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Researchers from Theme 3 and Theme 6 within NextG2Com had the opportunity to visit the Children’s Heart Center at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Under the guidance of Chief of Surgery Kiet Tran and Associate Senior Lecturer Maj Stenmark, the participants were given an insight into the center’s daily activities and the work of the CAISA project. One percent of children born in Sweden are born w
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/smallest-patients - 2025-11-21
NextG2Com organizes an annual workshop for all center partners, and this year, the second workshop in the series took place on April 29. The agenda included sustainability at all levels, insights from long-standing collaboration between industry and academia, and short partner presentations. NextG2Com brings together all partners annually for an internal workshop. This year’s invited speakers were
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-collaboration-and-theme-workshops - 2025-11-21
LTH honorary doctor 2025 Margaret-Anne Storey presented her research on social aspects of software development on different occasions during the conferment week in May. You can watch two recordings of her presentations here.
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/social-aspects-software-development - 2025-11-21
Theme leaders and researchers in NextG2Com have received best application paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation during the previous year. Xuesong Cai, Erik L. Bengtsson, Ove Edfors and Fredrik Tufvesson have been awarded The IEEE Antennas and Propagation 2025 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award, presented to the authors of the best application paper publ
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/best-paper-2024 - 2025-11-21
Dr Marja Matinmikko-Blue from University of Oulu, Finland, will be giving an inspirational talk on the first NextG2Com program day on September 25, titled: Multi-disciplinary approach to future communication system development. Marja Matinmikko-Blue is Research Director of Infotech Oulu Institute and Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship. She is also member of the International
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/keynote-nextg2com-program-day - 2025-11-21
The competence center NextG2Com gathered for a program day focusing on ongoing research, doctoral students, and demonstrations. NextG2Com is a Vinnova Competence Center that brings together research and expertise in future advanced communication systems. On September 25, sixty members and interested participants met for the center’s first program day at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LT
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/research-doctoral-students-and-demos-nextg2coms-first-program-day - 2025-11-21
Vinnova has granted funding for the planning of clusters of excellence for groundbreaking technology. Of the 45 projects approved, five are at The Faculty of Engineering, and two are led by NextG2Com researchers. The projects granted by Vinnova bring together actors in all six strategic technology areas: AI and autonomous systems, materials and production technology, energy technology, biotechnolo
https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/lth-projects-receive-funding-vinnova-plan-future-technology-clusters - 2025-11-21
The LMK foundation has granted Lund Observatory funds for purchasing a brand new, state-of-the-art 24" telescope that will benefit both universtity students and members of the public. After extensive renovations of one of the observing domes Lund Observatory now has its brand new telescope in place. The new telescope has a filter wheel equipped with both narrowband and broadband science filters
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-telescope-installed - 2025-11-21
Following a donation by Carl O. Springer, Lund Observatory purchaised an optomechanical GOTO projector and started a Planetarium back in 1978. 40 years later there may not be much left of the original installation, but the planetarium is as popular as ever. The planetarium was first established at Lund Observtory when it was located in the Lund city park (Gamla observatoriet - Stadsparken). As Lu
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lund-university-planetarium-celebrates-its-40-years - 2025-11-21
Anders Johansen, professor i astronomi, har tilldelas Göran Gustafssonpriset 2019 tillsammans med Kristian Pietras, professor i molekylär medicin. Båda får drygt fem miljoner kronor till sin forskning. Pressmeddelande från Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-has-been-awarded-goran-gustafssonpriset-physics-2019 - 2025-11-21
The American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) has awarded our friend and colleague professor Lennart Lindegren the 2020 Brouwer Award for his profound impact on the fields of astrometry and celestial mechanics. Press release from the American Astronomical Association
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lennart-lindegren-awarded-dirk-brouwer-carreer-award - 2025-11-21
The University pedagogical prize 2020 was awarded to Paul McMillan here at Lund Observatory. Press release from LUNA
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/paul-mcmillan-awarded-pedagogical-prize - 2025-11-21
By the end of 2019 it emerged that there were work environment problems in the astronomy section of the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, also known as Lund Observatory. The then head of department had received a significant number of complaints from staff members about bullying and harassment. The Faculty of Science commissioned an outside consultancy company to perform a thorough
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/work-environment-lund-observatory - 2025-11-21
Following a generous donation by the LMK foundation our new telescope was purchased and installed in the south-east dome. Donors and senior astronomers were invited to a small inauguration ceremony where it was revealed that the telescope would be named "Anres Öga" (or 'the Eagle Eye') to honor professor emeritus Arne Ardeberg.
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/inauguration-new-telescope - 2025-11-21
At the end of March Lund Observatory together with the Department of Theoretical Physics moved its website to the Lund University web server. This move gives the Lund Observatory website a whole new look, many new functionalities and enables us to comply with the guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). If you are no longer able find important content on our website then feel free to
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-website-launched - 2025-11-21
We congratulate our friend and colleague Anders Johansen who was recently elected new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the class for astronomy and space sciences. Press release from the Royal Swedish Academy (in Swedish)
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-elected-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-science - 2025-11-21
Oscar Agertz and his team of astronomers have been simulating galactic formation and evolution. This is something Lund University has been covering in one of their latest press releases. Read the whole story on the LU news site
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/vintergatan-simulations-gets-some-well-deserved-attention - 2025-11-21
Big congratulations to Nils, who has just been promoted to Professor at the Department for Astronomy and Theoretical Physics.
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/nils-ryde-promoted-professor - 2025-11-21
Today is the 20 year anniversary of the inauguration of our new building here at Sölvegatan 27. We celebrated with cake!
https://www.astro.lu.se/article/cake-20-year-anniversary-astronomy-building - 2025-11-21
Narratives and futures was the theme of the latest episode of the podcast Esplanad, hosted by Caroline Ljungberg Toulson at Trivector. In Swedish. See description and link below. Vad är en berättelse och varför är de viktiga? Kan olika typer av berättelser hjälpa oss att förstå klimatförändringar och framtiden? Och hur ska man göra om man vill använda berättelser proaktivt för att förändra klimata
https://www.climatefutures.lu.se/article/narrating-climate-futures-esplanad - 2025-11-21
