Jakob is a physician scientist with board certification in internal medicine. He was recently appointed professor of Clinical Artificial Intelligence at Technical University Dresden, Germany. His interdisciplinary research team is working at the interface of computer science and precision oncology. They are building and validating new AI-based biomarkers. The team is guided by a vision: physicians are trained in data science and researchers from computer science or technical subjects learn to identify and solve relevant clinical problems. In the last year, the team’s research studies were published in Nature Medicine and Nature Cancer, among other venues.