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SUMMARY:Game on! Seminar: Benita Nortmann
DESCRIPTION:Join an online seminar session from Benita Nortmann of the EMPA. Title TBA. \nParticipation is open to all\, and no registration required. \nFor more information and to join the event\, visit the seminar series website. \nThe Game On! Seminar series is organized by Emilio Benenati and Giuseppe Belgioioso.\nThey are affiliated with the Division of Decision and Control Systems (DCS) at KTH\, Stockholm.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/game-on-seminar-benita-nortmann/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20260203T160000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20260203T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
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SUMMARY:Game on! Seminar: Learning equilibria in games with bandit feedback
DESCRIPTION:Join an online seminar session from Maryam Kamgarpour of EPFL\, titled “Learning equilibria in games with bandit feedback.” \nParticipation is open to all\, and no registration required. \nFor more information and to join the event\, visit the seminar series website. \nThe Game On! Seminar series is organized by Emilio Benenati and Giuseppe Belgioioso.\nThey are affiliated with the Division of Decision and Control Systems (DCS) at KTH\, Stockholm.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/game-on-seminar-learning-equilibria-in-games-with-bandit-feedback/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20260123T100000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20260123T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20260119T095030Z
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SUMMARY:Information webinar about the KAW Proof of Concept Grants in AI\, Quantum technologies or ICT
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to an information webinar about the KAW Proof of Concept Grants in AI\, Quantum technologies or ICT \n\nThe purpose of this year’s Knut and Alice Wallenberg Proof of Concept Grant is to bridge the gap between academic research and innovations in Autonomous Systems and AI\, Quantum Technologies or ICT. The grant gives researchers the opportunity to develop their early-stage discoveries towards validated methods\, products\, or processes. \nWelcome to an information webinar and an opportunity to ask questions about this call. The webinar is held via Zoom on January 23\, 2026\, at 10:00-11:00 (CET). \nSpeakers:\nSandor Albrecht\, Director Innovation\, Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation\nAmy Loutfi\, WASP Program Director \nRegistration deadline: January 22\, 23:59 (CET) \nThe webinar will be recorded. \nZoom link will be sent out the day of the webinar. \n\n\n\nOriginal location: Webinar
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/information-webinar-about-the-kaw-proof-of-concept-grants-in-ai-quantum-technologies-or-ict/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20260123T100000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20260123T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20251222T080828Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: KAW Proof of Concept Grants in AI\, Quantum technologies or ICT
DESCRIPTION:Curious about the KAW Proof of Concept Grants in AI\, Quantum technologies or ICT? \nThe purpose of this year’s KAW Proof of Concept Grant is to bridge the gap between academic research and innovations in Autonomous Systems\, AI\, Quantum Technologies or Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The grant gives researchers the opportunity to develop their early-stage discoveries towards validated methods\, products\, or processes. \nWho can apply? \nApplicants must be employed at a Swedish University\, be part of KAWs strategic initiatives or have/have had grants from the Wallenberg Foundations. \nLearn more about the call and ask any questions during an information webinar on January 23 at 10:00. \nThe complete call text can be found under upcoming calls https://wasp-sweden.org/opportunities/calls/
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/webinar-kaw-proof-of-concept-grants-in-ai-quantum-technologies-or-ict/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20250919T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20250919T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20250612T113544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T083741Z
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SUMMARY:WASP Workshop on Diversity and Inclusion in Academia
DESCRIPTION:Join us on September 19th at 13:00–15:00\, for an engaging event on Diversity and Inclusion in Academia\, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities of relocating to Sweden to pursue an academic career and navigating academic career development in the Swedish landscape.     \nThis online event\, organized by WASP Diversity and Inclusion Group (DIG)\, will feature panel discussions with several experienced professionals sharing their journeys and insights. \nTarget groups for this workshop: \n– International faculty and PhD students who are pursuing or wish to pursue an academic career in Sweden \n– Academic leaders at any level who want to make their organizations more friendly to those from abroad \nThe panel discussion will address barriers and mitigation strategies regarding inclusion of international recruits\, based on the panelists own relocation and leadership experiences. \nPanelists:  \n– Prof. Joachim Schnadt\, Scientific Director\, MAX IV \n– Prof. Sandra Di Rocco\, Dean\, School of Engineering Sciences\, KTH \n– Prof. Sylvia Schwaag Serger\, President\, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) \n– Assistant Prof. Ekta Vats\, Uppsala University\, WASP DIG member \n– PhD student Ayesha Jena\, Lund University \nModerator: Prof. Amy Loutfi\, WASP Program Director \n  \nRegistration is now closed.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp-workshop-on-diversity-and-inclusion-in-academia/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20250527T100000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20250527T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20250428T103109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T083746Z
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SUMMARY:Interested in WASP’s Industrial Postdoc and PhD Student calls? Join our webinar to learn more!
