In the BIML group, we deal with the data science of biomedical data. This is an interesting and challenging arena, where differences between technologies, populations and people have to be factored into the solutions we build, where the ground truth labels are never completely certain and where the final results have to be useful to non-data scientists, be they medical doctors or regular users.
Being part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering also means that we interface with hardware specialists, and have, for instance, a very close relationship with the Center for ear-EEG.
At the moment, the BIML group is contributing to the following projects:
Superresolution of cardiac MRI
Together with Prof. Won Yong Kim from Aarhus University Hospital, we are investigating methods of improving spatial resolution of cardiac MRI without increasing scanning time.
European Doctoral Network for Neural Prostheses and Brain Research (DONUT)
The DONUT network is funded by the European Union and is a ‘Doctoral Training Network’, the common theme of which is advancing neuroscience and development of neural prostheses. It includes 10 PhD students at 7 different European universities, including Aarhus University. The AU student will work on developing better hardware solutions for measuring electrode-skin impedance for dry-contact EEG.
Read more about the network here: DONUT – EU Marie-Curie DN (donut-project.eu)
ArtiPlex: Multiplex Analytics for Computer-supported Visual Artifact Detection in EEG Data
Headed by Assoc. Prof. Hans-Jörg Schulz at the Department of Computer Science, the ArtiPlex project focuses on developing new and specialized visualization tools for those situations where a task is easy to do for people but hard to teach a computer. An example of such a task is identifying artifacts in wearable EEG (which is highly relevant for much of the work in BIML).
You can read more about the project here: Hans-Jörg Schulz Secures Grant for Innovative EEG Data Project (au.dk)
BISON: Bipolar Sleep Monitoring
In collaboration with research psychologist Nicolai Lund Ladegaard at Aarhus University Hospital: Psychiatry, we will study the interplay between experienced (‘subjective’) and recorded (‘objective’) sleep quality, as well as how that changes with psychiatric symptoms. The research subjects will be psychiatric patients at the clinic for Bipolar Disorder at Department for Depression and Anxiety, Aarhus University Hospital.
Sleep in Orbit
Headed by Prof. Preben Kidmose at the Center for Ear-EEG, the Sleep in Orbit project aims to describe changes in sleep between living on earth and living in the micro-gravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). This is accomplished by recording sleep on astronauts before, during and after a visit to the ISS. The project is a fascinating mix of device design, algorithm design, neuroscience and remote monitoring.
Read about the project here: Smart earbud will measure how astronauts sleep
We are always open for people to join our group, both for ‘R&D’ projects, Bachelor’s theses, master’s theses, and as collaborators on larger projects.
We also occasionally have open positions, which are advertised through the conventional channels.
You are welcome to reach out if you are interested.
Previous group members include:
Laura Rævsbæk Birch
