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Marius George Linguraru, DPhil MA MSc

President

July 14, 2025

www.miccai.org

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MICCAI

The Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Society is the leading international forum for research, education and practice in the field of medical image computing, machine learning in medical imaging, and computer assisted medical interventions and robotics.

www.miccai.org

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History

  • Non-profit scientific organization
  • Formally established in 2004 but began in early 1990s
  • Led by an elected Board of Directors
  • ~ 2,000 members
  • From more than 55 countries
  • Academic, clinical and industrial research organizations

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MICCAI 2024

participation

by country

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Executive Leadership

Children’s National Hospital / George Washington University

President

Marius George Linguraru

Rochester Institute of Technology

Secretary

Linwei Wang

Fudan University

Treasurer

Xiahai Zhuang

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My Journey

2001

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Horev, T., Avni, S. Isr J Health Policy Res 2016.

Brown et al., JAHA 2024

Tapp et al., MICCAI 2024

Capellan et al., MICCAI BraTS-PEDS 2023

Fathi-Kazerooni et al., MELBA 2025

Equitable AI for Children and Rare Diseases

Porras et al., Lancet Digital Health 2021

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MICCAI Board

Spyros Bakas

Indiana University

Albert Chung

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Matina Giannarou

Imperial College London

Junzhou Huang

University of Texas at Arlington

Karim Lekadir

University of Barcelona

Jinah Park

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Nicola Rieke

NVIDIA

Stefanie Speidel

Technical University of Dresden

Danail Stoyanov

University College London

Pingkun Yan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mohammad Yaqub

Mohammed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

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Our Team

Max Viergever

Honorary Elections Officer

Terry Peters

Fellows Award Officer

Jim Duncan

Enduring Impact Award Officers

Alison Noble

Janette Wallace

Board Secretariat

Johanne Langford

Board Assistant

Kitty Wong

CMT Manager

Diana Cunningham

Communications

Anna Van Vliet

Communications

John Baxter

Membership

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Our Working Groups

Communications

Conference Affairs

Education

Diversity

Career Advancement

Industry

Clinical

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Communications

Increase awareness and engagement with the MICCAI Society

Chair: Karim Lekadir

Our Working Groups

Initiatives

  • Communication strategy
  • MICCAI Society brand
  • Social media presence
  • News and quarterly newsletter
  • Event announcements
  • Job Postings
  • Coming soon! Website redesign

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Conference Affairs

Oversees and manages conference organization

Co-Chairs: Jinah Park, Dan Stoyanov

Our Working Groups

Initiatives

  • Define timeline and send call for bids
  • Manage bidding process
  • Update bidding/organization handbooks
  • Engage discussion on future of conferences
  • Contracts with PCO (Dekon Congress & Tourism

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Education

Increase MICCAI impact on education

Chair: Pingkun Yan

Our Working Groups

Initiatives

  • Manage endorsement requests
  • Organize MICCAI Fellows Talk Series
  • Maintain relations with Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
  • Create and maintain relations with other societies

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Initiatives

  • Promote participation of underrepresented groups and countries
  • Liaison with Women in MICCAI and RISE-MICCAI
  • Update Code of Conduct and reporting process
  • Code of Conduct violation investigations
  • Code of Conduct Officers

Diversity

Promote safety and diversity at MICCAI

Chair: Stefanie Speidel

Our Working Groups

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Career Advancement

Promote Career Advancement

Chair: Spyros Bakas

Co-chair: Antonio Porras

Our Working Groups

Initiatives

  • Promote career advancement of students and early-career MICCAI Society members
  • NIH Registration Grants
  • MICCAI Mentorship Program
  • MICCAI Society Startup Village
  • MICCAI Society Job Board

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Industry

Promote relationships with industry

Chair: Mohammad Yaqub

Our Working Groups

Initiatives

  • Help organize industry networking and start-up sessions
  • Assists conference organizers attract sponsorship
  • Organize Industrial Talk Series
  • Strategies to bring industry to MICCAI conferences

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Clinical

Promote relationships with clinical world

Chair: Albert Chung

Co-Chair: Tanveer Syeda Mahmood

Our Working Groups

Initiatives

  • Strengthen relationships with Medical/Clinical Societies
  • Help coordinate Clinical sessions
  • Organize Clinical Translation Talk NICCAI and Series
  • Strategies to bring more clinicians to MICCAI conferences