DESCRIPTION:WASP is offering up to 5 industrial postdoc positions\, as well as up to 15 industrial doctoral student projects\, within AI\, Autonomous systems and Software. The calls are open between June 9 and October 1\, 2025. \nAn information webinar about the two calls was held on May 27. See the recording below. \nProgram\n10:00   Introduction\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, WASP Co-director\, Lund University\n\n10:15   General presentation about WASP Industrial PhD Student program\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, WASP Co-director\, Lund University \n10:40   General presentation about WASP Industrial postdoc program\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, WASP Co-director\, Lund University \n10:50   WASP Graduate School\nDaniel Axehill\, WASP Graduate School Director\, Linköping University \n11:10   Perspectives from industry\nMikael Norrlöf\, industrial supervisor at ABB Robotics\, and Bernhard Wullt\, industrial PhD student at ABB Robotics \n11:40   Questions and discussion \n12:00   Wrap up  \nQuestions?\nQuestions about the webinar or the calls can be sent to calls@wasp-sweden.org \nOriginal location: Webinar
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/interested-in-wasps-industrial-postdoc-and-phd-student-calls-join-our-webinar-to-learn-more/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20250328T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20250328T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20250318T094045Z
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SUMMARY:AI and Archives Workshop 2
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to invite you to the second workshop in our series on AI and Archives\, a collaborative initiative between WARA Media & Language\, WASP-HS and the National Archives (Riksarkivet). \nThe National Archives’ recently established AI-lab has developed valuable resources\, including models and training data for transcribing Swedish historical handwriting and other machine learning applications. These tools offer significant benefits to both AI researchers focusing on model development and humanities/social sciences scholars employing digital methods. \nWorkshop Details\nDate: March 28\nTime: 13:00-15:00\nFormat: Online interactive session via Miro\nNote: If you’re unfamiliar with Miro\, please join 15 minutes early to familiarize yourself with the platform for optimal participation. \nSign up here: https://eu.invajo.com/l/cgqBScBTEy \nThis second workshop will review findings from our initial session and identify collaborative projects for development. If you did not participate in the first workshop\, you are welcome to join anyway. \nWe look forward to exploring the intersection of AI and archives with you! \n\nOriginal location: Online in ZOOM and Miro
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/ai-and-archives-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20250228T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20250228T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
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SUMMARY:AI and Archives: A Collaborative Workshop with WARA Media & Language\, WASP-HS and the National Archives (Riksarkivet)
DESCRIPTION:The National Archives hold a vast collection of historical materials\, including\, inter alia\, all known Swedish medieval letters\, administrative national/royal administrative documents from the 16th century and onwards\, court records from the 17th century onwards\, diplomatic correspondence from the 17th century onwards\, and a large collection of historical maps\, both general and detailed. These archival records are available online via an archival search service\, via APIs\, and with select datasets of extracted information from archives available for download. \nA recently founded AI-lab at the National Archives has developed and made available models and training data for transcription of Swedish historical handwriting and other machine learning and language models. These resources are valuable for researchers in AI and machine learning focusing on training and evaluating models\, as well as for researchers in humanities and social sciences employing digital methods in their work. \nTo foster collaboration and exploration of these resources\, the National Archives\, WARA M&L\, and WASP-HS the Wallenberg Autonomous System Programme in Humanity and Society\, are organizing a series of joint workshops. The first of these will take place on Friday\, February 28\, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM\, and is primarily directed toward researchers in the humanities and social sciences. \nThe objectives of the workshop are twofold: to provide participants with an understanding of the existing archives and resources and to explore how these assets can be leveraged to support current and future research initiatives. \nWe are very much looking forward to exploring AI and archives with you. \nPlease sign up here: https://eu.invajo.com/l/LRhzc56CWD
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/ai-and-archives-a-collaborative-workshop-with-wara-media-language-wasp-hs-and-the-national-archives-riksarkivet/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20250225T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20250225T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20250218T093527Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar - KAW Proof of Concept Grants in AI or Quantum technologies
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to an information webinar about the KAW Proof of Concept Grants in AI or Quantum technologies\n\nThe purpose of this year’s Knut and Alice Wallenberg Proof of Concept Grant is to bridge the gap between academic research and innovations in Autonomous Systems and AI\, or in Quantum Technologies. The grant gives researchers the opportunity to develop their early-stage discoveries towards validated methods\, products\, or processes. \nWelcome to an information webinar and an opportunity to ask questions about this call. The webinar is held via Zoom on February 25 at 13:00-14:00 (CET). \nSpeakers:\nSandor Albrecht\, Director Innovation\, Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation\nAnders Ynnerman\, Chair of the WASP Board\, and Director of Strategic Research\, Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation \nRegistration is closed.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/webinar-kaw-proof-of-concept-grants-in-ai-or-quantum-technologies/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20240527T100000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20240527T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20240429T074927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T083819Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: WASP Industrial Postdoc and PhD Student Calls 2024
