---
title: 'Understanding breath, with AI'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/understanding-breath-with-ai'
show: 'The You+AI Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/the-youai-podcast'
published: '2020-10-14'
audio: 'https://www.buzzsprout.com/1068073/5885590-understanding-breath-with-ai.mp3'
---

# Understanding breath, with AI

Our guest: Nilakash DasIn this episode, Nilakash Das delves into how he became a clinical data scientist, his work on using deep learning for Spirometry and offers a workable approach for students to break into AI for healthcare. Nilakash D…

## Summary

Our guest: **Nilakash Das**

In this episode, Nilakash Das delves into how he became a clinical data scientist, his work on using deep learning for Spirometry and offers a workable approach for students to break into AI for healthcare.

Nilakash Das is a final year Ph.D. researcher in the field of clinical data science. His work lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and respiratory medicine. Recently, he was awarded the prestigious _Young Scientist Scholarship_ by the _European Respiratory Society.
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Currently, he works at the laboratory of respiratory medicine and thoracic surgery at KU Leuven, Belgium. He also collaborates extensively with Artiq, a spin-off company of their laboratory, in translating AI research into clinical practice.

You will not want to miss the companion video segment with Nilakash Das on the You+AI Vodcast which is full of fun and candid moments.

You can connect to all the episodes of the You+AI Podcast and and the You+AI Vodcast via [youplusai.com](https://youplusai.com/).