Frantisek Sabovcik

Bio

František Sabovčik earned his master's degree from the Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, specializing in Mathematical Methods in Information Technology. His PhD study continued in KU Leuven, Belgium, with the topic of improving early cardiovascular risk assessment using machine learning. His main background is in computer and data science, with a focus on biomedical applications.
He has extensive experience in software development and worked in various tech companies. For example, he worked as a senior developer in ThreatMark, a bank fraud detection software, or in Figure, a New York-based start-up developing business management software. Later in his career, he shifted towards machine learning and data science. His main focus is on developing practical ML-based tools for early risk assessment of cardiovascular disease. These approaches include the detection of asymptomatic cardiac abnormalities or incident heart failure prediction in the general population.