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MICCAI Student Board

Initiatives and support for students and early-career scientists

Women in MICCAI

Strengthen and increase participation of female scientists in the MICCAI community

RISE-MICCAI

Increase inclusiveness and geographic diversity within the MICCAI community

Our Associated Boards

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https://miccai.org/index.php/about-miccai/student-board/

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Women in MICCAI (WiM)

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Women in MICCAI (WiM)

Initiatives

WiM Awards:

    • Best Oral Presentation
    • NEW: Best Paper in AI Democratization

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Main LISA 2025 Challenge Info

RISE-MICCAI LISA 2025 Challenge Info

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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Bringing together SIG-specific researchers and clinicians for in-depth discussions and exchange of ideas at MICCAI.

SIG-xMedIA: Explainable AI for Medical Image Analysis

SIG-FAIMI: Fairness of AI in Medical Imaging

SIG-AFRICAI: African Network for Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging

SIG-CompPath: Computational Pathology

SIG-BIAS: Biomedical Image Analysis Challenges

SIG-BIR: Biomedical Image Registration

SIG-MUS: Medical Ultrasound

SIG-Cardiac: Cardiac Imaging, Computational Modeling and Clinical Sciences

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Our Initiatives

Annual MICCAI Conferences

Workshops/Challenges/Tutorial

CLINICAI

Open-data Initiative

Awards and Grants

MICCAI Registration and Travel Grants

Scientific Paper Awards

Enduring Impact Award

MICCAI Fellows

Career-focused

Scientific development

Capacity building

MICCAI Start-up Village

Education: webinars

Industrial Talk Series

MICCAI Fellows Talk Series

Clinical Translation Talk Series

Mentorship Support

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153 AREA CHAIRS

2045 REVIEWERS

2879 PAPERS SUBMITTED

857 ACCEPTED

78 ORALS

18 SPOTLIGHTS

857 POSTERS

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OPEN ACCESS!

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3D MULTImodal DIFFUSION for RECOGNITION and UNDERSTANDING

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MICCAI Conferences

Jinah Park

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Polina Golland

MIT

Jonghyo Kim

Seoul National University

Islem Rekik

Imperial College

London

Qi Dou

Chinese University of

Hong Kong

Mohammad Yaqub

Mohammed bin Zayed

University of AI

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What to look forward to:

MICCAI Conferences

Satellite events: (Sept 23, 27)

  • 40 Workshops
  • 44 Challenges + 3 Lighthouse Challenges
  • 11 Tutorials

Pan-Asian Connection : From Concept to Clinical

Keynote speakers

Plenary and Oral Sessions

> 900 posters

https://conferences.miccai.org/2025/

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https://conferences.miccai.org/2025/en/challenges.asp

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Awards & Grants

2025

  • MICCAI Registration and Travel Grants
  • RISE Travel Grants
  • MIRASOL Travel Grants
  • NIH Registration Grants
  • MICCAI Enduring Impact Award
  • MICCAI Fellows
  • MICCAI Best Paper Award
  • MICCAI Young Scientist Award
  • MedIA, IJCARS Best Paper Awards
  • Education Challenge Awards

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Mentorship & Support

2025

  • MICCAI Society Mentorship Program
  • MSB Academia & Industry Networking Event
  • MICCAI Society Startup Village
  • RISE-MICCAI Mentorship Program
  • AFRICAI Mentorship Program 2025-2026
  • MICCAI 2025 Young Researchers Excellence
  • Training Program

https://miccai.org/index.php/about-miccai/miccai-society-mentorship-program/

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Education: Webinars

2025

  • MSB Webinars and Educational Challenge
  • Women in MICCAI Webinar series
  • Industry Talk Series
  • Fellow Talk Series
  • RISE-MICCAI Journal Club
  • SIG Webinars

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2025

Resources for LMIC Researchers

AFRICAI

The African Network for Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging

africai.org

www.rise.miccai.org

https://event.fourwaves.com/mirasol/

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Join us!

  • Gain knowledge
  • Mentorship
  • Get connected
  • Access publications
  • Build capacity

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July 14, 2025

www.miccai.org

Thank you!