Hey everyone! This is Narimane Early-Stage researcher number 10 from Bordeaux.
Now I am on my way to the land of cheese and chocolate, I thought it’s the perfect timing for writing. I am really thrilled to finally type down another blog post, after a long absence.
Well, guess what ? Exactly one year ago today, I wrote my very first blog post.
Reflections on the first year of my PhD? It can be tough and awful and there will be days you wish you had a normal job, but it’s an incredibly challenging experience.
I started my very first secondment in the month of July and no surprise it had to be held remotely from my office in Bordeaux. As I mentioned in my last post, our focus was laid particularly on the inverse problem. I have been mainly working with MUSIC software to assess the accuracy of different algorithms for solving ECG inverse problem on in-silico data. To do this, we have been studying the zero order Tikhonov regularization in conjunction with the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS), the ZOT regularization using the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the proposed EP-solution based on the boundary element method (BEM).
The month of September was very busy; 6 flights, 6 trains, 3 different countries and countless memories.
At the beginning of the month, I took a few days off for a well-deserved vacation and a little break. There is always a certain vibe when I come back to my hometown, I feel relieved and loved.
I was also in Brno, Czech Republic to attend the international conference ; Computer In Cardiology. I have finally met some @PersonalizeAF team members in person. I am very proud to be part of the consortium.
And, of course, I got the chance to present my paper : “Benchmark of deep learning algorithms for the automatic screening in electrocardiograms transmitted by implantable cardiac devices”. Weird sensation at the beginning, I am not a microphone girl, but it felt great and exciting to put my work out.
Then again from Czech Republic to Karlsruhe in Germany to attend the Atrial Signals conference ; three days of non-stop networking and very interesting talks from the pioneers of the field. Of course, I didn’t understand everything during these seminars, and that’s the point, the more you know the more you realize you don’t know and the less you know.
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