Computer Vision News - June 2019

Lena Maier-Hein is a computer science professor from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg. She received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) starting grant for a multidisciplinary project that combines computer-assisted minimally invasive surgery with novel, gentle imaging technology based on sound and light. Machine learning-based image analysis is performed to convert high-dimensional data into clinically useful information. Read more interviews with women scientists Tell us about your work, Lena. I would call myself a surgical data scientist. We’re developing computational methods to advance interventional healthcare. That means surgery, in particular, but it can also refer to interventional radiology, for example. You should have been a doctor! I think my strengths are more on the theoretical side. I would actually be a Lena Maier-Hein 32 Women in Science Computer Vision News Women in Science photo: Timothy Archibald Photo: Bernard Clark “ Our grandparents have been crucial to enable dual scientific career with kids! ”