Anders Ynnerman, who at the turn of the year left as program director for the Foundation’s largest strategic program WASP, Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program to take over the role of program chair, will now also become director of strategic research at Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. 

“We are very pleased that Anders Ynnerman, with whom we at the Foundation have worked closely for many years in his various roles within the Foundation’s initiatives, is now also stepping into the Foundation’s organization to take overall responsibility for the strategic programs,” says Peter Wallenberg Jr, Chair of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. 

Anders Ynnerman

Anders Ynnerman is a professor of scientific visualization and research leader for world-leading research in visualization and computer graphics at Linköping University. Until the end of the year, he was program director for WASP, Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program. After five years as program director, he then moved to the role of program chair. Ynnerman is also consortium director for Visualization Center C in Norrköping and for WISDOME, Wallenberg Immersive Science Communication Dome, which is located at five Swedish Science Centers. 

Anders Ynnerman has a long national and international academic career and has been the initiator and driver behind several national projects in supercomputer-based computing power. He has been director of the National Supercomputer Center, NSC, and SNIC, The Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing, SNIC, which was the predecessor to NAISS, which is today responsible for the national supercomputer infrastructure. 

“I am really looking forward to working with the strategic programs. The coming years will be incredibly exciting and the strategic programs have fundamental roles to play in the rapid development of research and research methodology that is underway. We must ensure that we both maintain and strengthen Sweden’s position. It is also important to get the programs to collaborate and utilize our unique ability for cross-border research in Sweden,” says Anders Ynnerman.