Jens Sjölund receives the Göran Gustafsson Prize for young researchers
Jens Sjölund, Associate Professor at the Department of Information Technology, has been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize for Young Researchers. The prize money of SEK 1.1 million will be used to develop AI-based methods for characterising microstructure from image data.
– I am extremely happy and honoured to receive the Göran Gustafsson Prize for Young Researchers. It is a great recognition of the work I and my team have put in, and gives us an opportunity to further invest in developing machine learning methods that have direct benefit in several of our interdisciplinary collaborations.
Microstructure refers to structures at the micrometre scale, roughly the same size as the cells in our bodies or grain sizes in materials such as metals and ceramics. In the life sciences, microstructure can help us understand how cells are organised in tissue and how this affects their function. In materials science, microstructures provide insight into properties such as porosity, toughness and ductility.
Despite their importance, microstructures are difficult to characterise mathematically. The idea behind Jen's project is to use methods from machine learning and multiscale modelling to learn such a representation and then use it to automate the analysis of microstructure images. The project will be carried out in
Jens Sjölund receives the Göran Gustafsson Prize for Young Researchers. Photo: gustafssonsstiftelser.se and private photo of Jens.