Committees

Figure 26: Societies in which CBA staff are involved.

Ewert Bengtsson
International:

• Senior lifetime member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2004-
  Comment: Member since 1974. Elevated to Lifetime Fellow as per 20150101.
• Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), 2004-
• Member of the International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC), 2000-
• Associate Editor of Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2012-2014
  Comment: Published by Elsevier. Bengtsson was Editorial Board member 1995-2011.
• Editorial Board member of Machine Graphics & Vision, 1994-
  Comment: Published by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
• Management Committee, EU COST Action TD1201: ``Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage, COSCH'' 2013-
  Comment: Bengtsson is responsible for coordinating the Swedish participation.
• Finance Chair of ICPR 2014, International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Stockholm, August 2014
• Expert evaluator for proposals to the Italian Ministry of Education, Industry and Research, Office V

National:

• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 2006-
  Comment: Division VII: Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences.
• Member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten), 1998-
  Comment: Elected member of the oldest scientific society in Sweden (founded 1710).
• Coordinating group of Medtech4Health, 2012-2014
  Comment: Medtech4Health is a national Swedish initiative to build a Strategic Innovation Area in medical engineering. And to apply for Vinnova Funding. The application was turned down in June 2014.
• Board of Swedish Bioimaging, 2012-
  Comment: A Swedish network for researchers in biomedical imaging and image analysis.
• Scientific board of Swedish Association for Medical Engineering and Physics, "Svensk förening för medicinsk teknik och fysik" 2013-
• Program Committee, Swedish Medical Engineering Days, "Medicinteknikdagarna", Gothenburg, 2014.
• Scientific board of Hillevi Fries Research Scholarship Foundation, 2006-
  Comment: A Swedish foundation that accepts applications and gives out research grants for urology research.
• Board of UpGIS, the network for Geographical Information Systems at UU, 1999-
• UU Library Council member, 2011-
• Chair of UU committee to propose a new strategy for handling long term storage of scientific data, 2013-2014 
• Chair of a joint committee by the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy to develop a strategic plan for medical engineering research and education at UU. 201409-201501 
• Representative of UU IT on the ICT committee of Uppsala Municipality, 2013-2014
• Expert advisor to the head of the Information Technology Unit of UU administration, 2013-
• Board of the Dept. of Information Technology, UU, 2012-
• Head of Research (``forskningsprefekt") at the Dept. of Information Technology, UU, 2013-
• Head of the research program ``Image analysis and man-machine interaction," Dept. of Information Technology, UU, 1996-2014
• PhD education responsible professor for ``Computerized Image Processing", 1996-2014
• Licentiate Thesis, Matilda Landgren, Opponent, 20140131 
• Expert for evaluating chair in medical engineering for Linköping University
• Expert evaluator of Dr Rodrigo Morenos application to become docent at Linköping university

Gunilla Borgefors
International:

• Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), 1998-
  Comment: 1st Vice President 1994-96, Secretary 1990-94, etc., etc.
• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), 2007-
  Comment: Member since 1997. Senior member 1998.
• Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters, 2011-
  Comment: Published by Elsevier. PRL is an official journal of the International Association of Pattern Recognition. Borgefors was Associate Editor/Area Editor 2004-2010.
• Editorial Board member of Image Processing and Communications, 1994-
  Comment: Published by the Institute of Telecommunications, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
• Editorial Board member of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis: Advances in Mathematical Theory and Applications, 1993-
  Comment: Published by Interperiodica Publishing in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Editorial Board of the book series Computational Imaging and Vision, 2003-
  Comment: Published by Springer.
• Steering committee for Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery (DGCI) conferences, 2000-
• Steering committee for International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology (ISMM), 2011-
• Programme Committee, International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG 2014), Warsaw, Poland, 20140915-17
• Dissertation committee of Darryl McClymont, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 20140901-20141016 
  Comment: Title: Computer assisted detection and characterisation of breast cancer in MRI 

National:

• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 2011-
  Comment: Division VII: Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences.
• Member No. 19 of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten), 2000-
  Comment: Elected member of the oldest scientific society in Sweden (founded 1710).
• Member of Swedish Parliamentarians and Scientists, 1987-
  Comment: Members are elected. Only one scientist per field admitted.
• Board/Steering Committee for Onsala Space Observatory, 2011-
• Chair of the Celsius-Linné committee, TN-faculty, UU, 2013-
  Comment: The committee selects the speakers for the annual Celsius and Linné lectures and organizes the following one-day Symposium. Member since 2007.
• Advisory Board for CBA 2012-2014
  Comment: One of two representatives for SLU.
• Member of the Docent committee of the Faculty of Science and Technology, UU, 2014-
• Scientic expert committee for the Vinnova project DTC (Detection-Taget Tracking-Classification) at SSAB Dynamics and Linköping University, running 2014-16 and headed by our alumni Tomas Brandtberg.
• Expert evaluator for the application of Andrew Mehnert to become associate professor (docent) at Chalmers, Göteborg, 20140401-20140512
• Expert evaluator for an Associate Professor (lektor) in Image reproduction at Dept. of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, 20140601-20140707
• Dissertation committee of Patrik Boberg, Luleå Technical University, Luleå, 20140612 
  Comment: Title: Imaging and Analysis Methods for Automated Weld Inspection
• Dissertation committee of Jimmy Azar, Dept. of Information Technology, UU, 20141020 
  Comment: Title: Automated Tissue Image Analysis Using Pattern Recognition

