Per Filip Billy Eriksson (born 1949 in

Sölvesborg Sölvesborg is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013. Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a ''city''. Statis ...

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) is a Swedish scientist and professor in

signal processing Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing ''signals'', such as audio signal processing, sound, image processing, images, Scalar potential, potential fields, Seismic tomograph ...

. He served as rector of

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from 2009 to 2014, as rector of

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from 1989 to 2000 and director-general at

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from 2001 to 2008. His membership in the

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Hyllie Park Church was once the subject of a heated controversy regarding his appointment as rector of Lund University.

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Swedish Baptists Swedish engineers Academic staff of Lund University Rectors of Lund University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences 1949 births Living people 21st-century Swedish engineers 20th-century Swedish engineers Controversies in Sweden People from Sölvesborg Municipality {{Sweden-academic-bio-stub