ELLIIT is a strategic research environment in information technology and mobile communications, funded by the Swedish government in 2010. With four partners, Linköping University, Lund University, Halmstad University and Blekinge Institute of Technology, ELLIIT constitutes a platform for both fundamental and applied research, and for cross-fertilization between disciplines and between academic researchers and industry experts. ELLIIT stands out by the quality and visibility of its publications, and its ability to attract top talented researchers.
Sports from every angle, for everyone
How does a film camera know how to track a football on a field? How does a camera even discern a ball from the field? And how do you create one image out of several? Since 2012 the Lund based company Spiideo has walked alongside the fundamental leaps in computer...
From Data to Decisions – Educating Software Engineers in Continuous Development
Modern software is no longer released once or twice a year. In many organizations, new versions are deployed continuously—sometimes several times a day. This rapid pace puts new demands on how software quality is ensured, and on how future engineers are trained. At...
Optimization, community, and five weeks in Sweden
The focus period on Optimization for Learning was hosted by Lund University from mid-April to May 22. Henry Shugart, third-year PhD student from the University of Pennsylvania, spent the whole focus period in Lund at the Department of Automatic Control.When Henry...
“The schedule was packed in the best way possible” – Silan Karadag on her ELLIIT Focus Period experience
For three weeks during the second half of the 2026 ELLIIT Focus Period in Linköping, visiting scholar Silan Karadag joined researchers and students from around the world to discuss the future of wireless communication and sensing technologies.As an Industrial PhD...
The art and science of optimization
The second ELLIIT focus period taking place in spring of 2026 is hosted by Lund University, and concerns optimization for learning. The focus period symposium took place in beginning of May, bringing together 80 attendees for discussing theory and practice of...
Symposium highlights advances in wireless sensing
The ELLIIT Focus Period on Wireless Sensing Technologies for Emerging Applications, hosted at Linköping University, brings together researchers from around the world to explore the latest developments in wireless sensing.As part of the program, a three-day symposium...
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