Anders Brun
International:

• Management Committee member, COSCH, Colour & Space in Cultural Heritage, EU COST Action TD 1201.

National:

• Board member, SSBA, 2014-
  Comment: Elected at SSBA yearly meeting

Ingrid Carlbom
International:

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1987-
• Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1971-
• Member of ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH), 1976-
• Member of SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society, 1979-
• Programme Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2014, 20140429-20140502
• Session organizer: "Advances in Computer-Aided Histopathology" at IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'14) held in Beijing, China, 20140428-20140502
  

Anders Hast
National:

• Dissertation Committee of Andreas Kårsnäs, 20140412
  Comment: PhD Thesis title: "Image Analysis Methods and Tools for Digital Histopathology Applications Relevant to Breast Cancer Diagnosis"

Christer Kiselman
International:

• Program Committe for Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery (DGCI 2014), 20140101-20140912
• Reference Group of the International Science Programme, 20140811
  Comment: Meeting in Seoul, South Korea
• Evaluation of research at LIRIS, Lyon, 20140901-20150108 
  Comment: LIRIS is the acronym of Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d'information. Appointed by l'Agence d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur (AERES) (from 20141114 Haut Conseil d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseigment supérieur (HCERES)).

National:

• Dissertation Committee of Vladimir Curic, Dept. of Information Technology, UU, 20140523
  Comment: Thesis title: Distance Functions and Their Use in Adaptive Mathematical Morphology

Kristína Lidayová, Elisabeth Linnér, Johan Nysjö, Pontus Olsson and Tomas Wilkinson

• Editors, SSBAktuellt, the newsletter of the Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis

Kristína Lidayová
International:

• Programme Committee, 1st International Conference on Bioimaging, BIOIMAGING 2014, Eseo, Angers, Loire Valley, France, 20140303-20140306

Cris Luengo
International:

• Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2010-
  Comment: Member since 2001.
• Member of the International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC), 2006-
• Area Editor for Pattern Recognition Letters 2013-
  Comment: Published by Elsevier. PRL is an official journal of the International Association of Pattern Recognition. Luengo was Associate Editor 2011-2012.
• Steering Committee, International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology, 2013-.
• Organizing Committee; Workshops, Tutorials and Contests Co-Chair; and Programme Committee, 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Stockholm, August 2014.
• Programme Committee, 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Boston, MA, 20140711-15.

National:

• Advisory Board for CBA 2012-
  Comment: One of two representatives for SLU.
• Search Committee for a junior faculty member in Machine Learning for the Dept. of Information Technology, UU, 2014-2015
• Opponent for licentiate defence of Tobias Pahlberg, Division of Wood Science and Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Skellefteå, 20140214
  Comment: Title: Wood Fingerprints: Recognition of Sawn Wood Products. Supervisor: Olle Hagman.
• Dissertation committee of Janne West, Division of Radiological Sciences, Linköping University, 20140214
  Comment: Title: Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain: Applications for Tissue Segmentation and Multiple Sclerosis. Supervisor: Örjan Smedby.
• Dissertation committee of Richard Nordenskjöld, Dept. of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Science, UU, 2014-06-10
  Comment: Title: Analysis of Human Brain MRI: Contributions to Regional Volume Studies. Supervisor: Joel Kullberg.
• Dissertation Committee of Susanne Bornelöv, 20141003 
  Comment: Supervisor: Jan Komorowski 
  Title: Rule-based models of transcriptional regulation and complex diseases 
  Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Computational and Systems Biology, UU 
• Dissertation Committee of Scott Holcombe, 20141216 
  Comment: Supervisor: Staffan Jacobsson Svärd 
  Title: Gamma spectroscopy and gamma emission tomography for fuel performance characterization of irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies 
  Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Applied Nuclear Physics, UU

Ingela Nyström
International:

• President of the Executive Committee of International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) 2014-
  Comment: 2nd Vice President 2008-2010, Secretary 2010-2014
• Local Arrangements Chair of the 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2014), Stockholm, Sweden, August 2014
• Program Committee, 10th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2014

National:

