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Joeri Nicolaes

Computer Scientist / PhD student

UCB Pharma

About me

I am a computer scientist in the IT Artificial Intelligence team at UCB Pharma where I work on computer vision problems in the medical imaging domain. I am also a third-year PhD student at the ESAT/PSI department of the KU Leuven spending two days per week in the Medical Imaging Research Center at the University Hospitals Leuven. My current research focuses on robust object detection in 3D images, shape-aware image segmentation and understanding how different loss terms influence what CNNs learn.
In my free time, I love reading books on science and history, coach a youth soccer team, play some piano and last but not least enjoy life with my family & friends.

Interests

  • machine learning
  • computer vision

Education

  • Master in Engineering, 2005

    KU Leuven

Recent Posts

Time to start writing

During my long summer break I decided to start writing about my learnings on this website. Although I hope that my ramblings are …
Jul 23, 2021 2 min read

Projects

I am currently working on the Bonebot research project that aims at opportunistically screening spine-containing CT images for osteoporotic vertebral fractures to support the early detection of patients with osteoporosis and avoid secondary fractures.

Talks

Automated Detection of Vertebral Fractures in CT Using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
Oct 24, 2020 12:00 AM — 12:00 AM virtual
Automated Detection of Vertebral Fractures in CT Using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
Dec 1, 2019 11:05 AM — 11:15 AM Chicago, US
Detection of vertebral fractures in CT using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
Oct 17, 2019 9:30 AM — 9:45 AM Shenzhen, China
Medical analytics and ethics
Mar 14, 2018 4:45 PM — 5:30 PM Diegem, Belgium

Publications

Detection of vertebral fractures in CT using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks

Osteoporosis induced fractures occur worldwide about every 3 seconds. Vertebral compression fractures are early signs of the disease …
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Teaching activities

Academic courses

  • Computer vision (H02A5A): teaching assistant for course and exam projects | 2018 - now

Supervision of master thesis

  • Data augmentation guided by prediction uncertainty (KU Leuven Honors Program project) | 2019
  • Does a shape-aware CNN model improve medical image segmentation performance? | 2019
Jul 23, 2021 2 min read

Time to start writing

During my long summer break I decided to start writing about my learnings on this website. Although I hope that my ramblings are helpful for others, I have to admit that my motivations to do so are selfish because: you truly master a new concept when you are able to explain it succinctly in your own words I have enjoyed reading over 85 papers in the last 2 years but lack an easy way to revisit my summary learnings from these efforts it's time to practise my English writing skills a bit Now that you know why I am adding more online content let's spend a minute to talk about what I intend to write about.

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