eSSENCE Academy

• Date: 15–16 October 2025
• Location: Umeå
• Type: Conference
• Organiser: Paolo Bientinesi and Erik Elmroth, eSSENCE coordinators at Umeå University
• Contact person: Paolo Bientinesi

Wednesday, October 15

Room: UB.A.220

12:00 Lunch (Restaurant Hjortron, Umeå University)

13:00 Welcome (Erik Elmroth & Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Thomas Olofsson, Umeå University)

13:20 Keynote talk: Paul Watson, From eScience to Impact, Newcastle University

14:00 eSSENCE-talk Lars Karlsson, Multi-Versioning Compilation of Linear Algebra Expressions, Umeå University

14:20 eSSENCE talk: Amber Mace, Modeling Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries, Uppsala University

14:40 Coffee/tea break

15:10 eSSENCE talk: Monika Eisenmann, Probability in Numerical Analysis: Methods and Applications, Lund University

15:30 Poster Blitz

16:00-17:30 Poster Session with Drinks and Snacks
(Brashörnan on the 2nd floor of the building Universum)

19:00 Dinner and Discussions (Restaurant Artonnittiosju, Umeå)

Thursday, October 16

Room: UB.A.220

08:30 Shuttle from city center to Universum (Umeå University)

09:00 Keynote talk: Mats Holmström, Particle-in-cell simulations of the interactions between the solar wind and planets, IRF

09:40 eSSENCE talk: Paul Townend, Low-Carbon Resource Management in the Edge-Cloud Continuum, Umeå University

10:00 Coffee/tea break

10:30 eSSENCE talk: Orcun Göksel, Continual Learning and Domain Adaptation in Image Analysis, Uppsala University

10:50 eSSENCE talk: Gemma Atkinson, Mining diversity hotspots of bacteriophage genomes to discover new microbial immune systems, Lund University

11:10 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Melvyn Davis, Lund University

Panelists

• Mats Holmström, Institute of Space Physics
• Hans Karlsson, Uppsala University
• Martin Servin, Umeå University & Algoryx
• Josefin Starkhammar, Lund University
• Paul Watson, Newcastle University, UK

11:50 Closing Remarks, Stefan Engblom, Uppsala University

12:00 Lunch (Restaunt Hjorton, Umeå University)

Satellites

Four different satellites took place in connection with the event. Below you can find details about each of them.

All Satellites took place in different rooms of the Social Sciences Building. The specific room is listed for each session below. Coffee is always served by the respective presentation room.

1. "The science of mathematical modeling, numerical computing, optimization, and design - a workshop in honor of Martin Berggren."

October 14, 13:00 - October 15, 12:00
Room: SAM.A.230 (Tuesday), UB.A.220 (Wednesday)
Organizers: Mats G Larson, Eddie Wadbro, Paolo Bientinesi

October 14

13:15–13:30 Intro/Welcome
13:30–14:00 Niels Aage
14:00–14:30 Rainer Picard
14:30–15:00 Dan Henningson
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–16:00 Stephan Schmidt
16:00–16:30 Juliette Chabassier
16:30–17:00 Anton Evgrafov
19:00– Dinner

October 15

9:00– 9:30 Jarmo Mallinen
9:30–10:00 Eddie Wadbro
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:00 Ole Sigmund
11:00–11:30 Gunilla Kreiss
11:30–12:00 Dirk Pauly
12:00– Closing and lunch

You can find the full program here

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2. "Digital Humanities"

October 15, 09:00 - 12:00
Room: Humlab one floor below the University Library
Organizer: Karin Danielsson

9:00 Intro Research infrastructures in Digital Humanities

• InfraVis, Humlab and Huminfra: Karin Danielsson • InfraVis Infrastructure development: Evelina Liliequist • MAL: Ivanka Hristova • Swedigarch: Ershad Gholamrezaie

9:45 Session 1
Swedigarch showcase SEAD: Cenk Demiroglu

10:00 Coffee break/Fika

10:30 Session 2
• InfraVis showcase: NordPow, Maria Podkrytova • InfraVis showcase: Storytelling through visualization: Interactive data visualization for education and museums, Mattis Lindmark • Humlab/Huminfra: MoCap showcase project: E-motion, Onur Kilic

11:15 Keynote speaker: Per Axelsson
”CARE principles, data and the importance of context”

You can find the full program here.

