Our research

The department conducts extensive, high-quality, broad-based research, ranging from research into fundamentals to direct applications in collaboration with industry. Research at the department is at the forefront internationally in several areas and is organized in four different research divisions.

Data Science and AI

The Data Science and AI division engages in research and education within a growing area encompassing data science, AI, and machine learning and their applications.

Data Science and AI

Research labs and groups

Interaction design and Software Engineering

The division conducts research and education in both Interaction Design and Software Engineering. Interaction design is an increasingly important area in application and systems development, as well as in industrial and product design. The research in Software Engineering is characterized by extensive international cooperation in research as well as close cooperation with industry.

Interaction Design and Software Engineering

Research labs

Research areas

Research story/portrait

Combating stereotypes with gender-neutral social robots

Imagine robots helping out in schools, at the doctors’ office or in a retirement home. To make this a reality we first need…

Computing Science

The division is divided into four units that pursue research and education that advances the design of secure and trustworthy software and systems, from theoretical foundations, and up through the design and implementation of programming languages and tools.

Computing Science

Computer and Network Systems

The research within Computer and Network Systems covers this wide range, from large interconnected systems and IoT devices to the smallest pieces of hardware where reliability, security, performance and efficiency are key.