The department management is permanent member of the board. Other board members and alternates below are elected for three years at a time. The current board’s term of office is 2024-01-01–2026-12-31.

Department management

Head of Department: Jelena Zdravkovic

Deputy Head of Department: Panagiotis Papapetrou

University lectures and researchers

Stefan Axelsson, Professor

Amin Jalali, Associate professor

Ola Knutsson, Associate professor

Stefan Möller, Lecturer

Mats Wiklund, Associate professor

Henrik Bergström, Assistant professor (board alternate)

Chiara Rossito, Associate professor (board alternate)

Technical and administrative staff

Tuija Lehtonen, Head of Administration

Marihan Ameen, Head of support (board alternate)

Doctoral student representatives

Chen Hsi Tsai

Thomas Vakili (board alternate)

Student representatives

Pontus Kraft

Sara Nordström, chairman DISK

Nick Khodarahmi (board alternate)

Secretary

Michael Norén (alternate)

The unit ACT conducts research in human-computer interaction, collaboration via various IT systems, mobile computer systems, computer games and programming languages. Education is conducted in computer games, digital media, programming and computer science.

Peter Idestam-Almquist, Head of Unit

The Unit of Information Systems conducts research and education in analysis, modeling, and management of Information Systems in disciplines such as Business Process Management, Database and Information Retrieval Technology, Enterprise Modeling, IT Management, IT Governance, Requirements Engineering, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, Systems Integration, Natural Language Processing, Service Oriented Architecture and Health Informatics.

Janis Stirna, Head of Unit

The Unit for Interaction Design and Learning conducts research and education in interaction design and learning, information technology for global development, and project management. The unit also develops and operates the department’s technological platforms and the university-wide information technology för learning as well as distance education.

Harko Verhagen, Head of Unit

The unit researches within Information Technology and Information Science methods for analysis of complex systems to create the basis for decisions, identify and quantify risks, create new services, and to improve security and trust in the digital society. The research includes data science, immersive networks, cyber security and computational risk and decision analysis.

Tony Lindgren, Head of Unit

Swedish Program for Information and Communication Technology in Developing Regions, SPIDER, is a competence and resource centre that supports the use of information and communication technology in development assistance-oriented projects with a focus on health, education and transparency.

Caroline Wamala Larsson, Director

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