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22 August 2024

One of LiU's most prominent students and co-workers, Fredrik Löfgren, has passed away suddenly in an accident.

Fredrik L枚fgren with robot Photographer: Privat bild.
Fredrik Löfgren
During his time at Link枚ping University, he became known as 鈥淩obot-Fredrik鈥� from Swedish public service television (SVT), one of the country鈥檚 foremost AI experts and a real driving force, including for gifted young people鈥檚 right to a good education. The latter could be seen in the mathematics camps that he arranged every summer on campus for young people from all over the country.

Fredrik L枚fgren expressed his commitment with the words 鈥淚 want to inspire others to play with science and technology. It鈥檚 my way of helping to save the world.鈥� Fredrik鈥檚 energy and commitment to the possibilities of AI was balanced by his openness to the challenges that the technology also brought. In his lectures, talks and speeches, he turned what was complicated and difficult into something exciting and nuanced.

鈥淔redrik L枚fgren has been a driving force in building LiU鈥檚 operations with humanoid robots and engaging children and young people in robotics and AI. He was an incredibly important spreader of joy, educator and creator of the future. Now it鈥檚 up to us to continue what he started and make sure we create the positive future he lived for,鈥� says Professor Fredrik Heintz at the Department of Computer and Information Science.

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