Jan F. Nygård
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Dr. Jan F. Nygård obtained his cybernetics engineering degree from Oslo College of Engineering in 1991, a minor in Political Science (1998), and a PhD in Epidemiology (2005) from the University of Oslo. He commenced his professional career at the Institute of Community Medicine, University of Oslo (1992-1998) before joining the Cancer Registry of Norway in 1999. Since 2007, he has been leading the IT/Registry Informatics Department. His research area of expertise encompasses the convergence of data analytics, machine learning, data privacy, secure computing, and epidemiology. He has authored over 100 original papers published in peer-reviewed journals and has supervised Master's and Doctorate students in informatics and medical faculties. In 2017, he served as a visiting scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As of July 2021, he holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor in Machine Learning at The Arctic University of Norway.