Since 2017, he has been Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Computing Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. From 2017 to 2022, he headed the University Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology there. Here he also set up the international graduate school (Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) “From Data to Decision (FD2D) – Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence from Data Value Chain to Human Value”. FD2D brings together an international group of researchers and developers at 22 leading academic institutions and technology companies in North America, Europe and Asia to explore digital transformation and artificial intelligence applications across academic disciplines and industrial sectors and their implications for society. FD2D is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (Mitacs) and the University of Alberta.

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