Welcome
Hello and welcome to my website. I am a Professor of Biomedical Image Computing at the School of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. On this website you will find all about my past and present professional activities and new opportunities in my group.
An overview of my academic background can be found in the biography section. See the address section for my present coordinates and contact information. More information on my work throughout the years can be found in the research, publications, projects, services, presentations, group, collaborators, examinees, teaching, and software sections.
Below are some highlights of my work to give you a quick impression. If you are looking for something specific, you may want to search my website.
Services
- Distinguished Scientist, International Association of Engineers, since 2024
- Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2022–2023
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Deep Learning in Biological Image and Signal Processing, 2022
- Workshops Chair, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Peru, 2020
- Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Bio Imaging and Signal Processing, 2018–2019
- Program Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, USA, 2018
- Co-Organizer, BigNeuron: A Community Effort to Advance Neuron Reconstruction, since 2015
- Co-Organizer, Cell Tracking Challenge at IEEE ISBI 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024
- Co-Organizer, Particle Tracking Challenge at IEEE ISBI, Spain, 2012
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2004–2024
Publications
- Research Paper, Extensible Immunofluorescence for High-Plexity Microscopy, Nature Communications, 2025
- Research Paper, Improving Cross-Domain Generalizability of Medical Image Segmentation, Medical Image Analysis, 2025
- Research Paper, The Cell Tracking Challenge: 10 Years of Objective Benchmarking, Nature Methods, 2023
- Research Paper, BigNeuron: A Resource for Benchmarking Neuron Tracing Methods, Nature Methods, 2023
- Research Paper, Deep Learning Based Neuron Reconstruction, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2022
- Research Paper, Automatic Cell Segmentation Using Neural Architecture Search, Bioinformatics, 2021
- Invited Review, Deep Learning in Bioimage Analysis, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020
- Research Paper, Automatic Tracing of Ultra-Volumes of Neuronal Images, Nature Methods, 2017
- Perspective Article, Imagining the Future of Bioimage Analysis, Nature Biotechnology, 2016
- Research Paper, Objective Comparison of Particle Tracking Methods, Nature Methods, 2014
Presentations
- Laureate Speech, International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong, 2025
- Invited Keynote, International Symposium on Image Computing and Digital Medicine, China, 2024
- Invited Keynote, IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, Turkey, 2024
- Invited Keynote, IEEE International Conference on BioInspired Processing, Costa Rica, 2023
- Invited Keynote, International Conference on Computer Systems and Communication Technology, Malaysia, 2023
- Invited Keynote, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Medical Sciences, China, 2023
- Invited Lecture, IEEE Signal Processing Society: Singapore Chapter, Singapore, 2022
- Invited Lecture, IEEE Signal Processing Society: Student Branch Chapter IIITDM Kancheepuram, India, 2022
- Invited Lecture, IEEE Signal Processing Society: Delhi Chapter, India, 2022
- Invited Tutorial, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Singapore, 2022
Projects
- Revolutionizing Immunotherapy Response Prediction in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, from NHMRC, 2022–2025
- Academic Start-Up Fund for Biomedical Image Computing, from UNSW, 2019–2024
- H2020 Eurostars Grant for Organ-on-a-Chip Heart Failure Modeling, from EUREKA & EU, 2016–2019
- Open Technology Grant for Supra-Analysis of Cellular Dynamic Processes, from STW, 2015–2019
- Open Competition Grant for Probabilistic Neuron Tracing, from NWO, 2011–2016
- Perspectives Grant for Integrated Smart Microscopy, from STW, 2010–2014
- HST-Klein Grant for Molecular Image Processing, from Medical Delta, 2009–2013
- FP7 Grant for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise, from EU, 2008–2012
- Vidi Grant for Model-Based Tracking of Cellular Dynamics, from NWO, 2005–2010
- Talent Grant for Adaptive Interpolation in Medical Imaging, from NWO, 2000–2001
