Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

PhD in Computational Biology

Trondheim

2021 - 2017

Thesis: Software implementations allowing new approaches toward data analysis, modeling and curation of biological knowledge for Systems Medicine
[GitBook link ] [Defence video ] [Results] [Diploma]

Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

MSc in Computer Science

Athens

2015 - 2013

Thesis: SkyLighting Web Application with three.js [GitHub link ]
Diploma grade: 9.4/10 [Diploma] [Transcript]

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

M.Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Athens

2013 - 2007

Thesis: Optimal Power Allocation in the uplink of Two-Tier Wireless Femtocell Networks [GitHub link ]
Diploma grade: 8.4/10 [Diploma] [Transcript]

Postdoctoral Researcher in Clinical AI

Oslo University Hospital

Oslo

Jan 2025 - Jan 2022

• Project: PANCAIM - Pancreatic cancer AI for genomics and personalized medicine [website]
• Authored two key project deliverables [Zenodo link]
• Benchmarked survival ML models using multi-omics data
• Co-organized bi-weekly seminars at the Cancer Research Institute

Internship in Molecular AI group

AstraZeneca

Gothenburg

April 2021 - Jan 2021

• Project: Predicting bioactivity data using Matrix Factorization for target-based clustering and validation

Research stay in Molecular Interactions Team

European Bioinformatics Institute

Hinxton, England

July 2018

• Project: Extending the PSICQUIC Java-based Web service platform to include causality information of molecular interactions

Linux Systems Engineer and MariaDB Performance Optimization

Commsquare

Athens

2015 - 2013

Intro to ML for Survival Analysis with mlr3

Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week [workshop link]

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2023

ML course for cancer researchers

Institute for Cancer Research in Oslo

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2022

• Classification trees and model ensembles [slides]
• Support Vector Machines [slides]
• Neural Networks [slides]
• Benchmarking ML models using the spam dataset [GitBook link ]

Alberto López

PhD student

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2025 - 2023

• Project: Incomplete Multi-View Clustering Algorithms

Laura Szekeres

Master student

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2024

• Project: Cancer Treatment gets Logical: An Ensemble Boolean Modeling Pipeline in Python [GitHub link ]

Tanguy Dumontier

Apprentice Data Engineer

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2024

• Project: Optimizing Incomplete Multi-view Clustering: From MATLAB to Python

Anjana Bhat

Master student

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2024

• Project: Optimizing Clustering Metrics for Patient Stratification using Heuristic Approaches [GitHub link ]

Hedda Fjell Scheel

Veterinary Research Student (forskerlinjestudent)

N/A

2024 - 2023

• Project: Genetic Heterogeneity of Canine Mammary Tumors

Intro to Machine Learning for Survival Analysis with mlr3

userR! 2024 conference tutorial [GitHub link]

Salzburg

July 2024

Examining properness in the external validation of survival models with squared and logarithmic losses

NORA Annual conference 2024 [slides]

Kristiansand

June 2024

AI pitch: An example ML survival workflow

8th Annual NORBIS conference [slides]

Rosendal

Oct 2022

Reproducible Science

Logical modeling course BI8040 (NTNU) [slides]

Trondheim

Aug 2022

Tutorial on survival modeling with applications to omics data

Bioinformatics

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2024

Fine tuning a logical model of cancer cells to predict drug synergies: combining manual curation and automated parameterization

Frontiers in Systems Biology

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2023

Boolean function metrics can assist modelers to check and choose logical rules

Journal of Theoretical Biology

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2022

CausalTAB: the PSI-MITAB 2.8 updated format for signalling data representation and dissemination

Bioinformatics

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2019

Survival modeling in mlr3 using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART)

mlr3 gallery

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2023

8 Rules to write a PhD Thesis: A PhD Thesis Rulebook

Online GitBook

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2021

Astri and Birger Torsteds Grant to Fight Cancer

Received funding (50,000 NOK) to purchase IT equipment for cancer research related to the PANCAIM EU project

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2024

Program Study with Scholarship, EqualSociety

Scholarship for the MSc in Computer Science (AUEB)

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2013

Program Great Moment for Education, Eurobank

Award for the highest grade in the Panhellenic examinations

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2007

Piano

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Juggling/Unicycling/Acro-yoga

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Swimming

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Outdoor Activities

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