DESCRIPTION:Interested in WASP’s Industrial Postdoc and PhD Student calls? Join our webinar to learn more! \nWASP is offering up to 5 industrial postdoc positions\, as well as up to 15 industrial doctoral student projects\, within AI\, Autonomous systems and Software. The calls are open between June 10 and October 1\, 2024. \nWASP invites everyone interested in the Industrial PhD Student Call and the Industrial Postdoc Call to a webinar on May 27\, 2024. \nProgram\n10:00   Introduction\nDanica Kragic\, WASP Co-director\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology \n10:15   General presentation about WASP Industrial PhD Student program\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, WASP Co-director\, Lund University \n10:40   General presentation about WASP Industrial postdoc program \nKarl-Erik Årzén\, WASP Co-director\, Lund University \n10:50   WASP Graduate School\nDaniel Axehill\, WASP Graduate School Director\, Linköping University \n11:10   Perspectives from industry\nChristoffer Petersson\, industrial supervisor at Zenseact\, and Georg Hess\, industrial PhD student at Zenseact \n11:40   Questions and discussion \n12:00   Wrap up \nQuestions?\nQuestions about the webinar or the calls can be sent to info@wasp-sweden.org
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/webinar-wasp-industrial-postdoc-and-phd-student-calls-2024/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20230907T140000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20230907T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20230626T123406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T083829Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar on AI applications to manufacturing and process control
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to a webinar organized by the WASP Cluster for Manufacturing and Process Control! \nGoal and expected impact\nWithin the Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP)\, the cluster for manufacturing and process control identified the opportunity for facilitating the discussions on AI applications in manufacturing and process control\, which is crucial for the Swedish industry’s competitiveness. This WASP cluster will host a webinar to provide Swedish industry and academia with an arena to discuss AI applications in manufacturing and process control. Through the discussions\, we expect to enhance common knowledge and exchange experience about the challenges and possible solutions for AI applications in manufacturing and process control\, further developing the future activities of the topic in Sweden. The expected impact includes: \n\nIncreased knowledge of cutting‐edge research on AI applications to manufacturing and process control that is carried out as collaboration between manufacturers and universities in Sweden.\nGreater understanding of challenges in practice of manufacturing and process control in Sweden that\nAI research could tackle.\nEnhanced industry‐academia network and collaboration opportunities in Sweden.\n\nTarget audience\nThose who are involved in production process management\, quality management\, product design\, operation services\, or logistics in Sweden. Those interested in learning examples of research works on AI application to production related tasks and\, more holistically\, to value chains or product lifecycles. \nOrganizer\nCo‐leaders of the WASP cluster for manufacturing and process control: Professor Atsuto Maki\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, and Professor Tom Sakao\, Linköping University \nRegistration and contact\nEmail your name\, affiliation\, & email address to Professor Tom Sakao no later than August 23: tomohiko.sakao@liu.se \nThe webinar is free of charge and will be held in English. See link for more information and agenda.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/webinar-on-ai-applications-to-manufacturing-and-process-control/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20230314T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20230314T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20220816T130304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T083848Z
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SUMMARY:WASP Digital Career Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the WASP Digital Career Day 2023. The aim is to increase and exchange knowledge on research and career opportunities by connecting industry representatives with PhD students and Postdocs from WASP and WASP-HS.  \nThe event mainly consists of matchmaking sessions that could lead up to creating future contacts between companies and PhD students and Postdocs. New for this year is that all particpating parties (PhD students and postdocs\, and company representatives) will have the possibility to choose their preferred speaking partners. In addition\, PhD students and postdocs from WASP-HS are also welcome to attend. \nProgram\n13:00 Welcome\nDanica Kragic\, WASP Co-director for external relations\nJohanna Björklund\, Project Manager of WARA Media and Language \n13:30 Start for one-on-one meetings  \n16:00 End of the day \nHow to attend\nAt the time of registration\, all participants submit their pitches to be published for the other participants. In the next step\, everyone choose their preferred speaking partners from which a series of short one-on-one meetings will be scheduled. \nRegistration\nThe registration is closed. \nFebruary 1-15: All registered participants choose who they wish to have a meeting with. \nMarch 1: The individual matchmaking meeting schedule is sent out to each participant. \nPlease note – the number of meetings for each participant is dependent on the choices made by the participants themselves and other participants. Meetings are not guaranteed. In case no bookings are made\, participants will be informed as soon as possible but latest by March 1.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp-digital-career-day-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20230127T000000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20230127T235959
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20221221T151738Z
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SUMMARY:Information and networking event: The second WASP-DDLS joint call for research projects
