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Tom Ziemke

Professor, Head of Unit

My research interests are in situated and embodied cognition, with a focus on how people interact with autonomous systems, such as social robots and automated vehicles.

Presentation

Professor of Cognitive Systems at Linköping University since 2016.

Head of the Cognition & Interaction Lab (COIN), which is part of the Division for Human-Centered Systems (HCS) in the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA).

More detailed information about my work can be found at:

Publications

2026

Linnéa Stenliden, Anna Martín Bylund, Emma Mainza Chilufya, Susanne Severinsson, Mattias Arvola, Tom Ziemke (2026) Chatbots and Human-Centered AI: CONVERSATIONS 2025, p. 226-244 (Chapter in book)
Mattias Arvola, Linda Söderqvist, Emma Mainza Chilufya, Anna Martín Bylund, Susanne Severinsson, Linnéa Stenliden, Tom Ziemke (2026) Chatbots and Human-Centered AI: CONVERSATIONS 2025, p. 20-39 (Chapter in book)

2025

Daniel David, Paul Baxter, Tony Belpaeme, Erik Billing, Haibin Cai, Hoang-Long Cao, Anamaria Ciocan, Cristina Costescu, Daniel Hernandez Garcia, Pablo Gomez Esteban, James Kennedy, Honghai Liu, Silviu Matu, Alexandre Mazel, Mihaela Selescu, Emmanuel Senft, Serge Thill, Bram Vanderborght, David Vernon, Tom Ziemke (2025) SCIENCE ROBOTICS, Vol. 10, Article eadl2266 (Article in journal)
Franziska Babel, Sam Thellman, Tom Ziemke (2025) SOCIAL ROBOTICS, ICSR + AI 2024, PT I (Conference paper)
Oscar Bjurling, Mattias Arvola, Jens Alfredson, Erik Prytz, Tom Ziemke (2025) Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol. 26, p. 816-837 (Article in journal)

Research

News

Interview with Tom Ziemke for the network organisation ELLIIT:
Researchers interact with a reading robot.

Studying whether a robot can awaken children’s interest in reading

Researchers at Linköping University are studying whether a reading robot can increase fourth graders’ interest in reading. The interdisciplinary project brings together researchers in technology, cognition and pedagogy.

About the Division for Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

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Human-Centered Systems (HCS)

The Division of Human-Centered Systems is a division within the Department of Computer and Information Science. The division's research and teaching is focused on studying and improving the interaction between humans, technology, and society.

Colleagues at HCS

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Lars Ahrenberg
Professor Emeritus
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Mattias Arvola
Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division
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Franziska Babel
Assistant Professor
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Peter Berggren
Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent
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Erik Berglund
Associate Professor
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Fergus Bisset
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Anton Björnqvist
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Johan Blomkvist
Associate Professor, Docent
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Eva Blomqvist
Professor, Head of Unit
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Wilhelm Brodin
PhD student
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Riley Capshaw
PhD student
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Nils Dahlbäck
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Henrik Eriksson
Head of Department, Professor, Docent
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Vanessa Esperance Rodrigues
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Johan Falkenjack
Lecturer
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Jody Foo
Lecturer
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Marc Friberg
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Anders Fröberg
Lecturer, Head of Unit
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Marcus Gullstrand
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Agneta Gulz
Professor
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Niklas Hallberg
Adjunct Professor
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Ludwig Halvorsen
Lecturer
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Lina Hertzberg
PhD student
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Linus Holmberg
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Aksel Holmgren
PhD student
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Stefan Holmlid
Professor, Head of Unit
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Sture Hägglund
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Christian Jernberg
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Björn Johansson
Professor
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Arne Jönsson
Professor Emeritus
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Robin Keskisärkkä
Associate Professor
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Rita Kovordanyi
Associate Professor, Docent
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Matilda Legeby
Associate Professor
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Ola Leifler
Associate Professor
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Daniel de Leng
Assistant Professor
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Huanyu Li
Assistant Professor
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Mikael Christer Öyvind Lindekrans
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Björn Lindqvist
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Agathe Malbet
PhD student
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Jalal Maleki
Lecturer
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Arezou Mortazavi
PhD student
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Henrietta Palmer
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Magnus Persson
Adjunct Assistant Lecturer
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Max Pettersson
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Erik Prytz
Professor
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Eva Ragnemalm
Associate Professor
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Sahand Sadjadee
Lecturer
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Javad Saeedizade
PhD student
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Annika Silvervarg
Associate Professor
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Charlie Simonsson
Lecturer
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André Szeles
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Sam Thellman
Assistant Professor
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Birgitta Thorslund
Senior Associate Professor
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Szilvia Varro-Gyapay
Lecturer
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Vivian Vimarlund
Professor Emerita
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Katarina Wetter-Edman
Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent
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Erik Widmark

About the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

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Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest departments in northern Europe in its field. Research activity covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.