The traditional workhorse of innovation in society has been academia leading transfer projects with industry and public entities. Societal-scale pick-up of such innovations has been largely determined by the slowest-moving entity in such triple-helix constellations. Nevertheless, in the digital era, […]

One year has passed since Teresa Cerratto Pargman joined Digital Futures Executive Committee as Associate Director for Societal Outreach. Teresa is also a member of the Working group Educational Transformation and Co-PI of the research project Responsible Digital Assessment Futures in Higher […]

With breakthroughs in XR (Extended Reality) technologies delivered through stylish and lightweight devices (such as glasses) and new network platform capabilities, we will take major leaps forward in enabling immersive digital experiences. XR was the topic for a panel hosted […]

Today several research projects show that AI (artificial intelligence) can perform as well as or better than trained physicians at key healthcare tasks for diagnosing diseases. The complexity and large amount of data in medicine and healthcare will increasingly be […]

On Wednesday, 14 December, KTH and industry participants gathered for the Miking Workshop 2022. It was a free-of-charge hybrid event with around 50 registered participants. The program included learning how to code with the Miking core language and how to create […]

The City of Stockholm has very high targets for improving the perceived safety among the population in urban environments. In the research project Senseable Stockholm Lab, researchers from KTH and MIT join forces with city employees to develop new digital methodologies […]

That the manufacturing industry in Sweden and its partners, both small and medium-sized companies, can take advantage of all the possibilities of digitization is of decisive importance for the companies and Sweden’s competitiveness.  Four out of five jobs are created […]

Research and Innovation in Healthcare are vital parts of Region Stockholm’s daily work. Research that leads to knowledge and insights can lead to innovation, but innovation can also stem from ideas related to process development, new technical solutions, etc. Innovations […]

The drive to make road transport safer, more effective and less polluting has been going on since the automobile’s introduction. One of the most recent pushes is the one for so-called cooperative intelligent transports systems (C-ITS), where vehicles and other […]

The funding instrument Digital Futures Research pairs is intended to foster collaboration between two young researchers who obtained their doctoral degrees, not more than ten years ago. The instrument aims to identify new research collaborations that can develop into a […]

The Digital Futures research programme continues to expand, adding five new 2-year Demonstrator projects. The projects focus on a mix of topics, such as semi-automated online math tutoring, road traffic noise simulation, medical imaging, sidewalk mobility and mobile robots.  Demonstrator […]

Digitalization has the potential to create a more resource-efficient and sustainable society. With Digital Futures, a new research centre is emerging with great relevance for society, both in Sweden and globally. Since Digital Futures was established in 2020 by KTH […]