DESCRIPTION:This networking event welcomes everyone that wants to learn more about the second WASP-DDLS joint call for research projects. The event will start with an open Zoom meeting that will give an introduction to the new call and also highlight lessons learned from previous approved projects. The digital introduction will be followed by on-site network meetings at different university sites. \nProgram\n11:00-12:00 Open Zoom meeting: Introduction and information about new call\, lessons from ongoing projects\, Q&A \n\nDanica Kragic\, Co-director for external relations WASP\nOlli Kallioniemi\, Director SciLifeLab  and Erik Kristiansson member of ScilLifeLab and DDLS steering group\n\n12:00-14:00 Mingle and networking at university sites (light lunch will be provided). \n\nKTH\, host Joakim Jaldén\nChalmers\, hosts Rebecka Jörnsten and Erik Kristiansson\nLiU\, host Andreas Kerren\nUmU\, host Martin Rosvall\nLund\, host Bo Bernhardsson\n\nRegistration\nDeadline for registration is January 18. \nRegister here: https://www.lyyti.in/WASP_and_DDLS_event_January_2023 \nContact\nQuestions: info@wasp-sweden.org or ddls@scilifelab.se \n  \nMost Welcome! \n\nWallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) is Sweden’s largest individual research program and provides a platform for academic research and education\, fostering interaction with Sweden’s leading companies. The program addresses research in artificial intelligence\, autonomous systems\, and software as enabling technologies for developing systems acting in collaboration with humans\, adapting to their environment through sensors\, information\, and knowledge\, and forming intelligent systems of systems. WASP strengthens\, expands\, and renews the national competence through new strategic recruitments\, a challenging research program\, a national graduate school\, and collaboration with industry. The program is conducted in close cooperation between leading Swedish universities to promote the competence of Sweden as a nation within the area of AI\, autonomous systems and software. \nThe SciLifeLab and Wallenberg national program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) was launched in 2020 by (KAW). DDLS is a 12-year funding initiative to support data-driven life science in Sweden\, across 11 universities and institutions with SciLifeLab as the host. The program will focus on four strategic research areas of data-driven research: Cell and molecular biology\, Evolution and biodiversity\, Precision medicine and diagnostics and\, Epidemiology and biology of infection. \nOriginal location: Zoom and on-site
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/information-and-networking-event-the-second-wasp-ddls-joint-call-for-research-projects/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20230123T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20230123T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20230109T143228Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: WASP Industrial Postdoc and PhD Student Calls 2023
DESCRIPTION:Interested in WASP’s Industrial Postdoc and PhD Student calls? Join our webinar to learn more! \nWASP is offering up to 5 industrial postdoc positions\, as well as 15 industrial doctoral student positions\, within AI\, Autonomous systems and Software. The calls are open between January 16th and April 7th 2023. \nWASP invites everyone interested in the Industrial PhD Student Call and the Industrial Postdoc Call to a webinar on January 23rd\, 2023. \nRecording of the webinar\n \n  \nProgram\n13:00   Introduction\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, Co-director for research program coordination \n13:15   General presentation about WASP Industrial PhD Student program\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, Lund University\, Danica Kragic\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology \n13:40   General presentation about WASP Industrial postdoc program \nKarl-Erik Årzén\, Lund University \n13:50   WASP Graduate School\nFredrik Heintz\, WASP Graduate School Director \n14:10   Perspectives from industry\nPer Skarin\, industrial PhD student\, Johan Eker\, industrial supervisor at Ericsson \n14:40   Questions and discussion \n15:00   Wrap up \nQuestions?\nQuestions about the webinar or the calls can be sent to info@wasp-sweden.org \nYou can also view this Q&A compiled from questions asked during the webinar..
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/webinar-wasp-industrial-postdoc-and-phd-student-calls-2023/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20220615T140000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20220615T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20220516T134449Z
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SUMMARY:Secure and Privacy-Preserving Cloud-Assisted Computing
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Doctoral Defense of Georgia Tsaloli \nDate and time: June 15\, 14:00\n \nLocation: Online \nDoctoral student: Georgia Tsaloli\, Network and Systems\, Chalmers University of Technology \nTitle: Secure and Privacy-Preserving Cloud-Assisted Computing \nSupervisor: Professor Aikaterini Mitrokotsa\, Network and Systems\, Chalmers University of Technology\n \nOpponent: Claudio Orlandi\, Aarhus University\, Denmark
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/secure-and-privacy-preserving-cloud-assisted-computing/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20220530T100000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20220530T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20220221T085216Z
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SUMMARY:WASP4ALL 2022 - Software Powering the Digital Future
DESCRIPTION:Software is the intellectual fuel of modern society and is pervasive in our daily life. It is a key technology in all disciplines and domains. Major advances in software research and development are taking place in industry and academia alike. The interplay and transfer of knowledge between the two sectors is fundamental to the acceleration of digitalization. \nWASP invites researchers from academia and industry to participate in the virtual conference WASP4ALL 2022 on May 30th. Here leading international software researchers from academia and industry will discuss state-of-the-art and share recent findings and experiences. We will also have in-depth discussions on how to improve the knowledge exchange between industry and software research across disciplines. \nRegistration is closed.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp4all-2022-software-powering-the-digital-future/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20220420T100000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20220420T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20220330T095733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T083853Z
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SUMMARY:WASP-ED Open Information Meeting
DESCRIPTION:January 2022\, Wallenberg AI and Transformative Technologies Education Development Program (WASP-ED)\, a new national program for educational development in AI was launched by WASP and its sister program WASP-HS. The program is funded by a grant of SEK 18.6 million from Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation. \nThe purpose of this open information meeting is to give an overview of WASP-ED and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss with the leaders of the six working areas. See full program below. \nTo receive information about WASP-ED\, please sign up here. \nMeeting Recording\n \nPresentations\n2022-04-20 WASP-ED Open Information Presentation \nProgram\n10.00-11.00 Overview by Program Director Fredrik Heintz and Q&A (will be recorded) \n11.00-12.00 Round table discussions for each work area in breakout rooms: \nWork Area 1: AI Curriculum (Helena Lindgren\, Fredrik Heintz) \nWork Area 2: Program Development (Amy Loutfi\, Alan Said) \nWork Area 3: Course Development (Mikael Sundström\, Anna Foka) \nWork Area 4: Pedagogical Development & Learning Analytics (Teresa Cerrato-Pargman\, Olga Viberg) \nWork Area 5: Technical Platform & Education Data (Jan Gulliksen\, Joakim Lilliesköld) \nWork Area 6: Teaching Competence Development (Thomas Hillman\, Kristin Ewins)
