Hi again, I'm Shivam Pandey.
I'm doing a PhD building explainable AI algorithms and a remote, IoMT-enabled tech pipeline for elderly care. I hail from the north-central part of India and grew up in my home city, Lucknow, before spending a few years living near the lakes and mountains near the Shivalik ranges, and later in the national capital. After wandering through technology and business schools, and living in different places, at 28, I now live in Bergen, Norway.
How to pronounce my name
shee-vum paan-day
(Shivam means "the auspicious one" — though mostly it just means I get called "Shiva" by spellcheckers and avid readers (often, I get called "Shivan"). I am okay with all of it.😊)
Fun facts
For work, I
- Am doing a PhD at UiB (Faculty of Medicine), where I'm working on building a knowledge-based, explainable fuzzy-AI model and designing a fuzzy-enabled data pipeline for an IoMT app-based ecosystem — helping older adults and people with chronic conditions live comfortably and independently at home.
- Explore fuzzy logic, real-time systems, and generative models to make complex medical data actually make sense to humans.
- Experiment with computer vision, image analysis, and augmented reality in my free time — including past projects on brain tumor analysis and fracture detection (code is on my GitHub).
- Do academic things — you can check out my publications on my Publications page.
For life, I
- Navigate life in wet, beautiful Bergen and other parts of Norway — constantly figuring out the balance between tech, healthcare, a chaotic schedule, and Nordic rain.
- Hike once a week, ride my bike around the fjords, hit the gym, and play football whenever I get the chance — and countless other things I can't quite remember while writing this.
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Listen to a lot of music. If you have decent headphones or good speakers — or you're just someone excited by music — here's my current playlist on loop, might interest you:
If you're enthusiastic about well-engineered music, you can visit these:
- Paint and draw on occasion. I once spray-painted a few walls in my university flat and terrace 😂 — as far as I know, they're still there.
- Am slowly building my own version of a minimalist, one-bag lifestyle, heavily inspired by Jeremy Maluf's philosophy.
For the mind, I
- Lean into a philosophical mindset when the weekend settles down. People joke that I must have a 28-hour day because I do so many different things at once, but my favorite moments are just reading, exploring neologisms, writing, and listening to music by a window with a nice view.
- Write poetry. Some of my pieces revolve around the concept of "wraithcost," and my general outlook on hobbies is inspired by "colmarie" — an artistic neologism.
- Meditate, or maybe cook something nice, once every couple of months 😅 (trying my best to be healthy).
A recent poem I drafted while sitting by my window
With the drizzle of drops
At midnight where the lights pop
With the music,
With the view,
My window makes sure
I get through.
The droplets beat
In time with my playlist on repeat
In the lap of nature
I forget the future.
Make it last,
Make it longer
Drive the night past,
Hold it a little stronger.
Keep the moment,
Face the mirror,
Find yourself,
Forget the incompletes, inconsistent, and the fear.
Life in frames
A few highlights from my recent journeys, the mountains, fjords, and the roads.
