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Rekordmånga forskningsprojekt från IVAs 100-lista utvalda till Silicon Valley

Antalet forskningsprojekt från IVAs 100-listor som är utvalda för Vinnovas exklusiva inkubatorprogram REACH i Silicon Valley har fördubblats jämfört med förra året. Projekten innehåller alla tekniska lösningar med stor potential att kommersialiseras och komma till nytta.

Research & Innovation
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Published: 28 September 2022Last Updated: 13 March 2023

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."

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Published: 28 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.

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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
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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
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Published: 28 June 2021Last Updated: 13 March 2023

Climeon 2020 års vinnare av Smart industri

Energiteknikbolaget Climeon vinner första priset i företagstävlingen Smart industri. Climeon omvandlar geotermisk värme eller spillvärme från industrier och fartyg till grön el, med kraftfullt stöd av digital teknik. Företagen OP Teknik och ZeroPoint Technologies föräras i år med varsitt hedersomnämnande.

Digitalisation
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Published: 11 February 2021Last Updated: 20 March 2023

Diversity for university

Hur ser lärosätena i Sverige på begreppet mångfald? Med detta projekt vill IVAs Studentråd bredda synen och diskussionen om mångfald inom högre utbildning som annars ofta tenderar att stanna vid genus och etnicitet. Genom att kartlägga lärosätenas mångfaldssatsningar, lyfta goda exempel och egna tankar vill Studentrådet inspirera och pusha lärosäten till fortsatt progressivt mångfaldsarbete.

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Published: 06 April 2021Last Updated: 29 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
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Published: 21 January 2025Last Updated: 21 January 2025

"Research2Business is concrete evidence of IVA’s relevance"

Research utilisation and collaboration are part of Luleå University of Technology’s DNA. That’s why IVA’s Research2Business project fits the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, like a glove.

Research & Innovation
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Published: 22 February 2021Last Updated: 29 June 2023

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.

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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.

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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.

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Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

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
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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
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Published: 16 December 2024Last Updated: 18 December 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.

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Published: 20 May 2024Last Updated: 24 May 2024

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
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Published: 11 October 2023Last Updated: 23 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.

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Published: 28 March 2024Last Updated: 02 April 2024

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
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Published: 16 February 2024Last Updated: 16 February 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
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Published: 12 March 2024Last Updated: 02 April 2024
Delegation outdoors in Palo Alto

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.

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Published: 03 November 2023Last Updated: 07 November 2023