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp-ed-open-information-meeting/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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SUMMARY:WARA Media and Language webinar: Probabilistic locomotion animation with normalising flows
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this webinar arranged by WARA Media and Language where Gustav Eje Henter\, WASP assistant professor at the Division of Speech\, Music and Hearing at KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, will talk about MoGlow\, a new\, award-winning deep-learning architecture that leverages normalising flows. \nIf you wish to attend\, please register using the link below. \nAbstract\nData-driven character animation holds great promise for enhancing realism and creativity in games\, film\, virtual avatars and social robots. However\, due to the high bar on visual quality\, most existing AI animation solutions focus narrowly on a specific task\, and do not generalise to different motion types. \nThis talk makes the case that 1) machine learning now has advanced far enough that strong\, task-agnostic motion models are possible\, and that 2) these models should be probabilistic in nature\, to accommodate the great diversity in how behaviours can be realised. We present MoGlow\, a new\, award-winning deep-learning architecture that leverages normalising flows and satisfies our two desired criteria. Experiments show that MoGlow is competitive with the state-of-the-art in locomotion generation for both humans and dogs. \nFor a longer introduction showing our models in action\, please see the following video: MoGlow: Probabilistic and controllable motion synthesis using normalising flows \nBio Gustav Eje Henter\nGustav Eje Henter is a WASP assistant professor in machine learning at the Division of Speech\, Music and Hearing at KTH. His main research interests are probabilistic modelling and deep learning for data-generation tasks\, especially speech and motion/animation synthesis. \nHe has an MSc and a PhD from KTH\, followed by post-docs in speech synthesis at the Centre for Speech Technology Research at the University of Edinburgh\, UK\, and in Prof. Junichi Yamagishi’s lab at the National Institute of Informatics\, Tokyo\, Japan\, before returning to KTH in 2018.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wara-media-and-language-webinar-probabilistic-locomotion-animation-with-normalising-flows/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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SUMMARY:WARA Media and Language webinar: Developing and evaluating data-driven models for co-speech gesture-synthesis
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this webinar arranged by WARA Media and Language where Taras Kucherenko\, Research Scientist at EA Games\, will talk about generation and evaluation of co-speech gestures for embodied conversational agents using deep learning. \nIf you wish to attend\, please register using the link below. \nAbstract\nHumans use non-verbal behaviors to signal their intent\, emotions\, and attitudes in human-human interactions. Embodied conversational agents (ECA)\, therefore\, need this ability as well in order to make interaction pleasant and efficient. An essential part of non-verbal communication is gesticulation. The task of hand gesture generation has been initially approached mainly by rule-based methods\, but current state-of-the-art methods are data-driven\, and we continue this line of research. In this talk\, I will present my work addressing the two components of my thesis: generation and evaluation of co-speech gestures for embodied conversational agents using deep learning. \nBio Taras Kucherenko\nTaras Kucherenko is currently a Research Scientist at EA Games. Recently he finished a Ph.D. at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. His research is on machine learning models for non-verbal behavior generation\, such as hand gestures and facial expressions. For his research papers\, he received ICMI 2020 Best Paper Award and IVA 2020 Best Paper Award. Taras was also the main organizer of The GENEA (Generation and Evaluation of Non-verbal Behavior for Embodied Agents) Workshop both in 2020 and in 2021.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wara-media-and-language-webinar-developing-and-evaluating-data-driven-models-for-co-speech-gesture-synthesis/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20220124T131500
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SUMMARY:Webinar: WASP Industrial PhD Student Call 2022
DESCRIPTION:Interested in WASP’s upcoming Industrial PhD Student call? Join our webinar to learn more! \nWASP invites everyone interested in the upcoming Industrial PhD Student Call to an information webinar about industrial PhD studies in WASP. \nYou can see a recording of the webinar here.\nProgram and Presentations\n13:15   Introduction\nAnders Ynnerman\, WASP Program Director \n1. Industrial_PHD_2022 \n13:30   General presentation about WASP Industrial PhD Student program\nKarl-Erik Årzén\, Lund University\, Danica Kragic\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology \n2. WASP Research Slides \n13:55   WASP Graduate School\nFredrik Heintz\, WASP Graduate School Director \n3. 2022-01-24-WASP-Graduate School \n14:15   Perspectives from industry\nArvi Jonnarth\, industrial PhD student\, Adam Tengblad\, industrial supervisor at Husqvarna \n4. wasp_presentation \n14:45   Questions and discussion \n15:00   Wrap up \n 
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/webinar-wasp-industrial-phd-student-call-2022/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20211208T235959
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SUMMARY:WASP Virtual Job Fair 2021
DESCRIPTION:Meet tomorrow’s talent!\nWelcome to the second WASP Virtual Job Fair on December 7th 2021\, where leading companies meet and discuss their research and future career opportunities with Sweden’s top talents in AI and autonomous systems. \nThe aim is to strengthen exchanges between academia and industry by connecting industry representatives with WASP PhD students and postdocs. Participants will be able to interact in short one-on-one meetings about future career paths. Panels and speakers will share experiences and ideas on how Sweden can be attractive in a tough international competition. \nThe WASP Virtual Job Fair is a two-part event\, starting with a mix of talks and panel discussions\, wrapping up with an optional match-making session. \nRegistration for the first part of the event is open until December 5th 23:59. Registration for the matchmaking meetings has closed. 
