Knut Liestøl

Knut Liestøl is professor and previous department head at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. He has also been Research Dean at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and has long experience as board leader for various research organizations. Prof. Liestøl was a co-leader of the DoMore! project and brings a deep understanding on the technical and scientific aspects of the algorithms. Based on a combined background in statistics, mathematical modelling and biology, his scientific work has focused on methodological aspect in studies on disease etiology and epidemiology, in recent years centered on deep learning for medical decision support in cancer.