As the year winds down, the MICCAI Student Board (MSB) is preparing to bid farewell to several dedicated members while welcoming new colleagues into key positions. This newsletter brings you updates on these transitions, along with highlights from our recent activities.

Thank You

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the dedicated MSB members whose hard work and enthusiasm made the MICCAI 2025 events possible. Your commitment continues to strengthen our community and enrich the MICCAI experience for students around the world.

• Naren Akash – President
• Amar Kumar – Vice President
• Ahmed Nebli – Educational Events Officer
• Amin Ranem – Professional Events Officer
• Constantin Ulrich – Sports Events Officer
• Weina Jin – Webinars Officer
• Nourhan Bayasi – Doctoral Events Officer
• Cosmin Bercea – Scientific Events Officer
• Bishal Swain – Social Events Officer
• Sue Min Cho – Social Events Officer
• Divyanshu Tak – Executive Officer
• Chanyoung Kim – Local Student Liason Officer
• Jan Mangulabnan – Public Relations Officer
• Nick Lemke – Public Relations Officer

We also extend special thanks to our Advisory Members whose continued guidance and support have been invaluable to the MICCAI Student Board:

Camila González, Moritz Fuchs, Harry Anthony, Anna Zapaishchykova, Paul Wilson, Benjamin Killen, and Yanis Najy Miraoui.

MICCAI Educational Challenge: Winner Announcement

The 12th MICCAI Educational Challenge concluded at MICCAI 2025 in Daejeon. The challenge encourages community members to create educational resources that illuminate core ideas in medical image computing (MIC) and computer-assisted interventions (CAI). We are pleased to share this year’s winners:

1st Place: Building an engaging demo for your research

Aleksandra Kulbaka, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

2nd Place: NCA Tutorial

Basma Oumanna, Lia Gaim, Nick Lemke, TU Darmstadt, Germany

3rd Place: Foundation.Finetune(): Mastering Diffusion Models for Medical AI

Zahra TehraniNasab, McGill University, Canada

Thank you to everyone who took part. Materials from the finalists are available online.

MICCAI EMERGE Initiative: Winner Announcement

We are proud to announce that three outstanding papers received awards for their excellence. These winners distinguished themselves through high-quality research, innovative methodology, and significant contributions to medical image computing.

1st Place: Priority-Aware Clinical Pathology Hierarchy Training for Multiple Instance Learning

Sungrae Hong, Kyungeun Kim, JuHyeon Kim, SolLee, Jisu Shin, Chanjae Song, Mun Yong Yi

2nd Place: NFCMTL: Auto NailFold Capillaroscopy through a Multi-Task Learning Model

Yingke Ding, Jiankai Tang, Wanying Mo, Tianruo Rose Xu, Yuanchun Shi, Yuntao Wang

3rd Place: Foundation Models as Class-Incremental Learners for Dermatological Image Classification

Mohamed Elkhayat, Mohamed Mahmoud, Jamil Fayyad, Nourhan Bayasi

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all participants for contributing to such a successful workshop!

Community Activities & Social Highlights

MICCAI 2025 was filled with moments to connect, unwind, and enjoy the conference together. Our Morning Run gathered early risers for a refreshing start to the day, while the Student Board Soccer Match brought out plenty of friendly competition and team spirit.

We also hosted the Academia & Industry (A&I) event, offering an open and welcoming space for students and professionals to meet, share experiences, and explore career paths within the MICCAI community.

Stay Connected

To follow all MSB updates and access our educational content, join us online. Our Slack channel provides opportunities to connect with the MICCAI community, and our YouTube channel hosts webinar recordings and challenge materials.

https://miccai-sb.github.io/index.html

Warm regards,
The MICCAI Student Board