Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest departments in northern Europe in its field. Research activity at IDA covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.

The department is a dynamic and growing environment for research and education with around 300 employees. The activity covers a wide range of areas, from core computer science to applications of science. It is oriented towards both the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The research activity at IDA is mainly performed within four major areas, each divided into a number of subareas:

Artificial intelligence (AI) with the subareas of autonomous systems and robotics, knowledge representation and reasoning, ontologies and semantic web, automated planning, applied machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language processing, and theoretical foundations of AI.

Human-centered systems聽with the subareas of human-AI/robot interaction; societal challenges and systemic change; transport, mobility and driver assistance; data management, semantics and circular economy; and health, safety and preparedness.
Software and computer systems with the subareas of software engineering, embedded and cyberphysical systems, real-time systems, cybersecurity and resilient systems, networks and distributed systems, multimedia systems, formal methods, compilers and programming language, and parallel and high performance computing.
Data science with the subareas of machine learning methodology, statistics, database technology, and data analytics.

The broad research base of the department directly enriches the undergraduate and graduate education. The department gives courses within most engineering programmes, several Master programmes, as well as the programmes for innovative programming, cognitive science and statistics.

IDA also offers doctoral education in computer science, design, cognitive science and statistics. Currently, around 100 postgraduate students are active in the department鈥檚 PhD programmes.

The department was founded in 1983, but its roots can be traced to the early seventies. It is organised in six divisions.

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09 June 2026

Hockey analytics is growing 鈥� international conference brings experts to Linköping

When the international hockey analytics conference was recently held in Linköping, researchers, students and representatives from hockey organisations and companies from several countries came together.

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04 June 2026

CHASS recruits PhD students for research on next-generation drone swarms

CHASS, the Center for Heterogeneous Adaptive Swarm Systems, is now recruiting PhD students for research that could contribute to future search and rescue operations, environmental monitoring and the protection of critical infrastructure.

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03 June 2026

LiU researcher wins award for real-time data integration breakthrough

A new approach from 福利姬 allows applications to combine data from multiple sources in real time 鈥� a key capability for modern AI. The research has now been recognised with an international award.

Job vacancies at IDA

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Job	Published To	Employment Type	External ID	City	Department	Position	URL
Postdoc in AI for cybersecurity of communication software	2026-06-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	IDA-2026-00101	Linkoping	IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28841
Professor in Neuroengineering	2026-08-13	Permanent employment	LiU-2025-05665	Linkoping	IMT - Biomedical Engineering	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28869
Associate professor in design	2026-08-30	Permanent employment	LiU-2026-01506	Linkoping	IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28954
PhD student in financial mathematics or financial statistics	2026-08-15	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00230	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29073
PhD student in Flight Logistics	2026-06-15	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02207	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29110
Postdoc in Financial Mathematics or Statistics	2026-08-15	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00231	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29133
PhD student in Medical Science	2026-06-10	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2026-00443	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29203
Postdoctor in AI Implementation in Healthcare	2026-06-11	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02446	Linkoping	HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29218
PhD student in Computer Science with focus on heterogeneous adaptive swarm systems	2026-06-14	Time limited employment (temporary)	IDA-2026-00176	Linkoping	IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29219
Postdoc in Organic Chemistry	2026-06-11	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00196	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29239
Postdoc in Organic Chemistry	2026-06-11	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00197	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29240
UX design assistant - Visualization Center C	2026-06-18	Extrajob	LiU-2026-02442	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Student	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29255
PhD in Applied Physics	2026-06-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02431	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29264
PhD student in Fluid and Mechatronic Systems	2026-06-16	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00251	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29265
Postdoc in Organic Bioelectronics	2026-06-30	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02432	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29266
PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on sensor fusion for localization	2026-06-12	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02390	Linkoping	ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29267
PhD student in cognitive science or design with a focus on socially critical use of drone swarms	2026-08-07	Time limited employment (temporary)	IDA-2026-00183	Linkoping	IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29276
Research Assistent	2026-06-22	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2026-00481	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Technical and Administrative personnel	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29284
PhD students in sensor fusion and optimal motion planning for drone swarms	2026-06-22	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02584	Linkoping	ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29307
PhD Positions in Computer Vision and Learning Systems for Heterogeneous Adaptive Swarm Systems	2026-06-22	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02460	Linkoping	ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29310
Ph D position in Business Administration	2026-06-15	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00376	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29316
PhD Student with a Focus on Distributed Radar and Communication in Autonomous Drone Swarms	2026-07-06	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02583	Linkoping	ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29317
PhD in Design with focus on heterogeneous adaptive swarm systems	2026-06-23	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02640	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29319
Research Assistant within Applied Physics	2026-06-11	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02564	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Technical and Administrative personnel	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29340
PhD student in AI Security: Information-Theoretic Foundations of Memory Poisoning	2026-06-22	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02691	Linkoping	ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29341
PhD in Plant Bioelectronics	2026-06-23	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02702	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29350
PhD Position in Sustainability Analysis of Contaminated Land Remediation	2026-07-12	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00410	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29357
Ph D position in Environmental Technology and Management	2026-06-25	Time limited employment (temporary)	IEI-2026-00397	Linkoping	IEI - Department of Management and Engineering	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29363
Cryo-EM method development and analysis	2026-06-26	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00288	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	Technical and Administrative personnel	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29365
Postdoc in stretchable fluid batteries for sustainable wearable electronics	2026-08-07	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02712	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29366
PhD student in Theoretical Physics	2026-06-26	Time limited employment (temporary)	IFM-2026-00277	Linkoping	IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry	PhD students	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29367
Research Assistent	2026-06-29	Time limited employment (temporary)	BKV-2026-00527	Linkoping	BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	Technical and Administrative personnel	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29394
Postdoc in biocomposites	2026-07-31	Time limited employment (temporary)	LiU-2026-02755	Norrkoping	ITN - Department of Science and Technology	Teachers and Scientists	/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29405

