Federated CT foundation models for multi-center detection of lymph node metastasis in pancreatic cancer

Publication
Scientific Reports
Parinishtha Bhalla
Parinishtha Bhalla
Master Thesis Student and Research Assistant (HiWi)

Parinishtha is a master’s student studying Life Science Informatics at the University of Bonn. She is currently conducting her master’s thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Shadi Albarqouni, on Deep Learning for Lymph Node Metastasis Detection in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. During her thesis she will also work on exploring scalability through Federated Learning across multiple institutions.

David D. Gaviria
David D. Gaviria
PhD Candidate

David is currently a PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Dr. Shadi Albarqouni. He earned his master’s degree in AI from FIB, which is a joint program of UPC, UB, and URV. In 2019, he achieved the top spot in the SIIM-ISIC competition for skin lesion classification and has published his work at VISAPP 2023. David has a keen interest in utilizing technology for the betterment of society and intends to make contributions to AI in the field of medicine through his work at Albarqouni Lab.

Shadi Albarqouni
Shadi Albarqouni
Professor of Computational Medical Imaging Research at University of Bonn