Health\, AI Foundations\, and AI for Engineering. \n\n\n\nConfirmed keynote speakers\n\n\n\nJulie Josse\, Senior researcher at Inria\, the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology. \n\n\n\nDemetri Psaltis\, Professor of Optics and the Director of the Optics Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). \n\n\n\nVolker Sorger\, Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics at the University of Florida. \n\n\n\nJulian Togelius\, Professor of Computer Science at New York University\, Wallenberg Chair at Chalmers University of Technology. \n\n\n\nVisit the Chalmers University of Technology website to see the programme: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.chalmers.se/en/current/calendar/chalmers-ai-days
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/chalmers-ai-days/
LOCATION:Runan\, Chalmers University of Technology\, Chalmersplatsen 1\, Gothenburg
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Measuring What Matters
DESCRIPTION:WASP Research Arena WARA Media and Language is hosting Measuring What Matters\, 3-6 November 2026 at Skåvsjöholm\, located just outside Stockholm. The event is a follow-up to the successful 2025 Wallenberg Advanced Scientific Forum and aims to bring together global experts in deep generative modeling to ultimately bring about new\, effective evaluation methods that will drive future progress in multimodal generative models\, alongside practical tools to promote their adoption within the research community. Like its predecessor\, the forum is designed to be highly interactive\, consisting nearly exclusively of structured and directed discussions in smaller focused groups\, rather than talks\, panels or plenaries.  \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration for WASP PhD students and affiliated researchers (free of charge\, number of seats are limited). \n\n\n\n\nRegister free of charge\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration for all others without current WASP-affiliation\, and for late registrations when free seats are out (cost 7725 SEK\, plus VAT). \n\n\n\n\nRegister with a cost
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/measuring-what-matters/
LOCATION:Skåvsjöholm\, Skåvsjöholmsvägen 80\, Åkersberga\, 18494
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261119T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261120T120000
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SUMMARY:Women in Machine Learning Workshop 2026
DESCRIPTION:Connect\, collaborate\, and shape the future of Machine Learning. \n\n\n\nMachine Learning (ML) is at the forefront of technological development and is transforming fields ranging from healthcare and finance to security and transportation. As its influence on research\, industry\, and everyday life continues to grow\, it is increasingly important that diverse perspectives are represented in shaping its future. \n\n\n\nThe Women in Machine Learning Workshop 2026 aims to bring together women and underrepresented gender groups who are interested in Machine Learning\, creating a space to connect\, exchange ideas\, gain inspiration\, and build a stronger and more inclusive ML community. \n\n\n\nWhether you are new to Machine Learning or already working in the field\, the workshop offers an opportunity to meet researchers and students\, learn from invited speakers\, discuss experiences and ideas\, and discover ongoing research. \n\n\n\nThe workshop is organized as a lunch-to-lunch event and will include invited talks\, research presentations\, demonstrations\, discussions\, networking opportunities\, and a poster session. \n\n\n\nVenues:Ada Lovelace\, House B\, Floor 2\, MazeMap \n\n\n\nZero\, Zenit\, Floor 2\,  MazeMap \n\n\n\nWho can participate? \n\n\n\nThe workshop is centered on women in Machine Learning and aims to support greater gender diversity in the field. We welcome participants who share this goal\, with a particular focus on women and underrepresented gender groups. \n\n\n\nThe workshop is especially relevant for students\, researchers\, and professionals who are interested in Machine Learning\, Artificial Intelligence\, Computer Vision\, Data Science\, and related technical fields. Participants at all stages\, from those who are new to the field to experienced researchers and practitioners\, are warmly welcome. \n\n\n\nNo specific level of experience is required. Whether you would like to learn\, share your work\, meet others in the community\, or simply explore opportunities in Machine Learning\, we encourage you to join us. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nRegistration has not opened yet.  \n\n\n\nFurther information about registration deadlines and participation will be announced soon. \n\n\n\nInvited Speakers\n\n\n\nEricka JohnsonDeputy Head of the Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)\, Linköping University \n\n\n\nEkta VatsAssistant Professor and Lead of Uppsala Vision\, Uppsala University \n\n\n\nLena KlasénAdjunct Professor\, Linköping University \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nA detailed programme\, including the schedule of talks\, discussions\, demonstrations\, and the poster session\, will be published soon. \n\n\n\nContact\n\n\n\nThe workshop is organized by representatives from Linköping University\, in collaboration with WASP Diversity and Inclusion Group. \n\n\n\nFor questions about the workshop\, registration\, or participation\, please contact: \n\n\n\nAmanda Berg\, amanda.berg@liu.se.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/women-in-machine-learning-workshop-2026/
LOCATION:Linköping University\, Campus Valla\, Olaus Magnus väg\, Linköping\, 583 30\, Sweden
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261202T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261203T170000
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SUMMARY:WARA Robotics Challenge 2026
DESCRIPTION:The WARA Robotics Challenge 2026 brings together students and researchers to tackle real industrial robotics problems inspired by assembly and logistics scenarios at Volvo. The challenge focuses on Physical AI\, with tasks centered on autonomous navigation and robotic pick-and-place in a realistic factory environment at Volvo Future Factory\,CampX\, Gothenburg. Final demonstrations will take place on 2–3 December 2026. \n\n\n\nOfficial registration is now closed. Thank you to all teams who signed up for the WARA Robotics Challenge 2026. All registered teams have been contacted privately at the email addresses provided during registration. If you believe you have not received any communication\, please reach out to us directly. \n\n\n\nDo not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like further information! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead more
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wara-robotics-challenge-2026/
LOCATION:Volvo Future Factory\, Eketrägatan 25\, Gothenburg\, 418 73\, Sweden
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