Year: 2019

Received a conference travel grant from Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse (Helge Ax: son Johnson’s Foundation), June 20, 2019

ByMahbub Ul Alam

I have received a conference travel grant from Helge Ax: son Johnson’s Foundation for the HEALTHINF 2020 conference in Malta. “Helge Axelsson Johnson was born on June 22, 1878, as the second eldest son of Axel Johnson. Axel Johnson was born in Jönköping in 1844 and moved to Stockholm at the age of 18. In 1873 he started an agency and commission business for the import of coal and coke which from 1875 was namedRead more

Runestone Safari, 28 May, 2019

ByMahbub Ul Alam

One uneventful day Gustaf and I were having lunch together in the kitchen area. Somehow the discussion topic moved to runestone. I am quite fond of history, so I expressed my interest in visiting one. Gustaf said, ‘sure. There are a number of those nearby. We should visit those sometimes. How about a runestone safari?’ We laughed and then got busy with our works. Sometimes after Gustaf reminded me that a safari is still pending.Read more

Mini-symposium on automated sepsis detection using machine learning techniques at the Karolinska Institute, May 2, 2019

ByMahbub Ul Alam

Recently I attended a symposium about sepsis and the early detection using machine learning. I presented my current work there. David Forsberg (postdoc from Professor Eric Herlenius group in the Pediatrics department) and John Karlsson Valik (MD. PhD‐student at Karolinska Institutet) introduced us to a mini-symposium on Automated sepsis detection using machine learning techniques. The symposium took place on the 2nd of May between 9 am – 12 noon at Nya Karolinska Solna. We startedRead more

A short reflection on my journey of pursuing a Ph.D. degree

ByMahbub Ul Alam

15 April 2019 “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”- Richard Feynman Who am I? It has been seven months since I have started my new position as a Ph.D. student. As a person of immense curiosity and a nagging habit of analyzing everything, it was my dream job. After completing my bachelor’s degree in computer science and information technology, like any otherRead more