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp-virtual-job-fair-2021/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20211022T101500
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20211022T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Autonomous Avoidance Maneuvers for Vehicles using Optimization
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Doctoral Defense of Pavel Anistratov\n\nDate and time: October 22\, 10:15\n \nLocation: Online \nDoctoral student: Pavel Anistratov\, Vehicular Systems at the Department of Electrical Engineering\, Linköping University \nTitel: Autonomous Avoidance Maneuvers for Vehicles using Optimization \nSupervisor: Lars Nielsen\, Björn Olofsson\, Jan Åslund \nOpponent: Jonas Mårtensson\, Division of Decision and Control Systems\, KTH
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-autonomous-avoidance-maneuvers-for-vehicles-using-optimization/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20210825T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20210825T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: On Experimentation in Software-Intensive Systems
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Doctoral Defense of David Issa Mattos\n\nDate and Time. August 25\, 13:00 – 17:00\n \nLocation: Room 473\, Jupiter Building \nTitel: On Experimentation in Software-Intensive Systems \nDoctoral student: David Issa Mattos\,  Division of Software Engineering\, Chalmers Universtity of Technology \nOpponent:  Professor. Tom ́aˇs Bureˇs – Charles University\, Czech Republic \nSupervisor: Professor Jan Bosch\, Division of Software Engineering\, Chalmers Universtity of Technology
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-on-experimentation-in-software-intensive-systems/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20210611T130000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20210611T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20210427T111629Z
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SUMMARY:WASP and DDLS join forces for research within a data-driven future
DESCRIPTION:WASP and DDLS join forces for research within a data-driven future\nWelcome to the official launch of the WASP-DDLS collaboration! \nThe two largest research programs in Sweden\, the Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) and the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS)\, will team up in a new collaborative effort\, with the ultimate goal of solving groundbreaking research questions and to create synergies across disciplines. \nThis Zoom-meeting will combine inspirational talks and discuss possible ways to initiate formations of strong collaborations that can bridge the gap between the scientific disciplines. We welcome WASP researchers and life scientists to take part in the webinar and to actively engage in new alliances. \nThe first part of the meeting was recorded\, see below. \n \n 
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp-and-ddls-join-forces-for-research-within-a-data-driven-future/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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CREATED:20210531T125156Z
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SUMMARY:Lic. Thesis Seminar: Forward and Inverse Decision-Making in Adversarial\, Cooperative\, and Biologically-Inspired Dynamical Systems
DESCRIPTION:Doctoral student:  Inês de Miranda de Matos Lourenço\, Division of Decsion and Control Systems\, KTH \nSubject area:  Electrical Engineering \nSupervisor:  Professor Bo Wahlberg\, Division of Decsion and Control Systems\, KTH \nOpponent:  Assistant Professor Karinne Ramirez-Amaro\, Chalmers University of Technology
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/lic-thesis-seminar-forward-and-inverse-decision-making-in-adversarial-cooperative-and-biologically-inspired-dynamical-systems/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: On the Foundations of Practical Language-Based Security
DESCRIPTION:Title: On the Foundations of Practical Language-Based Security \nRespondent: Maximilian Algehed \nOpponent: Frank Piessens \nDate & Time: June 8\, 10:00 – 13:00 \nLink to thesis and to the online disputation \n\n\nAbstract\nTeoretiska Grundvalar för Praktiska IT-Säkerhetsverktyg\nModerna datorprogram är de mest komplexa artefakter som människan någonsin\nhar skapat. För att samhället ska kunna lita på att ingenjörer och programmerare\ninte utsätter oss alla för stora risker med dessa komplexa system behöver vi\ntillgång till verktyg som hjälper oss att förebygga säkerhetsluckor. Den här\navhandligen handlar om hur vi kan säkerställa att sådana verktyg faktiskt\nfungerar och inte ger ett falskt intryck om säkerhet där ingen finns.\nVerktyg av den här typen kan i grova tag uppdelas i två kategorier. I den första\nkategorin faller verktyg som programmeraren använder under utvecklingstiden\nför att hitta problem innan programmet färdigställts och i den andra kategorin\nfinner vi verktyg som agerar huvudsakligen efter att ett program redan användsi praktiken för att hindra säkerhetshål som inte upptäcks under utvecklingsperi-\noden från att skapa problem. I den här avhandlingen finns nya resultat för bådadessa kategorier av verktyg.\nI den första kategorin bidrar den här avhandlingen med en ny metod för att\nbevisa att programmeringsspråk kan garantera att alla program i språket är\nsäkra. I den andra kategorin bidrar den här avhandlingen med en ny förenande\nteori och ett bevis att det inte existerar några perfekta mekanismer för att ge\nsäkerhet. Sammanfattningsvis ger den här avhandlingen stöd till inställningen att\ndatasäkerhet är någonting som bör finnas med från början i utvecklingsprocessen\ndå det är förhållandevis mer tekniskt komplicerat att anpassa system för att\nuppnå datasäkerhet a posteriori.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-on-the-foundations-of-practical-language-based-security/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20210602T000000
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20210602T235959
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
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SUMMARY:WASP4ALL 2021 - Building Excellence for the Era of AI
