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4th invited lecture this week – in Shanghai, China

Events, News Posted by Gunnar CedersundPosted on Sat, November 16, 2024 18:19:27

I actually made a mistake in the last post, saying that that lecture – at Öredev, Malmö, Sweden – was the third and last invited lecture that week. There was actually a fourth one upcoming: in China. This time it was at an international workshop on Digital therapeutics, i.e. eHealth and apps. It was largely focused on existing technologies, i.e. not only scientists were there, but also a lot of companies with products already on the markt, as well as the Food and Drug Administration, from the US. My lecture was given online, but a partner of mine went over there in person, to also have physical meetings, and to also help set up meetings in the New York/Boston area, to which I am travelling in the end of the month.

So – four invited presentations in one week, in four different cities, across two continents. I think that is actually a personal record 🙂

#digitaltwins #STRATIF-AI #lectures #lifeofascientist



3rd invited lecture this week: at Øredev 2024

Events, News Posted by Gunnar CedersundPosted on Thu, November 07, 2024 10:31:04

Today is the third and last public invited lecture this week. This time it is down in Hyllie, which is very close to the bridge between Malmö and Copenhagen, i.e. right on the border between the Sweden and Denmark. This lecture is again on our digital twins, and this time it is in a software and AI conference: Øredev 2024. This is a “normal” conference, which is not targeting scientists, but the general public, i.e. companies and normal citizen who are interested in software development and AI innovations, etc. This is fitting, because our research is turning increasingly more towards eHealth and app development, and even towards commercial app development via our spin-off companies. For this reason, we are also nowadays actively recruiting software and UX developers, and quite generally moving into a more public phase, targeting companies and the general public as potential customers and business partners, etc.

Picture by Roland Betnér. Program and more info for the event is available here: https://oredev.org/



New seminar on medical digital twins – as part of innovation week

Uncategorised Posted by Gunnar CedersundPosted on Wed, November 06, 2024 10:04:56

There is a new chance to hear about our digital twins. This time it is in connection to the project MeDigiT, on Medical Digital Twins, which involves us, the groups of Tino Ebbers and Jonas Lanz, as well as e.g. our spin-off company SUND sound medical decisions, the company AMRA medical, etc. We speak today at the Innovation week, at 11.10-11.50 in the hospital building of Linköping University hospital. Link to more info about the entire Innovation day today. Welcome! 🙂

https://innovationweek.eastsweden.se/program/innovationsmassan-for-halso-och-sjukvard



Seminar on AI and digital twins in healthcare

Events, News Posted by Gunnar CedersundPosted on Mon, November 04, 2024 19:00:28

Today I, Gunnar Cedersund, am giving a lecture on digital twins in the beautiful city of Malå, up in the North of Sweden. The lecture is part of a week they have on the potential of AI in our evolving societies. Today’s event starts with a lecture on AI, then I talk about our digital twins, and finally there will be a panel debate, where also some politicians participate. Here is a link to the event, which I think is only attendable in person, even though my lecture and participation will be done via teams.

Welcome! 🙂

Gunnar



Welcome to a Digital Lunch Seminar – STRATIF-AI Digital Twins for stroke

Uncategorised Posted by ISB GroupPosted on Wed, July 10, 2024 08:15:00

Time: 19th  September 2024, 12.00 – 13.00

Zoom link:  https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/63082836653

Read more about the STRATIF-AI project here: https://stratif-ai.eu/

This lecture is a part of the LIU seminar series on eHealth: https://liu.se/en/research/ehealth

Welcome! 



New Funding Secured for a Digital Twin-Based eHealth Application

Uncategorised Posted by ISB GroupPosted on Thu, July 04, 2024 10:37:11

We are excited to announce that we have secured new funding from ALF, the state-funded research program for clinical research in collaboration with Swedish regions. The grant has been awarded to Gunnar Cedersund, the coordinator of STRATIF-AI, for a project titled “Implementation and Evaluation of a Digital Twin-Based eHealth Application for Preventive Health Dialogues.”

This project is directly linked to Clinical Study 2 within STRATIF-AI, which assesses our application designed for use during and after preventive health dialogues at primary healthcare centers. In this study, we will compare standard clinical practice with 300 health dialogues incorporating the new app.

With this additional funding, we can enhance app development and expand the clinical study to include 400 patients. The project will span three years, with an annual budget of 900,000 SEK, totaling approximately 3 million SEK (around 300,000 EUR). This support will significantly bolster our efforts in the field of preventive healthcare.



Workshop: New hybrid approaches to Precision Medicine: machine learning, generative AI, and digital twins

Uncategorised Posted by ISB GroupPosted on Fri, June 28, 2024 13:52:51

In this workshop, which will be held the 5th of November, we will discuss hybrid approaches, combining traditional bioinformatics and machine learning, with new generative AI approaches and mechanistically based digital twins. This combination of methods is ideal for dealing with a variety of different data types, and for developing AI models that are explainable and trustworthy. The event will feature keynote lectures, talks selected from abstracts, a poster session, and will be in hybrid format. Link to more info here:

New hybrid approaches to Precision Medicine: machine learning, generative AI, and digital twins



STRATIF-AI meeting with other EU projects

Uncategorised Posted by ISB GroupPosted on Wed, June 26, 2024 10:59:16

A few weeks ago, on June 10, STRATIF-AI had its first meeting with fellow EU projects funded under the same call, all focusing on the use of AI for improved patient stratification. This initial two-hour meeting served as an introduction to each project and a discussion of key shared challenges (see Figure below). These challenges include data interoperability, federated learning, trustworthy and explainable AI (xAI), and MDR certifications.

During the meeting, we presented some core concepts of STRATIF-AI, such as our hybrid approach that combines multi-level, multi-timescale, and multi-organ simulations using mechanistic models as inputs to machine-learning models. This hybrid approach enhances the explainability of our models.

Furthermore, we explained shortly how STRATIF-AI uses data harmonization in two places: i) in connection to the federated learning set up by a collaboration between Catalina Martinez Costa (University of Murcia) and Lucia Gregorio Rodriguez (TREE), and ii) in connection to integrating a copy data from a variety of different sources into a personal data vault (Jesper Fellenius at Z2). 

This collaboration and network of related projects will be useful for us to use in various related topics as we move forward, and we from STRATIF-AI are looking forward to new meetings. Thanks to the team at PREPARE for setting this meeting up.



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