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SECURITY-LINK brings together a unique consortium from Linköping University (LiU) and the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), together with complementary expertise from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Chalmers University of Technology.

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  1. SECURITY-LINK brings together a unique consortium from Linköping University (LiU) and the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), together with complementary expertise from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Chalmers University of Technology. • SECURITY-LINK covers the entire range of technical domain priorities listed in the VINNOVA NRA Security report: (i) communications, (ii) signal and information technologies, (iii) artificial intelligence and decision support, (iv) information security technologies and (v) computing technologies. • SECURITY-LINK has extensive research expertise, including biological/chemical sensors,radar and optical sensors, sensor networks, navigation and positioning techniques, robust wireless communications, emergency and crisis management, and risk analysis. • SECURITY-LINK is a platform for strategic, cross-disciplinary research, where the vision is to create a world-leading and nationally unexcelled research center in emergency and crisis management, security, and infrastructure protection Background • Application to the strategic research area of Security and emergency management (1 of 20 areas) • Seven applications in total, and two were granted. • Faculty funding for Security Link tentatively 7MSEK/year (of 1315 MSEK/year in total for the call) • Partners: LiU 53%, FOI 34%,KTH 10%,Chalmers 3% • The other center is CNDS (center for natural disaster science) at UU. Research themes • Secure and robust wireless communications. • Advanced sensors and detectors. • Sensor and information fusion. • Decision support and coordination for emergency and crisis response. • Risk analysis and ethics of crisis management. Relatedstructures • Forum Securitatis- Graduateschoolfunded by Vinnova • CARER - Center for Advanced Research in EmergencyResponse (funded by LiU and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)) • Center for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC) • FOCUS -Vinnova institute excellence center • On-going projects: • 4 excellence centers (Vinnova, VR, SSF), • 4 of 5 projects in the first call of Swedish security research program in 2007. • 14 EU-SECURITY projects (65 MSEK, 3.6% of the total budget in FP7:SEC.1). Three as coordinators, the others as partners. • 15 MSB/KBM projects (44 MSEK). www.securitylink.liu.se securitylink@lists.liu.se

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