Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society

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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.

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  • The SAIS AI Master’s Thesis Award 2026

    This year, we received five nominations, all of which were reviewed by several SAIS board members. Following the review process, the thesis receiving the highest overall assessment from the reviewers was selected by the board as this year’s winner.

    The SAIS Best AI Master’s Thesis Award 2026 goes to:

    Hugo Manuel Alves Henriques e Silva and Hongguang Chen, for the thesis “Optimising Multimodal Learning with a System-Aware Perspective”, conducted at Chalmers University of Technology under the supervision of Selpi and examined by Gerardo Schneider.

    Motivation:

    “The thesis focuses on multimodal models, an important area of current AI research, and addresses several challenges associated with such models, including modality imbalance, prediction bias, and resource allocation. The thesis is well written, and the amount of technical development and experimentation is exceptional. Its contributions include optimisation strategies, bias mitigation, and adaptive training and scheduling. The work represents a substantial research contribution and has already resulted in one conference publication, with another publication currently under review.”

    The thesis is available online: View the thesis

    A published paper based on the results is also available: Read the published paper

    Congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to everyone who nominated a thesis, as well as to the reviewers for their careful assessment.

    The SAIS Board,
    through Eva Blomqvist, SAIS Secretary

  • Welcome to a New Academic Year with SAIS

    SAIS warmly welcomes its members and the wider Swedish AI community to the 2026–2027 academic year.

    The past summer brought valuable opportunities for researchers and practitioners to meet, exchange knowledge and discuss developments in artificial intelligence. These activities reflect the strength and diversity of the AI community in Sweden and across Scandinavia.

    As the new academic year begins, we look forward to another inspiring year of research, education, collaboration and critical discussion about the development and use of AI. SAIS will continue to support connections across universities, research institutes, industry and the public sector, while providing a platform for sharing knowledge and strengthening the Swedish AI community.

    We warmly invite SAIS members to keep us informed about new research, publications, projects, events, doctoral milestones, funding opportunities and other developments of interest to the community. We look forward to learning more about your work and sharing relevant news through the SAIS website and LinkedIn page.

    We wish all our members a productive and inspiring academic year.

  • UMAP 2026 Comes to Gothenburg

    SAIS is pleased to highlight UMAP 2026, the 34th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, which will take place in Gothenburg on June 8–11, 2026.

    UMAP is a leading international conference dedicated to research on systems that adapt to individual users. It brings together scholars and practitioners working in areas such as user modeling, personalization, recommender systems, adaptive interfaces, explainable AI, fairness, privacy-aware personalization, and human-centered intelligent systems.

    With its strong interdisciplinary profile, UMAP connects research across computer science, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, information science, cognitive science, and related fields. The conference provides an important platform for advancing knowledge on how intelligent systems can better understand users and deliver more relevant, transparent, and responsible experiences. More information is available on the official UMAP 2026 website: https://www.um.org/umap2026/

  • AI conferences in Malmö 2026

    SAIS is pleased to highlight that Malmö will host three major international AI conferences during September and October 2026, further strengthening Sweden’s role as a meeting place for leading AI research and international scholarly exchange.

    The 18th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2026) will take place on 8-13 September 2026. As one of the leading international venues in computer vision, ECCV brings together researchers working on visual understanding, machine learning, perception, and a wide range of AI-driven applications. More information is available on the ECCV 2026 website.

    The 23rd European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS 2026) will follow on 21–25 September 2026. EUMAS is an important forum for research on multi-agent systems, including coordination, interaction, autonomy, decision-making, and distributed intelligence. More information is available on the EUMAS 2026 website.

    The 9th AAAI Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES 2026) will take place on 12–14 October 2026. AIES offers a leading interdisciplinary forum for research on the societal implications of AI, including governance, responsibility, fairness, labor, public institutions, health, and democracy. More information is available on the AIES 2026 – conference website

  • The SAIS AI Master’s Thesis Award 2026 – Call for nominations


    In order to stimulate work in the area of artificial intelligence at the undergraduate level of education, SAIS has created a special yearly award for the best Master’s thesis (examensarbete) in the area of artificial intelligence. The winner will be awarded travel funds of 10 000 SEK, and is expected to present the winning contribution to the SAIS community.

    Deadline for nomination is March 31st 2026

    To nominate a Master’s Thesis for the award, the following rules apply:

    • The thesis is in one of the main areas of artificial intelligence research.
    • The thesis has been presented officially during the period of January 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026.
    • An electronic copy of the thesis (PDF) and a short written motivation by the nominator should be submitted through the following EasyChair submission area (submission page). The nomination should include a short motivation why the thesis should be selected as the winner, and state its contributions to AI. Please note that the “author” of the nomination is the person nominating the thesis, i.e. NOT the authors of the thesis, and in the “abstract” field please enter the motivation letter.
    • The nominating person must be a member of SAIS, but does not have to be the official examiner or primary supervisor.
    • Only one thesis nomination per nominating person is permitted.
    • The master thesis project has to be conducted by a student registered at a Swedish university or other higher education establishment in Sweden, and/or present work mainly conducted at an organisation within Sweden, and/or represent a thesis where the official presentation was done in Sweden.

    The SAIS board will review the nominated Master’s theses and determine a winner based on factors such as novelty, thoroughness, readability, scientific value and relevance to artificial intelligence, both with respect to research and to potential applications. The decision by the SAIS board will be final. 

    Amy Loutfi – President of SAIS
    Eva Blomqvist – Secretary of SAIS

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