About

CDIS is the result of a close collaboration between KTH and the Swedish Armed Forces. Before long, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, the Defence Radio Establishment, and the Swedish Defence University, also joined. The research center is part of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH.

A steering group of partner representatives oversee the center. Pontus Johnson is the center manager and is responsible for the day-to-day operations, assisted by a management team of representatives from the partners and KTH.

Management team

Center director: Pontus Johnson

Funding coordinator: Cyrille Artho

Deputy Centre director: David Olgart

Research coordinator: Mads Dam

Communication coordinator: Musard Balliu

Education coordinator: Charlotta Ridderstråle

Coordinator Swedish Defence University, Recruitment coordinator: Ulrik Franke

Advisor: Joel Brynielsson

Steering committee

Prof. Mikael Lindström , KTH, (Chair)

Director Åke Holmgren, MSB (Head of Cybersecurity and Secure Communications)

Colonel Thomas Höglund, SwAF (Head of Cyber Defence Section)

Prof. Gunnar Karlsson, KTH/EECS

Prof. Ann Lantz, KTH/EECS

Lieutenant Colonel David Bergman, SwAF (Acting Head of Research)

General assembly

Prof. Anders Söderholm, KTH (Chair)

Deputy director-general Camilla Asp, MSB

Deputy director-general Charlotta Gustafsson, FRA

Prof. Malena Britz, Swedish Defence University

Major General Johan Pekkari, SwAF (From 2026 Major General Mattias Hanson)

Director of R&D Katarina Wilhelmsen, FOI

Scientific advisory board

Prof. Virgil Gligor, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Prof. Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Université de Rennes, France

Prof. Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany