Curriculum Vitae --- March 2025
  • NAME: NYSTRÖM Ingela Ann-Sofie (maiden name NORDHAGE)
  • DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: June 15, 1967, Umeå, Sweden
    CIVIL STATUS: Married, son born 1995 and daughter born 1997
  • EDUCATION
    1985  Studentexamen at Härnösands gymnasium in natural sciences
    1990 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Mathematics
    1992 Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Computer Science
    1997
         		 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computerised Image Analysis
    (Thesis nominated to "Best Nordic Thesis Award in Image Analysis")   
    2002 Docent in Computerised Image Analysis
    2011 Professor of Visualization
    at Uppsala University, Sweden
  • MAIN APPOINTMENTS
    1991-1997 PhD Student at Centre for Image Analysis (CBA),
    Uppsala University, Sweden
    1997-1999 Adjunct Senior Lecturer
    1999-2004 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    2004-2006 UPPMAX Application Expert in Scientific Visualization
    2006-2011 Director of Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science (SNIC-UPPMAX), Uppsala University
    2004-2011 Senior Lecturer in Visualization
    2011- Professor of Visualization at the Dept. of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Sweden
    2011-2015 Director of eSSENCE
    2010-2011 Deputy Director of Centre for Image Analysis
    2012-2022 Director of Centre for Image Analysis
    2012-2018 Head of the Division of Visual Information and Interaction
    2015-2017 Professor responsible for research programme Image Analysis and Human-Computer Interaction Programansvarig professor
    2018- Professor responsible for PhD studies in Computerised Image Processing Forskarutbildningsansvarig professor
    2020-2021 Subject Coordinator for Computer Science in the Advisory Committe for Education, Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University
    2021- Director of PhD Studies Studierektor forskarutbildning
    2022- Node Coordinator of InfraVis at Uppsala University - the national research infrastructure for visualization of data
    2024- Deputy Director of WOMHER (Uppsala University's Centre of Women's Mental Health)
  • ORGANISATIONS
    WASP Faculty since 2024
    Sigma2 AS (Infrastructure for computational science in Norway) * Board member 2019-
    Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskapssamhället i Uppsala, KVSU)
    * Member since 2012 * Board member 2016-
    International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)
    * Governing Board member 2002-2010
    * Executive Committee member 2008-2018: 2nd Vice-President 2008-2010, Secretary 2010-2014,
    President 2014-2016, Past President 2016-2018
    * Nominating Committee: member 2004-2006, chair 2016-2018, member 2018-2020
    * Constitutions and Bylaws Committee: chair 2018-2020, member 2020-2022
    * Advisory Committee: member 2020-
    * King Sun Fu Prize Committee: member 2022-2028
    Past involvements (in selection):
    Medtech4Health (Strategic innovation program for medical engineering) * Board member 2022-2024
    European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) * Expert member representing Sweden 2020-2022
    Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) * Chair 2020-2022
    Council for Research Infrastructure (RFI), Vetenskapsrådet * Council member 2014-2019: Vice-Chair 2015-2019
    Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis (SSBA)
    * Board member 2000-2012: President 2002-2006
    * Nominating Committee member 2012-2016
    Swedish University computer NETwork (SUNET) * Board member 2008-2013
    Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science (SNIC-UPPMAX), Uppsala University
    * Board member 2013
    Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University * Board member 2011-2014
    Docent Committee at Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University * Member 2011-2014
  • TEACHING, development, and organisation of courses
    1989-90Amanuens at Dept. of Mathematics; student councelling, calculus courses
    Under graduate courses at Dept. of Information Technology, Uppsala University:
    1990-     various courses in programming (Pascal, C, and C++)
    1992-     Computerised Image Analysis
    1999-     Advanced Computerised Image Analysis
    2003-     Computer Graphics
    2006-     Scientific Visualization
    2019-     Medical Informatics
    Graduate courses at Centre for Image Analysis:
    1993-     various courses in Computerised Image Analysis, Image Processing, Digital Geometry, and Visualization
  • SUPERVISED PhD STUDENTS
    1. Stina Svensson, PhD SLU, 2001-11-23 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: Representing and Analysing 3D Digital Shape Using Distance Information
      Career: Docent, Senior Research Engineer, RaySearch Laboratories AB
    2. Joakim Lindblad, PhD UU, 2003-01-17 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: Development of Algorithms for Digital Image Cytometry
      Career: Professor in Computerised Image Processing, Dept. of Information Technology, UU
    3. Ida-Maria Sintorn, PhD SLU, 2005-04-01 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: Segmentation Methods and Shape Descriptions in Digital Images - Applications in 2D and 3D Microscopy
      Career: Professor in Computerised Image Processing, Dept. of Information Technology, UU
    4. Natasa Sladoje, PhD SLU, 2005-11-25 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: On Analysis of Discrete Spatial Fuzzy Sets in 2 and 3 Dimensions
      Career: Professor in Computerised Image Analysis, Dept. of Information Technology, UU
    5. Erik Vidholm, PhD UU, 2008-02-08
      Title: Visualisation and Haptics for Interactive Medical Image Analysis
      Career: Previously Image Processing and Visualization Group Manager, RaySearch Labs AB
    6. Filip Malmberg, PhD UU, 2011-05-06
      Title: Graph-based Methods for Interactive Image Segmentation
      Career: Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Technology, UU
    7. M Khalid Khan Niazi, PhD UU, 2011-10-25 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: Image Filtering Methods for Biomedical Applications
      Career: Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
    8. Lennart Svensson, PhD SLU, 2014-11-24 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: Image Analysis and Interactive Visualisation Techniques for Electron Microscopy Tomograms
      Career: Computer Consultant
    9. Johan Nysjö, PhD UU, 2016-09-30
      Title: Interactive 3D Image Analysis for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Planning and Orthopedic Applications
      Career: Previously Software Developer Visualization, RaySearch Laboratories AB
    10. Robert Nedelcu, MD UU, 2020-02-14 (assistant supervisor, Dept. of Surgical Sciences)
      Title: In Vivo Accuracy and Precision in Prosthodontics
      Career: Senior Lecturer, Dental School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    11. Fredrik Nysjö, PhD UU, 2020-03-13
      Title: Modeling and Visualization for Virtual Interaction with Medical Image Data
      Career: Previously Research Engineer, Dept. of Information Technology, UU
    12. Maike Paetzel, PhD UU, 2020-10-23 (assistant supervisor)
      Title: The Novelty in the Uncanny: Designing Interactions to Change First Impressions
      Career: Associate Researcher, Disney Research, Switzerland
    13. Karl Bengtsson Bernander, WASP PhD UU, 2024-03-01
      Title: Equivariant Neural Networks for Biomedical Image Analysis
      Licentiate title: Improving Training of Deep Learning for Biomedical Image Analysis and Computational Physics
    MASTER THESIS STUDENTS
    Supervised appr. 4 students per year in early career. Subject reviewer for appr. 4 students per year in later years.
  • CONFERENCE INVOLVEMENTS: arrangements committee member of 20 conferences, program committe member of more than 30 conferences, 10 keynote speaker
  • PUBLICATIONS: A handfull book chapters, more than 30 journal publications, more than 50 fully reviewed conference manuscripts, a dozen edited books and journal issues
  • EVALUATION ASSIGNMENTS: A handfull PhD opponent and examiner, close to 50 PhD evaluation committees, continuous reviewer for scientific councils and journals, numerous assessments of academic positions