• Member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskapssamhället i Uppsala), 2012-
• Member of the Board of the Faculty of Science and Technology, UU, 2011-2014
• Member of the Docent committee of the Faculty of Science and Technology, UU, 2011-2014
• Member of a joint committee by the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy to develop a strategic plan for medical engineering research and education at UU. 201409-201501
• Chair of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Image Analysis 2012-
  Comment: One of two representatives for UU.
• Member of the Council for Research Infrastructure (RFI), the Swedish Research Council, 2014-
• Evaluation Panel for grant applications to the Swedish Research Council: Infrastructures for e-Science (``Beredningsgrupp 4''), 2011--
• Expert evaluator for the application of Claes Lundström to become Associate Professor (Docent) at Linköping University, 20140301-20140407
• Dissertation committee of Khoa Tan Nguyen, Dept. of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping, 20140307 
  Comment: Title: Supporting Quantitative Visual Analysis in Medicine and Biology in the Presence of Data Uncertainty

Alexandra Pacureanu
International:

• Programme Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2014, 20140429-20140502 

Stefan Seipel
International:

• Board of reviewers for WSCG 2014 - International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Plzen, Czech Republic
• Board of UpGIS, the network of Geographical Information Systems at UU, 2013-
• Expert evaluator for grant applications to the Sweden-America Foundation, 20141001-28

National:

• Chair of the Swedish Computer Graphics Association (SIGRAD), 2012-
• Dissertation committee of Khoa Tan Nguyen, Dept. of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping, 20140307 Comment: Title: Supporting Quantitative Visual Analysis in Medicine and Biology in the Presence of Data Uncertainty
• Dissertation committee of Stefan Lindholm, Dept. of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping, 20141003
  Comment: Title: Medical Volume Visualization Beyond Single Voxel Values
• Dissertation committee of Lennart Svensson, Dept. of IT, 20141124
  Comment: Title: Image analysis and interactive visualization techniques for electron microscopy tomograms

Ida-Maria Sintorn
National:

• Treasurer of Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis (SSBA), 2009-
  Comment: Board member 2008-.
• Dissertation Committee of Patrik Malm, Dept. of IT UU, 20140207 
  Comment: Title: Image Analysis in Support of Computer-Assisted Cervical Cancer Screening

• Dissertation Committee of Carl-Magnus Clausson, Dept. of Immunology Genetcs and Pathology, UU, 20140328 
  Comment: Title: Making Visible the Proximity Between Proteins

• Dissertation Committee of Peter Andersson, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UU, 20140604 
  Comment: Title: Fast-neutron tomography using a mobile neutron generator for assessment of steam-water distributions in two-phase flows

• Dissertation Committee of Obaid Aftab, Dept. of Medical Sciences, UU, 20141125 
  Comment: Title: High-throughput phenotypic and systemic profiling of in vitro growing cell populations using label-free microscopy and spectroscopy: Applications in cancer pharmacology

Nataša Sladoje
International:

• Associate Editor for Pattern Recognition Letters
  Comment: Published by Elsevier. PRL is an official journal of the International Association of Pattern Recognition.

National:

• Dissertation Committee of Lennart Svensson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 20141124 
  Comment: Title: Image Analysis and Interactive Visualization Techniques for Electron Microscopy Tomograms
• Dissertation Committee of Anders Landström, Luleå University of Technology, 20141125 
  Comment: Title: Elliptical Adaptive Structuring Elements for Mathematical Morphology

Robin Strand
International:

• Editorial Board member of Journal of Discrete Mathematics, 2013-
  Comment: Open access. Published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation.
• Programme Committee, 18th International Conference on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery (DGCI 2014), Sienna, Italy
• Programme Committee, 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2014), Stockholm
• Awards Chair, 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2014), Stockholm

National:

• Dissertation Committee of Gustaf Kylberg, UU, 20140321 
  Comment: Title: Automatic Virus Identification using TEM - Image Segmentation and Texture Analysis
• Programme Committee, CIM Workshop on Mathematics and Medicine, 20141106-07, Uppsala

Fredrik Wahlberg
National:

• Member of the Uppsala Programming for Multicore Architecures Research Center (UPMARC)

Carolina Wählby
International:

• Dissertation committee of Barathy Mayurathan, Dept. of Statistics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 20141104 
  Comment: Title: Super resolution optical imaging - image analysis, multicolor development and biological applications
• Programme Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2014, 20140429-20140502 

National:

• Dissertation committee of Daniel Rönnlund, Dept. of Experimental Biomolecular Physics, KTH, 20140228 
  Comment: Title: Efficient and Compact Codebook Design for Scene Analysis and Object Localisation
• Dissertation committee of Arash Sanamrad, Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, UU, 20140905 
  Comment: Title: Biological Insights from Single-Particle Tracking in Living Cells
• Member of the Electorial Board (``elektorsförsamlingen") of the Faculty of Science and Technology, UU, 2014-2016