Swedish Wireless Innovation Network (SweWIN)

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Swedish Wireless Innovation Network

A Competence Center Realizing Sustainable, Resilient, and Fair Wireless Communication and Sensing in the Digitalised Era.

SweWIN is a Vinnova competence center established in 2024 that brings together KTH and RISE with six industrial partners. The aim is to perform world-leading collaborative research, innovation, and education that lead the way when developing next-generation wireless technologies – such as 6G.

The overarching goal of the center is to evolve wireless technology in three new directions: More ecologically sustainable, more resilient and trustworthy, and fair availability of connectivity worldwide.

Partners and Structure

The center is founded by the university KTH Royal Institute of Technology , RISE Research Institutes of Sweden , the large enterprise Ericsson , Saab , ABB , and the small/medium enterprises Cellmax , Beammwave , and Northern Waves .

The center follows the triple helix innovation model, where the activities are equally funded by academia, industry, and the government (through Sweden's innovation agency Vinnova and the Swedish Advanced Digitalisation program ).

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IEEE CTN Podcast #25 - Future of 6G Networks

The 25th Podcast of IEEE ComSoc Technology News (CTN) Podcast featured host Professor Aryan Kaushik in a fascinating discussion with Professors Emil Björnson and Octavia Dobre on 6G, AI, the practical...

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SweWIN's Director is Sweden's highest ranking researcher between 2021-2025

The annual ranking of ScholarGPS, released in December 2025, revelead that Emil Björnson, SweWIN's director and head of the Communication department at KTH, was the highest ranked researcher in Sweden...

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Zinat and Núria — Zinat Behdad (left) and Núria Flores-Espinosa (right)

Two SweWIN Researchers Win Best Student Paper Awards

In October 2025, two PhD students affiliated with SweWIN, Zinat Behdad and Núria Flores-Espinosa, won best student paper awards in two different conferences: IEEE Sweden Joint VT-COM-IT Workshop, and ...

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