196 search hits

Filter

Focus areas

Type of content

Sort:

Search results updated results with filter x x

IVAs Stora Guldmedalj 2021: Sverker Sörlin

Sverker Sörlin är universitetslärare, forskare, historiker, författare och en bildningens apostel. En tvärvetenskapare. Men också en passionerad skidåkare, elitmotionär och vinnarskalle. "Om det är något jag tagit med mig från idrotten så är det att du måste sikta på en hög nivå."

Articles
Published: 28 October 2021Last Updated: 20 March 2023

IVAs Guldmedalj 2021: Lars Börjesson

På slätten några kilometer norr om Lund ligger två av världens främsta forskningsanläggningar för att undersöka materiens innersta. Synkrotronljuskällan Max IV är redan i drift. Neutronkällan ESS körs igång 2025. – De skapar fantastiska möjligheter för svensk forskning och näringsliv, säger Lars Börjesson, som är professor i materialfysik vid Chalmers och en av IVAs guldmedaljörer 2021.

Articles
Published: 26 October 2021Last Updated: 20 March 2023

IVAs Guldmedalj 2021: Mikael Dolsten

Mikael Dolsten är svensk läkare och forskare som har gjort internationell karriär i läkemedelsindustrin. Sedan 2010 är han global forskningschef i amerikanska läkemedelsjätten Pfizer. Han har under sitt yrkesliv varit med och utvecklat ett 30-tal läkemedel och toppat med vaccinet mot covid-19 som togs fram på osannolikt kort tid.

Articles
Published: 25 October 2021Last Updated: 20 March 2023

Många förväxlar samverkan med nyttiggörande av forskning

Nyttiggörande är inte etablerat som ett självständigt begrepp. Det är skilt från utbildning och forskning. Många blandar ihop samverkan med nyttiggörande. Det hävdar Fredrik Hörstedt, Chalmers vicerektor för nyttiggörande.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 22 April 2021Last Updated: 13 March 2023

Skal från kalla kiselalger bakom het snabbväxare i Kungshamn

Mångårig forskning, fascination för kiselalger från iskalla vatten och entreprenörsdrive är grunden för Swedish Algae Factory, ett av företagen på IVAs 100-lista år 2020. Bolaget växer snabbt och har redan nått en internationell marknad.

Entrepreneurship
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 28 June 2021Last Updated: 13 March 2023

Prisade för smart digitalisering

Emballator Plastics & Innovations i Ljungby segrade i IVAs nya företagstävling Smart industri.

Digitalisation
Articles
Published: 01 February 2017Last Updated: 23 March 2023

Åke Spross tilldelas IVAs pris för vetenskaplighet inom journalistiken

IVAs pris för vetenskaplighet inom journalistiken – Hans Bergström-priset delas ut för femte gången. Pristagare för 2019 är Åke Spross, medicin- och vetenskapsreporter på Upsala Nya Tidning. I sin motivering lyfter juryn fram att han med perspektiv från en lokaltidning lyckats bevaka en hel värld av vetenskap och forskning.

Articles
Published: 04 April 2019Last Updated: 16 March 2023

Joakim Nivre granted the Chester Carlson Research Award

Professor Joakim Nivre has been granted the Chester Carlson Research Award of 100,000 SEK for his innovative contributions to computational linguistics, his leadership in the research community, and his commitment to language technology through collaboration. The award has been granted since 1985 to promote scientific research in the field of information science.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 21 January 2025Last Updated: 21 January 2025

Industrial robot performs cello piece composed for IVA by Jacob Mühlrad

Listen and watch as an industrial robot performs a cello piece specially composed for IVA by the world-renowned composer Jacob Mühlrad, in a film recording from the performance at IVA’s Annual Meeting in October. Also, meet the robotics researcher and composer Fredrik Gran, who programmed the cello-playing robot.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 19 December 2024Last Updated: 19 December 2024

AI Pioneer Professor Geoffrey Hinton visited IVA

Last week, Professor Geoffrey Hinton visited Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in AI development. He also visited the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) for a panel discussion, and gave an exclusive interview to IVA's President. Watch both discussions here.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 16 December 2024Last Updated: 18 December 2024

Re-election of Marcus Wallenberg as Chair of IVA and Election of 41 New Fellows

Today, Marcus Wallenberg was re-elected as Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Additionally, the Assembly of the Academy elected 41 new Swedish and international fellows – prominent researchers and experts from both the private and public sectors.

