WASP – Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program at Örebro University
Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program - WASP - Sweden's most significant individual AI research program.
WASP researchers at Örebro University
67 Persons active in research on AI and Robotics:
7 Professors
5 Associate Professors
4 Guest Professors
9 Permanently employed Lecturers and Researchers
3 Associate Senior Lecturers
8 Postdocs
31 PhD Students
of those there are
8 WASP recruited faculty
3 WASP financed postdocs
15 WASP financed PhD students
About WASP
Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) is a national initiative for basic research, education and faculty recruitment in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and software development. The goal is to contribute to Sweden taking an internationally recognized and leading position in AI.
WASP at Örebro University
Örebro University’s long history of research on AI includes areas that are relevant to WASP.
The affiliated groups of excellence at Örebro University concentrate on excellent research on the integration of AI and robotics; we work on intelligent autonomous systems with a focus on their perceptual, cognitive and social capabilities. These groups have a strong tradition of working in close collaboration with industrial and academic partners in Sweden and around the world.
- Adaptive and Interpretable Learning Systems
- Autonomous Mobile Manipulation Lab
- Cognitive Robotics Systems Lab
- Machine Perception Interaction Lab
- Robot Navigation and Perception Lab
WASP Lighthouse
In the spotlight
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Old methods can make AI more reliable
Today’s AI tools do not truly reason. To make ChatGPT and similar systems smarter, the solution might be to rely on more traditional methods that have been used for decades.
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Rishi Hazra Successfully Defends PhD Thesis on Neurosymbolic Decision-Making with LLMs
On 10 October, Rishi Hazra successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Neurosymbolic Decision-Making with Large Language Models” at Örebro University. The defense was met with unanimous praise from the jury.
