Per Filip Billy Eriksson (born 1949 in Sölvesborg, Sweden) is a Swedish scientist and professor in signal processing. He served as rector of Lund University from 2009 to 2014, as rector of Blekinge Institute of Technology from 1989 to 2000 and director-general at Vinnova from 2001 to 2008. His membership in the Baptist Hyllie Park Church was once the subject of a heated controversy regarding his appointment as rector of Lund University. References 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