Nicolai Spicher

Position: Associate Professor
Categories: Mentors 2026/2027
Location: DTU Health Tech, Region Hovedstaden, Technical University of Denmark

Background

I am a computer scientist by training with a PhD in biomedical engineering and working in the field of Digital Medicine. My research focuses development of methods for high-frequency medical time series, e.g. electrocardiograms, with the goal of improving their translation into clinical practice. I am interested in improving trustworthiness in this field; e.g. by working on aspects such as interpretability, uncertainty, and robustness. Moreover, my research is not purely theoretical and I bring a lot of interdisciplinary experience, e.g. I was a PI of a clinical study in a German hospital.

Motivation

I believe that mentoring the next generation of scientists is one of the key tasks of an academic. I myself profited a lot from mentors guidance during my career and I would like to give something back. In addition, research is also becoming more and more complex, e.g. with the rise of anti-scientific tendencies in society, and the availability of novel tools such as LLM’s that transform research and education. I would be glad to offer guidance in navigating these developments. Moreover, I am new to Denmark and mentoring would allow me to gain a better overview of the research landscape.

Skills, expertise and interests

  • Data analytics
  • High-performance computing
  • Statistics and mathematics
  • Machine learning
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