Trial lecture and PhD dissertation in computer science 27.08.2025 - Master of Science Nikita Shvetsov

Trial lecture
Master of Science Nikita Shvetsov holds a trial lecture on assigned topic for the Ph.D. degree in science, Wednesday August 27th, 2025 at 10:15.

Title: " Quantum computing, a roadmap to the impact on AI "

Dissertation - Ph.D. degree
Master of Science Nikita Shvetsov will publicly defend his Ph.D. thesis on Wednesday August 27th, 2025 at 12:15.

Title: " Optimizing pathology workflows: A practical deep learning approach for cell-level biomarker quantification "

The thesis is available here: https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/37919.

Audience
Both the trial lecture and dissertation take place in Store Auditorium B302, Realfagbygget. The trial lecture and defense will also be streamed.

Trial lecture: https://uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=f105e57b-58f4-406a-9e02-b33900795c14
Dissertation: https://uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=59e41932-b56a-4d23-9430-b33900795d51

The following has been appointed as the assessment committee for the defense:

Associate professor Lee A.D. Cooper, Director, Center for Computational Imaging and Signal Analytics, Chicago, USA Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (1st Opponent)
Professor Tone F. Bathen, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU (2nd Opponent)
Associate professor Loïc Guégan, Department of Computer Science, UiT (Internal member and leader of the Committee)

Supervisors for Nikita Shvetsov have been:

Professor Lars Ailo Bongo, Department of Computer Science, UiT (Main Supervisor)
Associate professor Thomas Karsten Kilvær, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT
Professor Lill-Tove Rasmussen Busund, Department of Medical Biology, UiT
Associate professor Kajsa Møllersen, Department of Community Medicine, UiT

Kortnytt fra Institutt for informatikk

Fuglesteg, Jan jan.fuglesteg@uit.no Studierådgiver