About SAIS

The Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society, SAIS, is a society promoting research and application of Artificial Intelligence. Members are Swedish universities, organizations, researchers, professionals and students active in, or interested in the area of Artificial Intelligence. SAIS is also part of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) a European network of AI societies. https://www.eurai.org/

SAIS was formed in 1982 and aim to promote AI interests in national and international contexts. SAIS organizes an annual conference, support AI training courses, workshops and conferences in fields related to AI.

Each year, SAIS elects a prominent Master’s thesis in the field of Artificial Intelligence. For more information see here.

As a member, you are also a member of EurAI (formerly ECCAI) and have these benefits:

  • Reduced conference fees for EurAI conferences
  • AI Communications (electronic edition)
  • Access to expertise in AI through a wide network

Current SAIS Officials

President
Fredrik Heintz, IDA, Linköpings universitet, Linköping
Vice President
Christian Guttmann, TietoEvery, Karolinska institutet and Nordic AI Institute, Stockholm
Treasurer
Elin Anna Topp, CS, Lund University, Lund
Secretary
Eva Blomqvist, IDA, Linköpings universitet, Linköping
Board members
Marcus Bjäreland, AstraZeneca, Göteborg
Martin Boldt, BTH, Karlskrona
Ginevra Castellano, Uppsala university, Uppsala
Paul Davidsson, MAU, Malmö
Göran Falkman, HIS, Skövde
Peter Funk, IDt, Mälardalen University, Västerås
Anders Holst, RISE, Stockholm
Lars Karlsson, AASS, Örebro University, Örebro
Jonas Kvarnström, LiU, Linköping
Niklas Lavesson, BTH, Karlskrona
Helena Lindgren, CS, Umeå University, Umeå
Marcus Liwicki, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Luleå
Birger Moëll, AI Playground
Lars Mollberg, Ericsson AB, Göteborg
Slawomir Nowaczyk, HH, Halmstad
Panagiotis Papapetrou, DSV, Stockholm University, Kista
Einav Peretz-Andersson, Jönköping Int. Business School, Jönköping
Claes Strannegård, Chalmers, Göteborg
Cecilia Sönströd, IDA, Högskolan i Borås, Borås
André Tiago Abelho Pereira, KTH, Stockholm
Kalle Åström, LTH, Lund
Honorary president
Carl Gustaf Jansson, DSV, Stockholm University, Kista

E-mail the board: board AT sais.se

Election advisory committee member
The election advisory committee is responsible for finding and proposing the candidates for the next year’s SAIS board.
Sepideh Pashami, RISE

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