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Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (EC) is responsible for day-to-day operations. The members of the Executive Committee include faculty representatives and The Digital Futures Operations Team. Stockholm University and RISE nominate one member each in the Executive Committee.

The members of the Executive Committee are:

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Karl H. Johansson

Professor, Division of Decision and Control Systems at KTH, Director of Digital Futures, Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Strategic Research Committee, Co-PI: Humanizing the Sustainable Smart City eXtended (HiSSx), Fomer Co-PI: Humanizing the Sustainable Smart City (HiSS), Digital Futures Faculty

+46 73 404 73 21
kallej@kth.se
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Bengt Ahlgren

Senior Researcher at RISE, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director for Testbeds and Data, Co-PI: Decision-making in Critical Societal Infrastructures (DEMOCRITUS), Digital Futures Faculty

+46 10 228 43 24
bengt.ahlgren@ri.se

Slobodanka “Danka” Arsenic

Accounting Officer, Member of the Executive Committee at Digital Futures

+46 8-790 80 80
arsenic@kth.se
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Yifang Ban

Professor and Head of Division Geoinformatics at KTH, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director for Dissemination & Impact, PI: EO-AI4GlobalChange, Former Main supervisor: Unraveling the potential of AI and Earth Observation for accurate population predictions in urban regions (POPAI), Former Main supervisor: Fusion of Radar and Optical Remote Sensing Time Series for Wildfire Monitoring with Deep Learning, Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 86 48
yifang@kth.se
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David Broman

Professor, Division of Software and Computer Systems at KTH, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Faculty, PI: Data-Limited Learning of Complex Dynamical Systems - Impact and Demonstrators, Former PI: Data-Limited Learning of Complex Dynamical Systems, Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 42 74
dbro@kth.se
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Teresa Cerratto Pargman

Professor, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University (SU), Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Societal Outreach, Working group Educational Transformation, Co-supervisor: Fairness and Bias of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies in Education: Challenges and Future Directions, Co-PI: Transforming HIgher Education Practice Through Generative-AI, Former Co-PI: Responsible Digital Assessment Futures in Higher Education (REFINE), Former Main supervisor: Privacy of online proctoring systems in higher education settings, Digital Futures Faculty,

+ 46 (0)73 460 57 47
tessy@dsv.su.se

Claudia Enciso

Programme Officer, Member of the Executive Committee at Digital Futures

+46 8 790 84 74
claev@kth.se
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Viktoria Fodor

Professor, Division of Network and Systems Engineering at KTH, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Strategic Research and Chair of the Strategic Research Committee, Working group Cooperate, PI of research project Decision-making in Critical Societal Infrastructures (DEMOCRITUS), Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 42 68
vjfodor@kth.se

Johanna Gavefalk

Chief Communications Officer (CCO), Member of the Executive Committee at Digital Futures

+46 8 790 93 56
jgav@kth.se

James Gross

Professor, Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Partner Programme, Member of the Strategic Research Committee, Member of Working group Cooperate, Co-PI: Towards Safe Smart Construction - Algorithms, Digital Twins and Infrastructures, Digital Futures fellow, Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 88 19
jamesgr@kth.se
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Vendela Hasselberg

Partner Liaison Officer, Member of the Executive Committee at Digital Futures

+46 70 087 70 64
vhas@kth.se

Johan Karlsson

Professor, Optimisation and Systems Theory at KTH, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Executive Research, Co-PI of research project Decision-making in Critical Societal Infrastructures (DEMOCRITUS), Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 84 40
johan.karlsson@math.kth.se

Anna Kiefer

Executive Director of Digital Futures, Member of the Strategic Research Committee, Member of the Executive Committee at Digital Futures

+46 8 790 74 80
akiefer@kth.se

Ulrika Larsson

Site & Event Officer, Member of the Executive Committee at Digital Futures

+46 8 790 43 04
ullis@kth.se

Sandra Pauletto

Associate Professor in the Media Technology and Interaction Design division at KTH EECS, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Mobility, Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 68 23
pauletto@kth.se

Mario Romero

Associate Professor, Division of Computational Science and Technology at KTH EECS School, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director for Seminars & Workshops, Co-PI: Platform for Smart People (PSP): Understanding Inclusion Challenges to Design and Develop an Independent Living Platform in a smart Society for and with people with autism, Co-supervisor: SMART – Smart Predictive Maintenance for the Pharmaceutical Industry, Digital Futures Faculty

marior@kth.se
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Mikael Skoglund

Professor and Head of Department, Division of Information Science and Engineering at KTH, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director Fellows, ICT TNG Director, Working group Cooperate, Co-PI: PERCy, Co-PI: Humanizing the Sustainable Smart City eXtended (HiSSx), Former Co-PI: Humanizing the Sustainable Smart City (HiSS), Main supervisor: Fast Distributed Learning based on Adaptive Gradient Coding with Convergence Guarantees, Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 790 84 30
skoglund@kth.se
Jelena Zdravkovic

Jelena Zdravkovic

Professor and Head of Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, Member of the Executive Committee, Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion, Digital Futures Faculty

+46 8 16 49 94
jelenaz@dsv.su.se