DESCRIPTION:WASP has now passed its fifth year and with an expanded program including initiatives towards AI and Math\, WASP continues to build the foundations for ensuring relevance and impact of its research. This event will highlight and showcase the excellence that WASP is producing. With talks from a mix of WASP researchers\, international speakers\, industrial partners and high-profile decision makers\, this event demonstrates how WASP is building excellence for the Era of AI. \n​We warmly welcome you to take part of this streamed production and live talks.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/wasp4all-2021-building-excellence-for-the-era-of-ai/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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DTSTART;TZID=+01:00:20210528T131500
DTEND;TZID=+01:00:20210528T235900
DTSTAMP:20260601T135309
CREATED:20210419T073803Z
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SUMMARY:Licentiate Defense: Robust LIDAR-Based Localization in Underground Mines
DESCRIPTION:Title: Robust LIDAR-Based Localization in Underground Mines \nSpeaker: MSc Kristin Nielsen\, Epiroc Drills AB/LiU \nOpponent: Prof John Folkesson\, KTH \nSupervisor: Doc Gustaf Hendeby\, LiU \nCo-supervisors: Prof Fredrik Gustafsson\, LiU\, Dr Robert Lundh\, Epiroc Drills AB/LiU \n  \nDate: 2021-05-28 \nTime: 13:15-15:00 \nPlace: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/68373726076?pwd=RUZRWDBBMlBCUTV3azBWNWNPbWIvZz09 \nLanguage: English \n  \nAbstract: \nThe mining industry is currently facing a transition from manually operated vehicles to remote or semi-automated vehicles. The vision is fully autonomous vehicles being part of a larger fleet\, with humans only setting high-level goals for the autonomous fleet to execute in an optimal way. An enabler for this vision is the presence of robust\, reliable and highly accurate localization. This is a requirement for having areas in a mine with mixed autonomous vehicles\, manually operated vehicles\, and unprotected personnel. The robustness of the system is important from a safety as well as a productivity perspective. When every vehicle in the fleet is connected\, an uncertain position of one vehicle can result in the whole fleet begin halted for safety reasons. \nProviding reliable positions is not trivial in underground mine  environments\, where access to global satellite based navigation systems is denied. Due to the harsh and dynamically changing environment\, onboard positioning solutions are preferred over systems utilizing external infrastructure. The focus of this thesis is localization systems relying only on sensors mounted on the vehicle\, e.g.\, odometers\, inertial measurement units\, and 2D LIDAR sensors. The localization methods are based on the Bayesian filtering framework and estimate the distribution of the position in the reference frame of a predefined map     covering the operation area. This thesis presents research where the properties of 2D LIDAR data\, and specifically characteristics when obtained in an underground mine\, are considered to produce position estimates that are robust\, reliable\, and accurate. \nFirst\, guidelines are provided for how to tune the design parameters associated with the unscented Kalman filter (UKF). The UKF is an algorithm designed for nonlinear dynamical systems\, applicable to this particular positioning problem. There exists no general guidelines for how to choose the parameter values\, and using the standard values suggested in the literature result in unreliable estimates in the considered application. Results show that a proper parameter setup substantially improves the performance of this algorithm. \nNext\, strategies are developed to use only a subset of available measurements without losing quality in the position estimates. LIDAR sensors typically produce large amounts of data\, and demanding real-time positioning information limits how much data the system can process. By analyzing the information contribution from each individual laser ray in a complete LIDAR scan\, a subset is selected by maximizing the information content. It is shown how 80% of available LIDAR measurements can be dropped without significant loss of accuracy. \nLast\, the problem of robustness in non-static environments is addressed. By extracting features from the LIDAR data\, a computationally tractable localization method\, resilient to errors in the map\, is obtained. Moving objects\, and tunnels being extended or closed\, result in a map not corresponding to the LIDAR observations. State-of-the art feature extraction methods for 2D LIDAR data are identified\, and a localization algorithm is defined where features found in LIDAR data are matched to features extracted from the map. Experiments show that regions of the map containing errors are automatically ignored since no matching features are found in the LIDAR data\, resulting in more robust position estimates. \n\nQuestions are answered by Ninna Stensgård\, Phone  013-28 47 25 \nE-mail ninna.stensgard@liu.se \n\n 
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/licentiate-defense-robust-lidar-based-localization-in-underground-mines/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: Sensor Management for Target Tracking Applications
DESCRIPTION:Title: Sensor Management for Target Tracking Applications \nSpeaker: Per Boström-Rost \nOpponent: : Prof Peter Willett\, University of Connecticut \nSupervisor: Gustaf Hendeby\, LiU \nCo-supervisors: Daniel Axehill\, LiU \n\nDate: 2021-05-10 \nTime: 14:15-17:00 \nPlace: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/67125115813?pwd=aDU0NFZOcTdyaGVHc0NGM28yMGpudz09 \nLanguage: English \nLink to thesis \n\nAbstract\nMany practical applications\, such as search and rescue operations and environmental monitoring\, involve the use of mobile sensor platforms. The workload of the sensor operators is becoming overwhelming\, as both the number of sensors and their complexity are increasing. This thesis addresses the problem of automating sensor systems to support the operators. This is often referred to as sensor management. By planning trajectories for the sensor platforms and exploiting sensor characteristics\, the accuracy of the resulting state estimates can be improved. The considered sensor management problems are formulated in the framework of stochastic optimal control\, where prior knowledge\, sensor models\, and environment models can be incorporated. The core challenge lies in making decisions based on the predicted utility of future measurements. \nIn the special case of linear Gaussian measurement and motion models\, the estimation performance is independent of the actual measurements. This reduces the problem of computing sensing trajectories to a deterministic optimal control problem\, for which standard numerical optimization techniques can be applied. A theorem is formulated that makes it possible to reformulate