數據科學與工程研究所「數據科學系列演講」

題　目：Advancing Medical Imaging with Artificial Intelligence     
講   者：Dr. Joe Yeh, aetherAI (雲象科技)    
時   間：2019.5.15(三)15:30-17:20
地   點：本校工程三館115

摘要：Ever since deep neural networks outperformed humans in image recognition tasks in 2015, there has been tremendous enthusiasm in finding application areas where this powerful technology can make impacts. Medical imaging has attracted a lot of attention because of readily available data and  its key role in the diagnostic and treatment planning process. Notably, deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) outperformed human experts in diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, classifying skin disease, and identifying metastatic cancer cells in lymph nodes. Surprisingly, CNNs were also shown to be capable of predicting cardiac risk factors using color fundus image, and differentiating genotypes using histopathology images. These superhuman capabilities of CNNs have opened up many unforeseen opportunities for physicians to make better diagnosis and treatment planning. In this talk, I will share the progress we made with medical image AI and the challenges we faced. I will use aetherAI’s real cases to illustrate how artificial intelligence have the potential to bring higher standards to medical imaging, to transform traditionally qualitative practice into a quantitative  one,  and  to  ultimately  have  impact  on  the  clinical  decision  making
process.

講者簡介：Dr. Joe Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University Medical School. He spent a year working on reconstructing the wiring diagram of fruit fly brain in the Brain Center of National Tsin-Hua University. He went to University of Southern California for Ph.D. in pathology, where he learned how to perform biology experiment, build laser scanning microscope and write computer programs for instrument control and biomedical image analysis. He first founded aetherAI to provide solutions for digital pathology. In an ambitious attempt to transform the company into a medical image AI company, he spent countless hours studying deep neural network. He then went on to teach deep learning as a guest lecturer at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Now aetherAI is a leading company in medical image AI research in Taiwan and has ongoing collaboration with several medical centers in both US and Taiwan. Under his leadership, aetherAI won many awards, including nVIDIA Taiwan Inception Award, Meet Neo Star Top Prize, and Ministry of Science and Technology 10 Coolest Companies.