Christian Bauer
Associate Research Scientist Engineer
North Liberty, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Bauer is an Associate Research Scientist Engineer with over 15 years of R&D experience specializing in (bio-)medical image computing, computer vision, and machine learning. Based at the University of Iowa, he has led end-to-end software projects—from prototypes to production—delivering tools with 25k+ downloads and a PET imaging web service used by 150+ centers. He blends deep algorithmic work (segmentation, registration, visualization, tracking) with pragmatic engineering in C++, Python, CUDA, ITK/VTK, and modern ML frameworks like PyTorch and MONAI. Author or co-author of 35+ publications and a mentor to multiple research assistants, he consistently translates clinical needs into robust software and reproducible research. Notably, he architected systems to preprocess and extract models from over 17 TB of scan data, demonstrating an uncommon ability to scale research pipelines. He thrives in interdisciplinary teams, delivering technical leadership with minimal oversight and a track record of top placements in international imaging challenges.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Telematics (Computer Science), Bachelor of Science - BS, Telematics (Computer Science) at Graz University of Technology
Github Skills (34)
measurements10
qt10
python10
image-processing10
slicer10
computed-tomography10
volume-rendering10
cross-platform10
bids10
3d-printing10
segmentation10
medical-image-computing10
neuroimaging10
itk10
medical-imaging10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
QIICR/SlicerPETPhantomAnalysis
Jun 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 11 months
chribaue/Slicer
May 2017 - Feb 2020
Multi-platform, free open source software for visualization and image computing.
Contributions:6 PRs, 26 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
pythoncomputed-tomographyregistrationmulti-platformimage-processing
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