Håkan Silfvernagel

Hi, my name is Håkan Silfvernagel. I have 19 years’ experience of software development in various positions such as developer, tester, architect, project manager, scrum master, practice manager and team lead. I currently work as a consultant at Miles. Before becoming a consultant I have previously worked as a researcher within the field of human computer interaction in the process industry with a focus on process automation and robotics.

I have a broad educational background with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering, a master's degree in Behavioral Science and I am currently finishing a master's degree in Emotion Psychology. During my psychology studies I came across the field of affective computing which combines psychology with computer science. Taking into account the focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning of today I believe it is important to take the human factor into account and try to make our systems adapt to the way we function as humans.

I am also part of the local chapter of the Norwegian .NET User Group Oslo (NNUG).

In 2018 I have given (or will give) the following talks:

• "Affective Computing - what is it and why should I care", Booster Conference, March 14, 2018

• "An introduction to Blazor and Web Assembly", Norwegian .NET User Group Meetup, May 9, 2018

• "An introduction to Blazor and Web Assembly", Bitshift User Group Meetup, May 30th, 2018

• "The History of AI - what can we learn from the past?", Norwegian .NET User Group Meetup, June 5, 2018

• "The History of AI - what can we learn from the past?", NDC Conferences, June 15, 2018

• "Affective Computing - what is it and why should I care", JavaZone, September 13, 2018

• " How to make a multi-lingual chatbot and use it in your Xamarin Forms application", Mobile Era, November 2, 2018

Sessions

• Why you should consider Web Assembly in your next frontend project