Teaching & Service
Teaching
- 2023–presentAI for Existing Buildings, Columbia University — machine learning for M.Sc. and M.A. students
- 2026–presentAI for Existing Buildings, Middle East Technical University — machine learning for M.Sc. and M.A. students
I also teach machine learning and computer vision to medical fellows, students and colleagues at MSK. I believe AI belongs in continuing medical education so clinicians can use it effectively and responsibly.
Mentoring
- 2025–presentTooba Imtiaz, Northeastern University · 3D volumes from RCM image stacks
- 2023–presentJorge Tapiaz Gomez, M.S. student, Cornell University · active-learning annotation tool for dermatology images
- 2022–presentJinyang Liu, Ph.D. student (co-advisor) · real-time videomosaicking
- 2019–presentMax Torop, Ph.D. student, Northeastern University (co-advisor) · NeurIPS 2023
- 2021–2025Anabel Alfonso, Research Technician, MSK Dermatology Service
- 2019–2020Marissa D'Alonzo, M.S., Northeastern University (co-advisor) · now at Draper Laboratory
- 2013–2020Alican Bozkurt, Ph.D. (co-advisor) · now at Paige.AI
Selected invited talks
- 2024ISIC 2024 Skin Cancer Detection with 3D-TBP · ISIC Workshop at MICCAI 2024, Morocco
- 2023Expanding ISIC beyond Dermoscopy: M(ultimodal)-ISIC · MICCAI 2023, Canada
- 2020Facilitating the Adoption of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Clinical Cancer Care Practice with Machine Learning and Computer Vision · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2019How machine vision and deep nets can help in adoption of reflectance confocal microscopy in clinical practice · SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco
- 2018How Computer Vision and Deep Nets Can Help in Adoption of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Clinical Practice · Istanbul Technical University
- 2014Skin Cancer Management Using Quantitative Image Analysis Tools for Reflectance Confocal Microscopy · IBM Research
Professional service
- 2013–presentAssociate Editor, Signal, Image and Video Processing
- ongoingContributor, International Skin Imaging Collaboration (ISIC) machine-learning challenges
- 2025Grant Reviewer, Department of Defense
- 2023–2024Scientific Program Committee member and session chair, Optica (OSA)
- 2012–presentJournal reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Scientific Reports, Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Honors
- 2014Best Paper Award, IEEE 22nd Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU)
- 2013Eugene M. Farber Travel Award for Young Investigators, Society for Investigative Dermatology (Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin)
- 2012Best Paper Award, 4th International Conference on Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation (EUROMED)
- 2012Best Paper Award, Bilkent University EE Department Graduate Research Conference
- 2010–2012Full graduate scholarship, EU FP6/FP7 and nationally funded projects