Meet the Team
Professor, Head

Full Professor
in Statistical Image Modelling and AI
Senior Research Staff

Assistant Professor
and FED-tWIN Researcher
AI for Cultural Heritage
Sparse Optimization
Low-rank Models
Hyperspectral Imaging

Pooya Ashtari
Postdoctoral Researcher
Foundation models
Model-aware deep learning
Medical image analysis

Postdoctoral Researcher
Hyperspectral Image Analysis
Multimodal Learning
Image Restoration
Researchers

Yoann Arhant
PhD Student
GAIM, UGent
RMA, Brussels
Underwater Imaging
Semantic Segmentation
Uncertainty Quantification

Roel Huysentruyt
PhD Student
GAIM, UGent
Faculty of Medicine, UGent
Medical Image Segmentation
2D/3D Mapping
Model-aware Deep Learning


Ide Van den Borre
PhD Student
GAIM, UGent
Faculty of Medicine, UGent
Medical Image Analysis
Geometric Deep Learning
Cartilage Prediction

PhD Student
Teaching Assistant
GAIM, UGent
Generative AI
Variational Autoencoders
Counterfactual Explanations
Point Cloud Processing

Alumni

Postdoc at the University of Osijek, Croatia
Graduated in 2024
medical imaging
computer vision
AI

Postdoc at Ghent University, Department ELIS
Graduated in 2023
sparse representations
image processing
Clifford analysis
model-aware deep learning

Professor at the Jiangsu University
Graduated in 2022
robust classification models
hyperspectral image analysis
remote sensing

Machine learning researcher, Huawei Technologies
Graduated in 2022
active deep learning
digital painting analysis
crack detection

Assistant Professor at the University of Osijek, Croatia
Graduated in 2022
biomedical imaging
deep learning models for 3D segmentation
cardiovascular image analysis

Machine learning researcher
Graduated in 2022
self-supervised deep learning
autoencoders
dimensionality reduction
local image descriptors

Senior Researcher
BioSense Institute
Graduated in 2020
compressed sensing
MRI reconstruction
Markov Random Field modelling

Professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology
Graduated in 2020
deep learning
hyperspectral image analysis
remote sensing

Professor at the China University of Geosciences
Graduated in 2019
sparse modelling
clustering
HSI analysis
remote sensing

Prinicipal Research Engineer, TP Vision
Graduated in 2019
multi-target tracking
object re-identification

Assistant professor at the University of Osijek, Croatia
Graduated in 2019
computer vision
medical image processing
cardiovascular image analysis

Machine learning engineer
computer vision
digital painting analysis
deep learning for paint loss detection
Graduated under (co-) supervision of Prof. Pizurica before 2019 (Statistical Image Modelling Lab)

Andrei-Tudor Sechelea
Graduated in 2017
Wyner-Ziv coding
source coding with side information

Graduated in 2017
diffusion weighted MRI
image restoration
Gibbs artifact suppression
brain connectivity analysis
fiber tractography

Head of Project R&D, Televic
Graduated in 2014
inpainting
Markov Random Field modelling
message passing

Research&Tech management, Ghent University
Graduated in 2014
image quality assessment
medical imaging
art investigation

Professor at Ghent University
Graduated in 2014
image restoration
compressed sensing
MRI reconstruction


Postdoc at Ghent University
Graduated in 2013
medical image analysis
mathematical morphology
computer graphics

Associated professor, IPI, Ghent University
Research Engineer Flanders Make
Graduated in 2012
hyperspectral image analysis
image restoration
remote sensing

Postdoc at Ghent University
Graduated in 2011
3D image restoration
video restoration and analysis

Professor at Ghent University
Graduated in 2010
image restoration
statistical image modelling
multiresolution representations

Graduated in 2010
video restoration
passive error concealment
wavelet coded video
dispersive packetization
Markov Random Field modelling

Computer Vision Engineer
Associate Professor Singidunum University
Graduated in 2007
video restoration
noise estimation
multiresolution modelling