a class of nonconvex optimization problems with matrix-valued variables as convex optimization problems. \nThis theorem is then used to prove that globally optimal sensing trajectories can be computed using off-the-shelf optimization tools. As in many other fields\, nonlinearities make sensor management problems more complicated. Two approaches are derived to handle the randomness inherent in the nonlinear problem of tracking a maneuvering target using a mobile range-bearing sensor with limited field of view. The first approach uses deterministic sampling to predict several candidates of future target trajectories that are taken into account when planning the sensing trajectory. This significantly increases the tracking performance compared to a conventional approach that neglects the uncertainty in the future target trajectory. The second approach is a method to find the optimal range between the sensor and the target. Given the size of the sensor’s field of view and an assumption of the maximum acceleration of the target\, the optimal range is determined as the one that minimizes the tracking error while satisfying a user-defined constraint on the probability of losing track of the target. \nWhile optimization for tracking of a single target may be difficult\, planning for jointly maintaining track of discovered targets and searching for yet undetected targets is even more challenging. Conventional approaches are typically based on a traditional tracking method with separate handling of undetected targets. Here\, it is shown that the Poisson multi-Bernoulli mixture (PMBM) filter provides a theoretical foundation for a unified search and track method\, as it not only provides state estimates of discovered targets\, but also maintains an explicit representation of where undetected targets may be located. Furthermore\, in an effort to decrease the computational complexity\, a version of the PMBM filter which uses a grid-based intensity to represent undetected targets is derived.
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/phd-defense-sensor-management-for-target-tracking-applications/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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SUMMARY:Launching WASP Research Arenas 2.0
DESCRIPTION:WASP invites industries and researchers to the launch of WARA 2.0\, introducing the updated concept\, news from all five arenas and a glimpse of what is to come. \nWASP Research Arenas (WARAs) are research collaboration platforms gathering researchers from academia and industry. Through the arenas\, the participating researchers gain exclusive access to infrastructures\, resources and competence in a context that facilitates networking and promotes knowledge transfer. \nDuring 2020 the concept of WASP Research Arenas has been rewritten\, resulting in several new\, state of the art research arenas. The new concept and arenas will officially be launched at this webinar. \nProgram\nOpening – Anders Ynnerman\, WASP Program Director\, Linköping University \nWARA 2.0 – Torbjörn Lundahl\, WARA Director\, Ericsson Research\nPresentation of the overall objective with the WARA initiative\, description of the concept and criteria for establishing WARA\, and how to propose and get approval for an arena. \nWARA Common – Johan Eker\, Ericsson Research\nWARA-common is a data center and cloud provider open for WASP researchers to build and operate their services\, deploy large scale computations\, or use in education. We also collect metrics and logs from the full cloud stack and the facilities\, for use in research projects on data-driven operations together with Ericsson. \nWARA Public Safety – Jesper Tordenlid\, Saab\nIn WARA Public Safety we provide a large scale and industrially relevant demonstration environment where heterogeneous Systems of Systems collaborate to solve tasks within Public Safety. You have access to unique autonomous vehicles and sensors in the air\, on water\, on ground and underwater as well as experienced engineers and real users. The coastal environment and scenarios within search & rescue and transportation\, offers challenges relevant for many domains. \nWARA Robotics – Jonas Larsson\, ABB Corporate Research\nThe WARA will include a multitude of manipulation tasks to give a rich set of research problems in an environment that enables robots to navigate and perform manufacturing-relevant manipulation tasks. Under realistic deployment conditions this require robots to autonomously understand the world around them\, to build knowledge incrementally\, learn new skills\, perform them safely and reliably\, and adapt to changes in the environment and humans’ behavior. \nWARA Software – Christoph Reichenbach\, Lund University\nThe WARA for Software connects software technology research between academia and industry.  Its activities focus on understanding and growing the utility of modern tools for building and improving software in the Swedish industry. The WARA constructs benchmarks and platforms for evaluating software tools\, and supports WASP PhD students in both exploiting and advancing the state of the art in software technology. \nWARA Media  – Johanna Björklund\, Umeå University\nThe mission of WARA Media is to foster a community around Media AI\, that cuts across scientific fields and industry sectors.  The research topics cover generation and classification of media\, augmentation and replication of human communication and control\, and finally verification and validation. We welcome new participants from the WASP community and the Swedish industries – please connect if interested. \nWARA NLP – Salla Franzén\, SEB\nNatural Language Processing is a foundational research area and an enabler for human machine interaction\, process automation and many other applications. The aim of the WARA NLP under planning is twofold. Firstly\, to develop a community for academic\, industrial and governmental organizations with interests in NLP applications and base research. Secondly\, to generate high-quality research in NLP in areas of importance for the WARA participants and society\, such as training large-scale language models for Nordic languages with federated learning and adapter models for transfer learning. \nInformation\nThe event will be held in English. \nDate: March 10\, 2021 \nTime: 13:15–14:15 (GMT +1) \nContact\nAny questions regarding this event can be sent to: info@wasp-sweden.org
URL:https://wasp-sweden.org/event/launching-wasp-research-arenas-2-0/
LOCATION:Online\, Online\, Other
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