Centers, major initiatives and testbeds

Östergötland hosts a number of research centers, major initiatives, and testbed environments that support collaboration between academia, industry, and the public sector.

Examples of such initiatives and environments in Östergötland include:

The Centre for Medical Image Scince and Visualization

The Centre for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Analytic Imaging Diagnostics Arena (AIDA) & the Visualization Centre are examples of strong research environments in imaging and visualization aimed at Life Science. CMIV carries out interdisciplinary research at the intersection of medicine/biology and engineering to solve tomorrow’s clinical challenges. CMIV is initiated by Linköping University, Region Östergötland, and Sectra AB. AIDA is a national arena for research and innovation in medical image analysis, with interdisciplinary collaboration aiming at implementation in health care. Academia, health care, and industry meet and translate technical advances into clinically useful tools. The Visualization Centre at Linköping University uses advanced 3D visualization and interactive simulations to analyze biological systems, medical data, and complex life science processes, support ing research and education in life sciences.

Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine

Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) is a joint effort by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Linköping University and Region Östergötland. It focuses on the intersection of medicine and engineering and builds on the university’s already strong research areas in materials science, image analysis, technical biology and medicine.

Science for Life Laboratory

Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Linköping, is a local hub of the national research infrastructure SciLife Lab, with unique technologies and expertise in health, environment, and data-driven life sciences. It is available to all academic life science researchers in Sweden, as well as other stakeholders in healthcare and industry both nationally and internationally.

The National Supercomputer Centre

The National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) has for more than 25 years been one of Sweden’s leading providers of high-performance computing and data storage. (Also, the National Academic Infrastructure for Supercomputers in Sweden, NAISS.)