Paul Walton is bridging chemistry, equality, and digital futures

Paul Walton, a leading figure in bioinorganic chemistry and an internationally known advocate for equality in science, is set to bring his dual expertise to KTH as Digital Futures’ Scholar-in-Residence. His career spans more than three decades of pioneering research, including the discovery of the histidine brace in copper oxidases, a finding that reshaped our understanding of these essential enzymes. Find out more in this interview with Paul Walton…

CAVeaT project featured on Swedish TV4

Connected Automated Vehicles trialling and Trustworthiness – CAVeaT, funded by Digital Futures, is building the foundations for public road trials on KTH campus roads, with long-term ambitions to expand the operational design domain and foster open science. On 5 June 2025, the project was highlighted on Nyhetsdagen on TV4. Two dedicated segments showcased the operations of the AD-EYE testbed and explored the cutting-edge research driving safer and more trustworthy autonomous vehicle technologies…

Digital Futures welcomes new Executive Director

At Digital Futures, we are proud to announce Annika Szabo Portela as our new Executive Director. Annika brings over two decades of international experience from leading medical, technical, and business-oriented academic institutions in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and France. With a PhD in medical science from Karolinska Institutet, she has combined her background as a speech-language pathologist and researcher with a passion for strategic innovation and digital transformation…

Digital Futures Summer Research Internship 2025 concluded with poster session

Throughout the summer, students from KTH and Stockholm University had the opportunity to develop their research skills and work closely with researchers affiliated with Digital Futures. At the final session, students presented the results of their projects through a total of 63 posters, divided into two sessions. The audience voted for the best poster in each group. And the winners are…Kaushiki Brahma and Henrique Sambi.

Warm congratulations to the winners, and a big well done to all students for their impressive work and dedication throughout the summer!

Honorable Mention for Paper on Intimate Technologies

A team of researchers, including Digital Futures postdoctoral researcher Alejandra Gómez Ortega, received an Honorable Mention Award at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference 2025, held in Portugal this July. The award recognizes the paper “Designing for Secondary Users of Intimate Technologies”, co-authored by Alejandra Gómez Ortega, Joo Young Park, Deepika Yadav, Madeline Balaam, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Anupriya Tuli, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, and Airi Lampinen…

Join us – REGISTRATION is OPEN – Digitalize in Sthlm ’25!

Get ready to be inspired! Join us for Digitalize in Stockholm 2025, a premier annual conference that brings together global thought leaders, emerging talents, and innovators from academia, industry, government, and civil society.

The Theme: AI EVERYWHERE – Exploring the Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities of Autonomous Systems​​

📅 When: 11 November 2025
📍 Where: Onsite at Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with groundbreaking innovations and transformative ideas!

How AI affects the energy demand of a Google search

Anna Furberg, researcher at KTH and affiliated with Digital Futures, was interviewed on AI and environmental impact on SVT Rapport and on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon in August. Find out more in this article with links to the interviews…

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