MSB members during MICCAI 2024 in Marrakesh, Morocco

Fond Farewells

We sincerely thank our outgoing members for their invaluable contributions, which have been instrumental to the success of the MSB.

• Moritz Fuchs – Vice president
• Anna Zapaishchykova – Executive Officer
• Harry Anthony – PR Officer
• Yanis Najy Miraoui – Local Student Liaison
• Advaith Veturi – Professional Events
• Paul Wilson – Social Events Officer
• Benjamin Killeen – Social Events Officer

Their dedication and hard work have left an indelible mark on the MSB, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavours. Stay tuned to find out about our new members joining the MSB next year in Daejeon, South Korea!

MICCAI Educational Challenge Winner Announcement

The MICCAI Educational Challenge was held for the sixth time, concluding at MICCAI 2024 in Marrakesh. The goal of the challenge is to encourage members of the MICCAI community to create and share educational materials, covering fundamental concepts in medical image computing (MIC) and computer-assisted interventions (CAI). We are happy to announce the winners of the MICCAI Educational Challenge:

1. Introduction to Diffusion Models - Kaouther Mouheb, Ricardo Montoya del Ángel, Nohemí Sofía León Contreras
2. Validation Reloaded - Elevate Your Model Validation with Advanced Toolkits - Annika Reinke, Ali Emre Kavur
3. A Comprehensive Deconstruction of The Paper “SimGRACE” + Key Notes for Researchers in Paper Handling - Mariem Touihri

Thank you to everyone who participated! You can watch material from the MICCAI Education Challenge finalists here.

  

PhD Thesis Madness Winner Announcement

The PhD Thesis Madness was an event held at MICCAI 2024, which allowed final-year PhD students and recently finished doctorates to showcase their groundbreaking work with a short presentation. We are happy to announce the winners of the PhD Thesis Madness Event:

1. Federated Learning for Medical Image Computing: Robustness, Generalization, and Privacy - Meirui Jiang
2. Deep Generative Models for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Medical Imaging - Cosmin I. Bercea
3. Democratizing Learning with Neural Cellular Automata - John Kalkhof

Thank you for everyone who took part and attended! You can watch the PhD Thesis Madness presentations on our YouTube channel.

 

MICCAI Student Board Webinar Series

The MICCAI Student Board is proud to run a webinar series, covering a range of topics from academic life tips to career advice. Organized by our Webinar Officer, Weina Jin, our webinar series continues to produce insightful content for students in the MICCAI community. Previous instalments of our webinar series can be found on our YouTube page, including our most recent webinar with the finalists of the MSB PhD Thesis Madness on tips for completing a PhD journey.

 

Stay Connected: Join Our Community Online

To keep up to date on all the developments of the MICCAI Student Board, and to access the educational content and webinars produced by the Student Board, be sure to follow our social media accounts! These include our Slack Channel, for networking with others in the MICCAI community, and our YouTube channel, which includes content from our webinar series and our educational challenges.

 

Warm regards,

Your MICCAI Student Board