Øyvind Bleka
Researcher at Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolØyvind Bleka is a researcher and forensic statistician with nine years of experience building production-grade statistical software for DNA interpretation and age estimation. He is the lead developer and maintainer of EuroForMix, BioAlder and CaseSolver—tools used for complex DNA mixture interpretation, forensic database searches and age prediction from methylation and radiology data. With a PhD in forensic statistics and deep applied-maths skills, he combines numerical methods, image/signal analysis and robust programming in R, C++ and Java to turn probabilistic models into user-friendly forensic tools. He regularly teaches workshops and embeds reproducible, auditable pipelines into casework, bridging research and operational practice. An unusual strength is his track record of shipping both algorithmic R-packages and compiled software used directly by forensic practitioners across Norway and beyond.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of Oslo
English, German, Portuguese
Github Skills (7)
bioinformatics10
genomics10
interpretation10
rewrite4
r2
knitr2
testing1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
oyvble/MPSproto
Mar 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:1 release, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
oyvble/casesolver
Jun 2018 - Nov 2022
A R-program based on EuroForMix for analysing case data
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 4 years 5 months
case-data
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