Per Bækgaard
Associate Professor, Head Of Study (Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence MSc)
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolPer Bækgaard is an Associate Professor and Head of Study for the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence MSc at DTU, combining 12+ years in academia with decades of industry leadership in R&D and global supply chain management. He bridges human-computer interaction research, UX engineering and lean/agile methods with hands-on experience in large-scale hardware and software product development from roles at Nokia where he led multi-billion EUR sourcing and R&D organizations. A proven entrepreneur and co-founder of data integration/startup ventures, he brings practical experience building data capture and visualization services for the transport sector. Known for strong strategic thinking, negotiation skills and multidisciplinary team leadership, he is equally comfortable writing research-led course material and steering complex technical-commercial programs. His background in eye-tracking research for mobile UX and a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction gives him a rare combination of biometric-informed UX expertise and enterprise-level operational acumen. Based in Copenhagen, he is perceived as trustworthy and approachable, with an optimistic “it can be done” drive that repeatedly turns complex human-technical challenges into efficient, lean solutions.
12 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering (Human Computer Interaction), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering (Human Computer Interaction) at Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetAllerød Amtsgymnasium (AAG)
English, Danish
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Github Skills (52)
hugo-theme9
bayesian8
statistical-inference8
image7
image-processing7
hugo7
multilingual7
probabilistic-programming7
probabilistic-models7
probabilistic7
mcmc7
bayesian-inference7
high-performance6
modeling6
grayscale6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
baekgaard/tobiilsl
Jun 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
baekgaard/readesm
Mar 2014 - Dec 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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