CV – Anders Hast

Employment History

Main Employments

2019 Professor in computerised image processing, Uppsala University (from October).
2012Research Associate, IIT, CNR, Pisa, Italy (from January).

Recent Employments

2021 Application expert at UPPMAX in Digital Humanities and Visualisation.
2012-2019 Associate Professor, Uppsala University, ca 20% teaching.
2019- Deputy Director of Studies, Division of Visual Information and Interaction, 10% From August 2019.
2018-2019 Director of Studies, Division of Visual Information and Interaction, 24% From August 2018 to July 2019.
2017-2018 Deputy Director of Studies, Division of Visual Information and Interaction, 10% From August 2017 to June 2018.
2012-2017 Senior Research Assistant, Visualization expert, UPPMAX, Uppsala University, 40%.
2013- 2016 Director for Swedish eScience Education (SeSE), 20%.
2013 Director of Studies for Swedish eScience Education (SeSE), 25%.
2007-2010 Senior Research Assistant, Visualisation expert, UPPMAX, Uppsala University, 50%
2006-2009 Associate professor at Linköping University, on average 12.5%.
2004-2011 Associate professor at the University of Gävle, 50%.
1996-2004 Assistant professor at the University of Gävle.

2004 Ph.D. Computerized Image Processing, 29/4, Uppsala University, Centre for Image Analysis. Title: “Improved Algorithms for Fast Shading and Lighting”.
2010 Docent, Computerized Image Proocessing 25/3, Uppsala University, Centre for Image Analysis. Title: “The Phong illumination model – how it has been improved through the years”.
2016 Degree of Bachelor of Arts, main field of study: Italian, Uppsala University.

2004-2008 University of Gävle, 2 years 50% and 2 years 20%.
2005 West Bohemian University, Czech Republic (STINT grant). September 12 – October 14. This period was followed by a number of shorter visits.
2010 CINECA, Bologna, funded by HPC-Europe2. March 1 – April 14.
2011-2012 ERCIM fellow, at IIT CNR, Pisa, Italy. January 10, 2011 – January 12.
2017 Research visit (a mini sabbatical of a total of one month) at University of Groningen and ISTI & IIT CNR, Pisa, Italy.

Main supervisor

Raphaela Heil. Start date: January 15, 2018. Preliminary title: “Computerized Image Processing in handwritten text Recognition”.
Jimmy Azar, Title: “Automated Tissue Image Analysis using Pattern Recognition”. Defended his thesis October 20, 2014, Opponent: Marco Loog, Delft University of Technology.

Co supervisor

Tomas Wilkinson, Preliminary Title: “Large scale text recognition of handwritten manuscripts”. Starting date as co-supervisor: Sept 2015.

Postdoc

Ekta Vats, funded by eSSENCE for two years. 2017-2019. Title: Automatic hand written text recognition.

Pedagogical

2016 Kursvärderingar – en del i kvalitetsarbetet (Half day)
2016 International Perspectives in Teaching & Learning, 2 day workshop at University of Groningen
2015 Course/seminar on pedagogics in an international classroom (Full day)
2014 IT Department’s internal course for academic supervisors/examiners of Thesis projects in the department
2014 Att Presentera Vetenskap i ord och bild (How to present science in workds and pictures, 2 weeks)
2013 Course on Mentor Training – Teaching Mentorship, Uppsala University
2013 Course on supervising student group work (DiaNa), Uppsala University
2013 Course on Teaching Academic Writing and Providing Feedback on Student Essays (DiaNa)
2012 Course for PhD supervisors, Uppsala University
2012 Course on supervising students doing oral presentations (DiaNa), Uppsala University
2012 Course on Scholarly Teaching and Learning in Engineering, Uppsala University
2004 University Pedagogics, University of Gävle, 5 weeks.
2004 Course for assistant supervisors (Held at: University of Gävle, SLU and Karlstad University)
1997 Pedagogical: The Stockholm Institute of Education, 10 weeks.

Leadership