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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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

Researchers from NextG2Com participated in PROFES 2025, a recognized conference in software and process development. Rushali Gupta presented the results of an initial interview study with companies involved in NextG2Com. The interviews were conducted in autumn 2024 and involved six companies, focusing on how organizations adapt AI for ethical compliance and risk mitigation in industrial applicatio

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/nextg2com-profes-2025 - 2026-06-25

Theme 5, Software Platforms and Continuous Engineering, organized a workshop together with industry partner TetraPak concerning data driven DevOps. 12 participants strong, theme 5 visited TetraPak. After a tour and seeing the product discovery room at the facilities in Lund, participants took part in a workshop regarding DevOps. DevOps stands for software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops),

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/data-driven-devops - 2026-06-25

Within NextG2Com, Theme 6 consists of the knowledge centre’s demonstrators. Work within this theme aims to make the research and results of NextG2Com visible. How can the results best be showcased, and how can demos be used to integrate the different technology layers? During three workshops on Theme 6 and demonstrators, participants discussed various aspects of the use of demos. What types of dem

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/demonstrators-nextg2com - 2026-06-25

What do we know about AI's decision making? NextG2Com researcher Sule Tekkesinoglu presented her research and state of current knowledge at a AI Lund lunch seminar. AI Lund is an open network for research, education and innovation in the area of AI at Lund University. AI Lund organizes different types of events, and Sule Tekkesinoglu presented her research on explainable AI at a lunch seminar. Fin

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/explainable-ai-xai-concepts-tools-and-applications - 2026-06-25

NextG2Com PhD student Jialong Li and co-authors received the award for best short technical contribution at the Human-Robot Interaction conference 2026. NextG2Com congratulates Jialong Li and co-authors Zhenguo Wang, Tianci Wang, Maj Stenmark and Volker Krüger who received the Award for the Best Short (technical) Contribution at ACM/IEEE Conference in Human-Robot Interaction 2026. The conference t

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/best-paper-award - 2026-06-25

One of the annual events that NextG2Com organizes is a partner workshop. The third partner workshop gathered over 60 NextG2Com members at LTH. On April 16, 2026, it was time for NextG2Com's recurring event "Partner Workshop". The workshop is organized in the spring semester and welcomes center members, whereas the fall semester's "Program Day" is an open event, for all interested parties. The two

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/over-60-participated-nextg2com-partner-workshop - 2026-06-25

Hi Hedieh, doctoral student in communications engineering at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology! What is your research topic?My field is millimeter-wave based positioning and sensing. There are two tracks for my research where one has been characterizing the radio channel for multipath propagation of millimeter-waves, and the other is proof of concept applications for intellig

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-phd-students-hedieh-khosravi - 2026-06-25

NextG2Com theme leader Emma Söderberg was one of the hosts of a thought-provoking workshop on perceptual engineering. Perceptual engineering explores how technology can be designed to investigate and alter our perception, how we experience and interpret the world. The keynote speaker at the fika-to-fika event was researcher Jas Brooks from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), who presented

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/insight-perceptual-engineering - 2026-06-25

Hi Linus Ghatnekar Nilsson, industrial PhD student with Acconeer, in communications engineering! What is your research topic?I’m working on signal processing in mono-, bi-, and multistatic radar, with small, energy efficient sensors. What are you working on within NextG2Com? Recently, we have finished a project together with Sandvik Group, where Acconeer’s small radar sensors have been evaluated f

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-phd-students-linus-ghatnekar-nilsson - 2026-06-25

Hi Aleksandar Birmancevic, PhD student with Ericsson, in communications engineering! What is your research topic? I work with mid-band channel characterization for joint communication and sensing. Whats is your project within NextG2Com? I’m working on the analysis of repeater-assisted cellular massive MIMO channels. It will be a signal-processing task in terms that I'll investigate the gains achie

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-phd-students-aleksandar-birmancevic - 2026-06-25

Meet the researchers behind wireless communication. Lund University highlights the pioneers behind wireless communication as we know it today. 30 years at the forefront of wireless communication: read Lund University's long read about research from Bluetooth to 5G, with researchers like Fredrik Tufvesson who are still active in driving development forward today.To the article: From Bluetooth to 5G

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/bluetooth-5g - 2026-06-25

Hi Yingjie Xu, doctoral student in communications engineering at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology! What is your research topic? I work with distributed MIMO channel measurements, characterization, and modeling, radio-localization and integrated sensing and communication with distributed MIMO (multiple input multiple output). Whats is your project within NextG2Com? The primar

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-phd-students-yingjie-xu - 2026-06-25

Hi Ilayda Yaman, doctoral student in integrated electronic systems at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology! What is your research topic?I work on localization systems that connect real-world measurements, machine learning, and hardware implementation. My research has included different sensor types, such as vision, radio, and audio. Currently, I focus on radio-based localization

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-phd-students-ilayda-yaman - 2026-06-25

NextG2Com PhD student Ali Al-Ameri had his mid-term review on his work titled “Towards High-Frequency Wireless Channel Characterization: From mmWave to Sub-THz.” At a mid-term review, a doctoral student presents their dissertation work and outlines the plans for the remaining part of their PhD studies. Ali Al-Ameri, a PhD student in Communications Engineering at the Department of Electrical and In

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/half-way-there-mid-term-review-ali-al-ameri - 2026-06-25

Hi Ali Al-Ameri, doctoral student in communications engineering at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology! What is your research topic?I work on channel sounder design and implementation, channel measurements and characterization for mmWave and sub-THz frequencies.What is your project within NextG2Com?Within NextG2Com, I work on a project that investigates dual frequencies for mas

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-phd-students-ali-al-ameri - 2026-06-25

What are the requirements and opportunities when it comes to using drones in maritime search and rescue? NextG2Com partner the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) gathered all SSRS-affiliated thesis students working on drone-related topics for a full day of presentations and knowledge exchange. Maritime search and rescue is one of three demonstration arenas within NextG2Com. On May 27, master’s stud

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/drones-sea-rescue - 2026-06-25

NextG2Com researcher Johan Linåker has written two articles this year on digital sovereignty and the steps Europe needs to take to achieve secure and resilient data handling. Digital sovereignty and a European independence from foreign tech giants have been topical issues this year. Johan Linåker, a researcher at the Department of Computer Science and RISE, has written two articles on the subject

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/road-european-digital-sovereignty - 2026-06-25

More than SEK 300 million is being invested in a new national test center for 5G, 6G, and AI. The goal is to strengthen Sweden’s innovation and competitiveness by giving Swedish companies a significant technological edge and shortening the path from innovation to a finished solution. NextG2Com researchers and infrastructures for research and development of connectivity in Lund form an important pa

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/new-national-test-center-5g-6g-and-ai-future-proofing-swedish-industry - 2026-06-25