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Department of Computing Science

We conduct world-leading research in AI, autonomous distributed systems, software security and data integrity. Our department has a strong collaboration with national and international stakeholders in industry, society and academia. We offer state-of-the-art courses, programmes and postgraduate education for those who want to become confident in their field or aspire to develop.

Our education, research and collaboration

Studenter grupparbetar i MIT-huset
Study Computing Science in the IT city of Umeå

Master's programmes with a good reputation that provide you with skills to build your future career in IT

Research - Department of Computing Science

Research and research training across a broad spectrum.

Collaborate with us

External contacts are of extreme importance for us.

News from the Department of Computing Science

100 forskare och företagare står på gräsmatta i närheten av en sjö och kikar upp på fotografen
100 experts in cloud research gathered

Artificial intelligence, security and energy — key issues at ADS Lab’s annual event.

Alexandre Bartel i kort hår och skägg, står vid fönstret i ljusblå skjorta
Alexandre Bartel awarded Nordea’s Scientific Prize for research on cybersecurity

Reveals vulnerabilities in software and develops tools that prevent attacks on digital systems.

Erik Elmroth
Erik Elmroth receives innovation prize for utilisation of research

Nordea awards research on cloud technology delivering reliable solutions for critical societal functions.

Kary Främling, professor i datavetenskap, sitter framför skärmar i ett grönt arbetsrum
Bringing transparency to AI

New book reveals how AI models’ decisions can be made understandable.

Romuald Esdras Wandji
Long‑term data bottleneck resolved

A new framework is transforming the way we work with data.

MIT-huset på våren
Research-education alignment opens pathways for students

The Department of Computing Science create opportunities for both students and researchers within academia.

Upcoming events

Divya Baura, Computing Science
Mon
14
Sep
Divya Baura, Computing Science
Time 09:15 - 13:00 14 September 09:15 - 13:00
Place MIT.A.316.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Ensuring Privacy in Virtual Knowledge Graphs.

October

Leila Methnani, Computing Science
Fri
2
Oct
Leila Methnani, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 16:00 2 October 13:00 - 16:00
Place Hörsal HUM.D.230 - Hohaj. Humanisthuset, Floor 2.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Navigating the sociotechnical gap in Explainable Artificial Intelligence.

Sargam Gupta, Computing Science
Fri
16
Oct
Sargam Gupta, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 16 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.470.

Defence of doctoral thesis. On the Limits of Privacy in Federated Learning: Personalization and Adversarial Analysis.

Saeideh Ghanbari Azar, Computing Science
Wed
21
Oct
Saeideh Ghanbari Azar, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 21 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE301 – Lilla hörsalen, KBC.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Generalization, Imbalance, and Data Generation in Machine Learning.

Arvid Krantz-Horned, Computing Science
Fri
23
Oct
Arvid Krantz-Horned, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 23 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE301 – Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. What looks difficult to navigate on a map? An analysis of perceived route difficulty from the perspective of a map reader.

Igor Ryazanov, Computing Science
Mon
26
Oct
Igor Ryazanov, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 26 October 13:00 - 17:00
Place NAT.D.440.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Computational Analysis of Linguistic Agency.

December

Anindya Sundar Das, Computing Science
Tue
1
Dec
Anindya Sundar Das, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 1 December 13:00 - 17:00
Place Hörsal HUM.D.210 - Hummelhonung.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Unmasking the Unknown: Addressing Anomalies for Trustworthy AI.

WASP and WASP-HS

Umeå University has a key role in WASP, Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program, by far the largest individual research program in Sweden. We also coordinate WASP-HS, Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program - Humanities and Society. Follow these links to read more about WASP and WASP-HS at Umeå University.