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| Lars Hedin | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lars Hedin |
| Birth date | 1950s |
| Birth place | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Engineer, Researcher |
| Known for | Telecommunications research, leadership in standards |
Lars Hedin is a Swedish engineer and researcher known for contributions to telecommunications, standards development, and academic-industry collaboration. He has worked across institutions and companies in Sweden and internationally, participating in technical committees, standardization bodies, and research programs. Hedin's career spans industry R&D, university affiliations, and leadership roles in professional organizations.
Hedin was born in Stockholm and completed secondary studies before pursuing higher education at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), where he studied electrical engineering and telecommunications. He undertook graduate work connected with laboratories associated with Ericsson, and completed postgraduate research that linked to projects with the European Space Agency and the Swedish Research Council. During this period he engaged with researchers from the Stockholm University department and visiting scholars from MIT, Stanford University, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge.
Hedin's professional career began in industrial research at Ericsson where he contributed to projects interfacing with the International Telecommunication Union and collaborative programs with Nokia and Siemens. He later held positions at corporate research centers that coordinated with the European Commission's research programs and partnerships involving the Swedish Innovation Agency (Vinnova). He served on technical committees of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and participated in working groups of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Hedin also joined academic staff appointments linked to the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and visiting fellowships at the University of California, Berkeley and the Delft University of Technology. In industry, Hedin took managerial roles interfacing with product organizations at Ericsson Research and collaborated with startups spun out from KTH Innovation and incubators connected to the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship.
Hedin's research portfolio spans radio access, network architectures, signaling protocols, and standardization processes. He authored technical reports and white papers for consortiums including the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, and contributed to interoperability tests with laboratories such as the ETSI Plugtests and the Global System for Mobile Communications Association. His work engaged with radio spectrum issues linked to the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector and regulatory considerations involving the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority and the European Commission. Hedin collaborated on projects funded by the Horizon 2020 program and earlier Framework Programmes, working alongside partners from Nokia Bell Labs, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Oulu, Aalto University, Technical University of Munich, and Fraunhofer Society research institutes.
Contributions included technical leadership in protocol design referenced in deliverables circulated to the Internet Engineering Task Force and liaison documents exchanged with the 3GPP TSG RAN and 3GPP TSG SA groups. Hedin participated in multi-stakeholder initiatives involving the European Broadcasting Union, the GSMA, and industry consortia such as the Open Networking Foundation and the ETSI Industry Specification Group. His publications appeared in conferences organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery, and in journals associated with the IEEE Communications Society and the ACM SIGCOMM community. He also advised doctoral students affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the Stockholm University department that engaged with projects co-funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Hedin's professional recognitions include fellowships and awards from professional societies and industry bodies. He received acknowledgments from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers regional sections and was invited to speak at symposia hosted by organizations such as the European Commission, the GSMA, and the International Telecommunication Union. National awards from Swedish institutions such as the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and honors associated with collaborative projects funded by Horizon 2020 and the Swedish Research Council recognized his contributions to telecommunications research and standards engagement.
Hedin resides in the Stockholm area and has participated in public outreach through lectures at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), seminars at the Stockholm University, and industry workshops convened by Ericsson and the Swedish Trade Council. He has served on advisory boards for spinouts linked to KTH Innovation and engaged with professional networks including the IEEE Communications Society, the GSMA, and the ETSI community.
Category:Swedish engineers Category:Telecommunications researchers