Articles
Published: 03 December 2024Last Updated: 03 December 2024

IVA's Gold Medal 2024: Gerteric Lindquist

As CEO of the energy technology company NIBE, Gerteric Lindquist has been involved in putting Sweden as an energy technology nation on the world map.

Articles
Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

IVA's Gold Medal 2024: Bo Normark

Bo Normark is the civil engineer who has made electrification his trademark. For over 50 years, he has worked to develop the technical and political solutions required to build the sustainable energy systems of the future.

Articles
Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

Royal Technology Mission to the Netherlands

Last week, the 2024 Royal Technology Mission (RTM) to the Netherlands was carried out. The delegation, led by HM The King and IVA's Chair Marcus Wallenberg, consisted of leading representatives from academia, business and the public sector in Sweden. The focus of the trip was AI, quantum technology and cybersecurity.

Articles
Published: 20 May 2024Last Updated: 24 May 2024

Astronaut Marcus Wandt, one of this year's Thulin medallists

The Aviation and Aerospace Engineering Association (FTF) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) have awarded this year's Thulin Gold Medal to Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt. Engineers Daniel Eckerström and Roy Kihlén are awarded silver medals for their efforts in the development of fiber optic temperature measurement systems, which have contributed to increasing safety in civil aviation.

Articles
Published: 28 March 2024Last Updated: 02 April 2024

"Sweden and the EU need to invest more in AI"

In order for Sweden to be able to maintain its competitiveness in the future, we need to invest more in AI development and innovation. This insight was reinforced for IVA's Chair Marcus Wallenberg, who led IVA's delegation trip to Silicon Valley, where around thirty people from industry, startups, investors, academia and the public sector participated, in the presence of The Crown Princess and Prince Daniel, as well as Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Johan Forssell.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Articles
Published: 12 March 2024Last Updated: 02 April 2024
Delegation outdoors in Palo Alto

AI in focus when IVA delegation visits Silicon Valley

A delegation from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) visits Silicon Valley on February 19–22. Parts of the visit take place in the presence of DD.KK.HH. The Crown Princess and Prince Daniel. The goal is to increase cooperation opportunities between Silicon Valley and Sweden and, by extension, strengthen Sweden's position in digitization and AI.

Digitalisation
Entrepreneurship
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 16 February 2024Last Updated: 16 February 2024

A Tribute to the Memory of Victor & Erna Hasselblad

The images of man's first steps on the moon in 1969 are among the most iconic in the history of photography. The moment was immortalized with a "Hasselblad", a Swedish technical innovation whose name subsequently became more or less synonymous with the concept of the world's best camera.

Articles
Published: 03 November 2023Last Updated: 07 November 2023

An evening to celebrate the art of engineering sciences

During IVA's 104th Annual Meeting, more than 600 guests gathered in Stockholm's city hall to celebrate the art of engineering sciences. We welcomed new fellows, awarded gold medals and listened to the President's address Progress in Research and Technology.

Articles
Published: 01 November 2023Last Updated: 07 November 2023

Minalyze awarded for smart digitalization of the mining industry

Minalyze wins IVA's Smart Industry 2023 Business Competition. The company has developed advanced digital technologies as a basis for a world-unique offering that strengthens the mining industry's ability to collect and visualize geological data.

Digitalisation
Articles
Published: 11 October 2023Last Updated: 23 May 2024