Written by Sylwia Majchrowska and Jarosław Pawłowski. Deep learning (DL) algorithms are able to draw some conclusions by analyzing given data with or without provided annotations (for example in the form of labels). In the case of computer vision, the data is supposed to be a big pile of images…

Little glossary for photonics researchers — Photonics solutions are present in our daily lives today. Whenever we browse the Internet, we enjoy the vast amount of information transmitted through optical fibers. Nonlinear optics also manifests itself in the use of lasers, even low-power ones like green laser pointers that help us present information at conferences or…

Written by Sylwia Majchrowska and Sandra Carrasco According to the World Health Organization, skin cancer represents approximately one third of every diagnosed cancer, reaching over 3 million cases over the world, annually [1]. Similar to other types of cancer, though, early diagnosis is key to a good outcome, and computer-aided…

To strengthen Sweden’s attractiveness in the AI field, AI Sweden, together with three partner organizations, is launching the Eye for AI talent program. Sylwia Majchrowska shares how she ended up in Eye for AI Talent Program. I had an orderly stable life, a professional job in a research project connected…

In this work, we present the results of numerical modelling of nonlinear pulse propagation in multimode optical fibers leading to discretized conical emission. — Nonlinear optics is a branch of optics dealing with phenomena that are a consequence of light-induced modifications to the optical properties of matter. Optical fibers are a very attractive medium for studying nonlinear phenomena. …

Introducing deep learning methods for analysing microbiological images — Written by Jarosław Pawłowski and Sylwia Majchrowska. The manufacturing processes in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, or food industries are under strict policies and regulations, and obligate manufacturers to perform constant microbiological monitoring. This means thousands of samples, usually in the form of standard Petri dishes (with microbial cultures grown on agar…

On May 17, I received a message that my proposal Modelling complex materials electromagnetic properties in gprMax software has been accepted, and thus I will take part in the Google Summer of Code 2021 (GSoC). A week later, I attended a first meeting with three other students and the gprMax…

Extracting hidden knowledge from data — Artificial intelligence is a very interesting topic that evokes a lot of emotions. This is due to the fact that the development of new technologies involves many opportunities and threats. Some artificial intelligence technologies have been around for a long time, but advances in computational power and numerical optimization routines…

Mixing different passions can effect in awesome initiatives. For example from a combination of a passion for coding and teaching you can create a great programming club for children — Arduino, Sctrach and Python training for beginners. And everything of this without a salary, but you can achieve a lot…