About / CV
Jon Kågström, I was born in Byske, Sweden 1977. In the fall of 1997 I moved to Sundsvall to embark my university studies in Computer Science. By 2001 I had completed most of my courses but I did not find any motivating subject for my Thesis so I decided to postpone it. During my studies I spent most of my spare time to develop interesting software. Out of curiosity I published the creations on the Internet and it turned out that people were actually using it. So in 1998 I started a company which I have been working with since. My enthusiasm and fascination for Artificial Intelligence increased over the years and my choice of Thesis was by the end of 2004 simple.
Education
- 1997-2005 M.Sc. in Computer Science from Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.
- 1993-1995, 1996-1997 Upper Secondary School, Natural Sciences, profiling in Computer Orientation and Electronics, Skellefteå, Sweden.
- 1995-1996 Hugh Christie Technology Collage, Profiling in Maths, Computers, Physics and Mechanics, Tonbridge, Kent, UK.
Master Thesis
- J. Kågström, Improving Naïve Bayesian Spam Filtering, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, August 2005. [pdf]
Professional Experience
- 1998-now Bysoft AB – own company with focus on security applications and lately machine learning approaches for spam filtering, see http://www.codeode.com/.
- 2006-2008 Digital Illusions – AI programmer.
- 2008-now Own company with big focus on text classification with PRfekt, great fun!
Extracurricular Activities
- Strong programming skills: C/C++
- Moderate programming skills: C#, Java, Visual Basic, 8088 assembler, Pascal, PHP, HTML, SQL
- Good knowledge of Win32 API, MFC and DirectX (Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectSound and DirectPlay).
- Fluent languages: Swedish, English
- Interests: Computers, AI, climbing and painting (or perhaps more like daubing:)