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3. "Workshop on Advancements in Federated Machine Learning"

October 16, 13:00 - 16:00
Room: UB.A.230
Organizers: Salman Toor, Johan Ostman

13:00 - 13:15 Welcome to the Federated Learning Workshop

13:15 - 13:40 Presentation-1: Distributed Continual Learning in High-Dimensional Regression, Ayca Ozcelikkale, Uppsala University

13:45 - 14:10 Presentation -2: Fairness Regularization in Federated Learning: Connections, New Methods, and Empirical Insights, Zahra Kharaghani, Umeå University

14:10 - 14:45 Coffee break

14:45 - 15:10 Presentation -3: Federated Learning for Industrial Use Cases, Sima Sinaei, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

15:15 - 15:40 Presentation -4: Federated Machine Learning: Opportunities and Cybersecurity Challenges, Salman Toor, Uppsala University

15:40 - 16:00 Open Discussion Session

You can view more information herepdf, 131 kB.

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4. "Common challenges in large-scale code development"

October 16, 13:00 - 16:00
Room: UB.A.220
Organizers: Philipp Birken, Jonas Lindemann, Valera Veryazov

13.00-14.30 presentations:

1. Peter Munch (TU Berlin): deal.II: challenges and opportunities of developing an open-source FEM library

2. Luca Ferranti (Aalto University and Nordic-RSE): Overview of Nordic-RSE

3. Jonas Lindemann (Director of LUNARC, LU): From Code to Classroom:
Practical Applications of Large Language Models in Software Development

14.30-15.00 Coffee

15.00-16.00
Short presentations and discussion.

You can view the abstracts here

Location: Lund

Wednesday 16 October

12:00 Starting Lunch

13:15 Welcome: Stefan Engblom, Uppsala University

13:30 Keynote 1: "LINXS for the Exploitation of X-Ray & Neutrons in Hard Matter, Soft Matter, and Life Sciences – Opportunities for e-Science", Trevor Forsyth, Lund University / LINXS

14:10 "Developing Data-Driven Simulation of Protein Structural Dynamics", Magnus Andersson, Umeå University

14:30 "POLLENOMICS: Decoding the Farming History of Europe Using Advanced Statistics to Combine Ancient DNA with Paleo-Pollen Data", Behnaz Pirzamanbein, Lund University

14:50 Coffee/tea break

15:20 "Machine Learning for Physics-Based Force Fields", David van der Spoel, Uppsala University

15:40 Poster Blitz (45 seconds per poster, 1 slide)

16:20-18:00 Poster Session with Drinks and Snacks

19:00 Dinner and Discussions

Thursday 17 October

09:00 Keynote 2: "The Automation of Science", Ross King, Chalmers University of Technology

09:40 "Solving Ill Posed and Inverse Problems in Numerical PDE", Karl Larsson, Umeå University

10:00 Coffee/tea break

10:30 "Magnetic Materials Modelling", Erik van Loon, Lund University

10:50 "Artificial Intelligence for Experiment Design", Maria Andreina Francisco Rodriguez, Uppsala University

11:10 Panel Discussion: "What is the impact of e-Science?", Kersti Hermansson (UU), Ross King (Chalmers), Per Runesson (LU), Oxana Smirnova (LU), Kalle Åström (LU)

11:50 Closing Remarks: Stefan Engblom, Uppsala University

12:00-13:00 Lunch

TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER

12:00 Starting Lunch

13:15
Welcome Sverker Holmgren, Uppsala University

13:30
Keynote: “NOMAD” Claudia Draxl, Humboldt University, Berlin

14:10
“e-Science for SciLife Lab” Kerstin Lindbladh-Toh, Uppsala University

14:30
“e-Science for Cancer Prevention and Control” Juni Palmgren, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

14:50 Coffee Break

15:20
“e-Science Tools for Investigating Climate Change” Ilona Riipinen, Stockholm University

15:40
“e-Science for MAX IV” Rajmund Mokso, Lund University

16:00 Poster Blitz

16:45- 18:30 Poster Session with Drinks and Snacks

19:00 Dinner and Discussions

WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER

09:00
“e-Science for Industrial Applications” Fredrik Edelvik or Mats Jirstrand, Chalmers, Gothenburg

09:20
“The Internet-of-Particles – A Compute-Driven Approach” Martin Servin, Umeå University

09:40
“In-Memory Computing” Ola Spjuth, Uppsala University and ScaleOut Software

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30
Keynote: “Digital Humanities” David de Roure, University of Oxford

11:10 Panel Discussion: “Generating and Using Data”  Claudia Draxl, Humboldt University, Berlin - David de Roure, University of Oxford - Caterina Doglioni, Lund University - Kerstin Lindbladh-Toh, Uppsala University - Juni Palmgren, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - Pär Strand, Chalmers, Gothenburg - Johan Trygg, Umeå University - Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University