Examples of research activities at IDA

Cybersecurity

Welcome to the cybersecurity platform at 福利姬. Here you can find information about research and education in cybersecurity, as well as researchers and teachers active in the field.

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Drone and swarm research at LiU

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Research Areas within Human-Centered Systems

Our research spans a wide field in terms of applications, but often shares a focus on the interaction between humans, technology and society, as well as an effort to address complex problems through interdisciplinary and user-centered methods.

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WASP at Department of Computer and Information Science

WASP, Wallenberg AI autonomous systems and software program, is the largest individual research investment in Sweden in modern times. One of the WASP research environments at LiU is located at the Department of Computer and Information Science.

Other large industrial collaborations and national strategic research areas

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TAILOR 鈥� A European network of AI excellence centres

TAILOR is a European project coordinated by 福利姬, with the aim to build the capacity to provide the scientific foundations for Trustworthy AI in Europe. TAILOR is also a network of research excellence centres.

TrustLLM - trustworthy, open and sustainable language model for European languages

TrustLLM is a European project coordinated by 福利姬. The project will develop a language model for European languages including Swedish and is to benefit citizens and industry alike.

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Adaptive Software for the Heterogenous Edge-Cloud-Continuum - ASTECC

ASTECC is a 5-year cooperative research project in software systems at the Department of Computer and Information Science. It is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).

Projects and initiatives within our research areas

Cybersecurity lab at LiU

The cybersecurity lab at LiU offers facilities that are tailored for teaching cybersecurity in undergraduate and professional training programs. These facilities enable training in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity within secure settings.

A list of research projects, centres, networks

Adaptive Software for the Heterogenous Edge-Cloud-Continuum - ASTECC

ASTECC is a 5-year cooperative research project in software systems at the Department of Computer and Information Science. It is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).

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AI and the automation of teaching

The aim is to gain knowledge about the bodily dimensions - sensuality - of students' reading practices in primary school. It examines how young readers engage physiologically and affectively in activities related to reading during the school day.

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AI Literacy for Swedish Primary Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly permeating children's and young people's leisure and education. This research project provides a scientifically based foundation for AI literacy in schools.

Doctoral studies

Doctoral (PhD) studies at the Department of Computer and Information Science

Doctoral studies at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) are organised to cross traditional subject boundaries, and is common to the whole department.

Educational programmes involving IDA

The department gives courses within most engineering programmes, the Bachelor's programmes in Information Systems Analysis, Innovative Programming, Cognitive Science, and Statistics and Data Analysis, and several Master's programmes.

For more information on the programmes in Swedish that the department gives courses within, please visit Institutionen f枚r datavetenskap (utbildningsprogram).

Master's programmes

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Computer Science, Master's Programme, 120 credits

Provides skills needed within modern software technology, for positions such as operating systems designer or Internet security specialists. You can also pursue a career in research or continue your studies towards a doctoral degree.

Cybersecurity, Master's Programme, 120 credits

Help defend society against cyberattacks and develop next-generation security solutions. This programme combines theoretical courses and practical exercises which will give you tools to address the digital security challenges of today and tomorrow.

Design, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme offers an interdisciplinary design-based approach to tackling societal challenges through service design, sustainable design and visual media design. Established and innovative design concepts are incorporated in a collaborative setup.

Popular online courses

Elements of AI, 2 credits

The course aims to give an introduction and overview of artificial intelligence. The focus is on understanding the concept and some important techniques such as search and machine learning as well as consequences of AI on society. Start the course

Elements of AI, Part 2: Building AI, 2 credits

Course contentThe course aims to introduce practical AI, focusing on basic machine learning. The aim is to understand how to build AI systems using machine learning, gain insight into the possibilities and limitations of the technology, and to get

AI for Natural Language, 3 credits

Course contentWriting computer programs that understand and produce human language is a central goal of artificial intelligence. This course aims to provide an understanding of how far we are from this goal: what is and what is not possible today.

Contact us

Student Office at IDA

Contact: expedition@ida.liu.se

Visiting address: Room 3F:477B, Building E, Entrance 27/29, Floor 3, Campus Valla

Opening hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12.15 and 13.00.

Registrar at IDA

Contact: registrator@ida.liu.se

Doctoral education at IDA

Contact: Anne Moe, Coordinator

E-mail: anne.moe@liu.se

Phone: +46 13 28 14 60

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