International collaboration gives new research ideas

by | Jan 15, 2020 | News

Working together with other researchers in a cross-country collaboration makes you more open to develop new ideas and look at things from another angle, says Swedish researcher Annika Fredén, currently working at the University of Montreal. Annika Fredén is a Senior...

AI kan både hjälpa och hindra FN:s globala mål

by | Jan 14, 2020 | News

Artificiell intelligens kan både vara en hjälp och ett hinder när länder står inför global uppvärmning, fattigdom och frågor om fred och rättvisa. Virginia Dignum, vetenskaplig ledare för WASP-HS och AI-professor vid Umeå universitet, ingår i en internationell...

AI’s impact on UN sustainable goals

by | Jan 14, 2020 | News

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a powerful but double-edged sword as nations confront global warming, poverty and issues of peace and justice. An international team of scientists, among them Virginia Dignum, scientific director of WASP-HS, has released a...

Expansion of Sweden’s largest research program

by | Jan 9, 2020 | News

The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), Sweden’s largest individual research program, has been extended by three years and will receive a further research grant of nearly SEK 1.3 billion. The decision has been taken by the board of the Knut...

Virginia Dignum på internationell topplista

by | Dec 15, 2019 | News

När techUK listar årets måste-böcker för julhelgens läsning lyfter de fram professor Virginia Dignums bok Responsible Artificial Intelligence. Virginia Dignum är professor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap och vetenskaplig ledare för WASP-HS, Wallenbergstiftelsernas...