They were recently invited to a joint lunch at Universum together with the faculty's deans to celebrate their appointments as docents.
The new docents of 2023 are:
Lili Jiang, Department of Computing Science
Subject: Computer Science
Lili Jiang works in the areas of data mining, information retrieval, data federation, machine learning-based privacy preservation, AI thrustworthiness, and natural language processing.
Loïs Vanhée, Department of Computing Science
Subject: Computer Science
Loïs Vanhée researches artificial intelligence and how it can be designed to contribute in a way that is in the public interest. For example, by designing AI systems that can avoid causing anxiety among human users, and developing guidelines, methods, and tools for how this discipline should best be taught in the future.
Peter Lind, Department of Molecular Biology
Subject: Molecular Biology with a focus on Microbiology
Peter Lind's research is about evolution and to what extent processes within it can be predicted. In addition to being a fundamental question within biology, possible applications within medicine and for issues related to climate change can also be seen.
Christer Larsson, Department of Molecular Biology
Subject: Molecular Biology with a focus on Molecular Microbiology
Christer Larsson has worked on research that has applications in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases such as TB.
Becoming a docent
To become a docent, requirements are set on the person's production of scientific articles within the subject area and experience in academic teaching. The assessment includes a trial lecture (docentföreläsning in Swedish). The person appointed by the faculty's dean as an associate professor is granted, among other things, the right to be the main supervisor, examiner at the doctoral level, and opponent at doctoral defenses.
Read more about the application for docent-ship