1. Security Link  Application to the strategic research area of Security and emergency management (1 of 20 areas in the call)  Seven applications and two granted.  Granted faculty funding for Security Link 7MSEK/year (of 1315 MSEK/year in total for the call)  CNDS (center for natural disaster science) at UU got the other one

2. Partners  LiU 53%  FOI 34%  KTH 10% (Sven Ove Hansson)  Chalmers 3% (Jan Stake)  Budget 20MSEK/year

3. 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.

4. Related structures  Graduate school Forum Securitatis  Center for Advanced Research in Emergency Response (LiU and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB))  Center for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC)  Vinnova institute excellence center FOCUS

5. 10 CV’s  Prof. Patrick Doherty LiU p 52 M AI and UAV surveillance  Prof. Henrik Eriksson LiU p 45 M decision support  Prof. Fredrik Gustafsson LiU p 45 M sensor fusion  Prof. Sven Ove Hansson KTH p 57 M ethics and philosophy of risk and security  Prof. Martin Holmberg FOI/LiU p 40 M multisensor fusion  Prof. Erik G. Larsson LiU p 34 M communication systems  Prof. Bo Liedberg LiU p 55 M chemical substance detection  Prof. Staffan Rudner FOI/Chalmers p 58 M security radar  Prof. Toomas Timpka LiU p 52 M pandemics

6. Management group  Prof. Fredrik Gustafsson LiU Director Sensor and information fusion  Prof. Staffan Rudner FOI and Chalmers Co-Director Sensors and detectors  Prof. Henrik Eriksson LiU Decision support  Prof. Sven Ove Hansson KTH Risk analysis  Prof. Erik G. Larsson LiU Secure, robust wireless communications  Prof. Martin Holmberg FOI and LiU Graduate school  Dr. Sara Wallin FOI Application perspectives  Dr. Henrik Östmark FOI p 51 M explosives detection