dr Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer
Principal Investigator

Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the BIPOLAR project and Assistant Professor at the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.

Her research interests cover time series analysis, soft computing, computational statistics, sensor data analysis and medical applications. 
She enjoys and combines effectively the theoretical research with challenges identified in clinical practice, in particular in psychiatry. Some of her works have been awarded at scientific conferences. She is the CEO of the Foundation for Information Technologies in Psychiatry, an Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, and a vice-coordinator of the eHealth section of Polish Information Processing Society. 

In her free, she enjoys hiking, running (cross-country and orienteering in particular), documentaries and travelling.

Olga Kamińska
PhD Researcher

Olga Kamińska is the PhD researcher at Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Science working full time at the BIPOLAR project. She graduated with a Master Degree of Computer Science with specialization of Software Engineering from the Poznań University of Technology. 

Her professional experience concentrates on data analysis and processing. She is interested in applying Artificial Intelligence into the HealthCare Industry. Her recent research focuses mostly on Semi-Supervised approaches and Neural Networks application.

In her free, she is a sport enthusiast.

Kamil Kmita
PhD Researcher

Kamil Kmita is the PhD researcher at Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Science working full time at the BIPOLAR project. Kamil is a statistician and a data scientist, who graduated from Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology (MSc in Mathematics with specialization in Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis). 

Kamil is interested in addressing uncertainty in statistical modeling with emphasis on healthcare data. Finding alternatives to probabilistic approaches is both fascinating and worth exploring. 

In his spare time, he likes to read books (socio-economics, psychology, interviews), to stroll, and to develop software projects in Python.

Jakub Małecki
Lead Software Engineer

Jakub is an experienced practitioner in various topics related to data and software. In BIPOLAR project, Jakub is the technical software leader making sure that the BIPOLAR package and data architecture is secure and sustainable. Jakub works closely with other researchers to ensure best practices when developing the BIPOLAR prototype and coordinating release activities.

In the last 15 years, Jakub worked on different positions from a specialist to a manager. He is always focused on how data analysis helps making better decisions in business. Jakub graduated with a Master Degree of Mathematics with specialization of Applied Mathematics from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Izabela Zadrożna
Psychiatric Requirement Analyst

Izabella Zadrożna is responsible for the requirement analysis ensuring that the BIPOLAR software package addresses adequately the psychiatric scenarios. Izabella is the head of the project management department at Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Science working part time at the BIPOLAR project. She has rich experience in managing organizational and financial aspects of research projects. She is experienced in healthcare systems planning and analysis. She is a holder of MSc in social sciences and Master of Business and Administration diploma.

Her hobby is sport, literature, art and traveling. She is also engaging in local community activities.