11:50
Closing Remarks Sverker Holmgren, Uppsala University

12:00-13:00 Farewell Lunch

Location: Uppsala University, Main University Building, Room IX

Tuesday, October 16

12:00 Light lunch – Welcome mingle – Registration The gallery outside Room IX

13:10 Welcome
Anna Qvarnström, Chair of eSSENCE Board
Johan Tysk, Vice-Rector, Science and Technology, Uppsala University

13:30 Session 1: Examples of recent progress in e-Science research Chair: Bo Kågström

13:30 Modeling the evolution of enzyme function through simulation Dusan Petrovic

13:50 Parallel robust solution of triangular linear systems Carl Christian Kjelgaard Mikkelsen

14:10 Aeroelastic feather control – New concepts for wing design Johan Revstedt

14:30 Session 2: e-Science education Chair: Melvyn Davies

14:30 SeSE – Swedish e-Science Education – Graduate school Pavlin Mitev

14:45 Initiatives at the BSc and MSc level – an outlook Sverker Holmgren

15:00 Panel – How can e-Science research contribute even more to
higher education? Moderator: Melvyn Davies. Panel Members: Pavlin Mitev, Sverker Holmgren, Eddie Wadbro, Azahar Monge

15:30 Poster Blitz (1 slide, 45 seconds per poster) Chair: Magnus Ullner
All poster presenters

16:15 Poster Session with Refreshments & Snacks The gallery outside
Room IX. Opportunity to check in at Hotel City Stay

19:00 Dinner at Norrlands nation and Discussions

Wednesday, October 17

09:00 Session 3: e-Science in society Chair: Erik Elmorth

09:00 Ericsson Research and Machine Intelligence in the world of
5G, Andreas Johnsson, Ericsson Research

09:20 Automatic classification of microscopy images in digital
pathology using deep learning, Anders Heyden

09:40 CutFEM: Discretizing geometry and partial differential
equations, André Massing

10:00 Panel: How do we collaborate with society and industry,
and what are the opportunities for e-Science PhDs outside
academia? Moderator: Erik Elmroth Panel Members: Bo
Kågström, Anders Heyden, Jenny Nordquist

10:30: Coffee break

11:00 Session 4: The future of e-Science Chair: Anna Qvarnström

11:00 Gender mainstreaming and e-Science TBC

11:15 PLAN-E and e-Science in Europe Patrick Aerts, Chair of
PLAN-E (European forum for e-Science)

11:30 Panel: How can we further develop e-Science in research,
education and society? Moderator: Anna Qvarnström

12:15 Closing Words Lars Nordström

12:30 Farewell Lunch (lunch bag) The gallery outside Room I

Location: Umeå University MIT Building, Room MA121, 1st floor

Wednesday, October 11

12:00 Lunch Hjortron @ Universum

13:10 Welcome Sverker Holmgren, eSSENCE Programme Director, UU
Erik Elmroth and Bo Kågström, UmU

13:30 Keynote presentation:
Scientific challenges and opportunities in realtime engineering simulation. Chair: Bo Kågström, Kenneth Bodin, CEO Algoryx Simulation

14:00 Modelling the brain in computers and robots Christian Balkenius, LU

14:20 Quantifying the magnetocaloric effect from firstprinciples
Diana Iusan, UU

14:40 Design optimization with large design spaces:
opportunities and challenges, Martin Berggren, UMU

15:00 SeSE – Swedish e-Science Education – Graduate School Pavlin Mitev, LU

15:10 Poster Blitz (1 slide, 45 seconds per poster) at MIT Place Chair: Erik Elmroth, All poster presenters.

16:00 Poster Session with Refreshments & Snacks MIT Place

17:40 Transport (bus/walk) to Comfort Hotel Winn & check-in

19:00 Dinner and Discussions

Thursday, October 12

08:40 Bus from Comfort Hotel Winn to Universum

09:00 Keynote Presentation:
Multiscale modelling - the spiral staircase from theory to experiment
Chair: Lars Nordström, UU, Peter Broqvist, UU

09:30 Time-frequency localization of marine biosonar signals Maria Sandsten, LU

09:50 Coffee break

10:20 Effective task based parallel programming models for
scientific applications, Chair: Erik Elmroth, Elisabeth Larsson, UU

10:40 Deep learning as feature extraction Rickard Sjögren, UMU

11:00 Panel Discussion:
e-Science in Industry, Society, and Education -
When, Where, and How?
Panel:
• Kenneth Bodin, Algoryx and UmU
• Melvin Davies, LU
• Kristina Edström, UU (Moderator)
• Sverker Holmgren, UU

11:50 Closing Words Sverker Holmgren,
eSSENCE Programme, Director, UU

12:00 Farewell Lunch Hjortron @ Universum