Focus Period Halmstad University 2026 Robust AI for Science and Industry

Invited speakers

In the third week of the focus period we will have a 3-day symposium (September 22–24) with several invited top-level researchers. In their presentations, they provided a comprehensive overview of the field and their respective research, and pointed out key research challenges and opportunities.

The list of speakers will be updated continuously.

Luis Alvaro de Lima Silva

Luis Alvaro de Lima Silva

Professor, Federal University of Santa Maria (Brazil)

Anjed Andjedani

Anjed Andjedani

Tech Director for AI/ML, King (Sweden)

Martin Atzmüller

Martin Atzmüller

Full Professor, Osnabrück University (Germany)

Dante Barone

Dante Barone

Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

Przemysław Biecek

Przemysław Biecek

Professor, Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)

Albert Bifet

Albert Bifet

Professor, University of Waikato (New Zealand)

Juan A. Botía

Juan A. Botía

Professor, University of Murcia (Spain)

Shlomo Dubnov

Shlomo Dubnov

Professor, University of California (USA)

Sašo Džeroski

Sašo Džeroski

Professor, Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School (Slovenia)

Kary Främling

Kary Främling

Professor, Umeå University (Sweden)

João Gama

João Gama

Professor, University of Porto (Portugal)

Manish Gupta

Manish Gupta

Principal Applied Researcher, Microsoft India (India)

Martin Körling

Martin Körling

PhD and Leader of Data Analysis unit RISE, the Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden)

Luís Lamb

Luís Lamb

Professor, Stony Brook University (USA)

Maciej Misiorny

Maciej Misiorny

Principal Data Scientist and R&D Engineer, Volvo (Sweden)

Giorgos Papanastasiou

Giorgos Papanastasiou

Associate Research Professor, Academy of Athens (Greece)

Amir H. Payberah

Amir H. Payberah

Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)

Edson Prestes

Edson Prestes

Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

Myra Spiliopoulou

Myra Spiliopoulou

Professor, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany)

Indrė Žliobaitė

Indrė Žliobaitė

Professor, University of Helsinki (Finland)