Mattias Nilsson
Researcher
E-mail: mattias.nilsson@ki.se
Visiting address: Eye Center of Excellence Avd Ögon & Syn, Eugeniavägen 12, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Ögon och Syn Pansell, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- 2022 – Award from The Swedish Dyslexia Association and the Marianne
Bernadotte scholarship fund for /"Important contributions to reading
research"./
2019 – IVA-award for /"Research with prominent potential for trade and
industry in the field of digitization"/. Awarded by the Royal Swedish
Academy of Engineering Sciences (Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien - IVA).
2016 – EiNAR award (Excellence in Neuroscience Annual Reward). Awarded by
the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Research
In my research I try to understand how eye movements and oculomotor control reflect the
workings of the human brain in health and disease, and across the life span
from young to old age. I approach these questions from a computational perspective,developing models that
- advance our theoretical understanding of the eye-mind relationship,
and building practical applications to aid in the early detection of
neurological disorders and diseases. Most of my research involves eye
tracking and eye movement data but I have a broad interest in all kinds of measurements that can be
related to sensory, perceptual and cognitive processes. In recent years I- have focused on
children's reading development and how eye movements
during reading reflect cognitively-based reading problems and dyslexia. I
am also interested in eye movement changes that occur as a result of changes
in the nervous system and degeneration of neurons, for example in Alzheimer's
and Parkinson's disease. In my research I make extensive use of predictive
modeling methods and other machine learning techniques originating in
artificial intelligence (AI). These are powerful tools to identify early
risk markers of neurological conditions and atypical brain function, and more
generally to study the fascinating relationship between the eye and brain.
Teaching
- 2018 – Present: Course leader and teacher in Statistics and Scientific
Methods, Optometry Program, KI
2016 – 2017: Teacher in Statistics and Scientific Methods, Optometry
Program, KI
2012: Teacher in Machine Learning (Bachelor) and Natural Language Processeing
(Master), Language Technology Program, Uppsala University
Articles
- Article: OPHTHALMIC GENETICS. 2024;45(4):343-350
- Article: INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE. 2023;64(14):34
- Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2023;10(4):579-585
- Article: FRONTIERS IN INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2023;17:1249554
- Article: OPHTHALMIC GENETICS. 2022;43(6):841-849
- Article: OPHTHALMIC GENETICS. 2022;43(2):172-183
- Article: CLINICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY. 2022;16:3785-3794
- Article: JOURNAL OF EYE MOVEMENT RESEARCH. 2022;15(4):10.16910/jemr.15.4.3
- Article: JOURNAL OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE. 2021;11(2):865-875
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(12):e0165508
- Article: TOPICS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE. 2013;5(3):541-563
All other publications
- Letter: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2018;33(10):1661-1662