Colin Jacobs
Associate Professor & Research Group Leader
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolColin Jacobs is an Associate Professor and research group leader at Radboud University Medical Center with eight years of focused experience in medical image analysis, specializing in AI-driven lung cancer detection and nodule characterization. He has progressed from PhD work that produced the Veolity reading environment to leading a research line that aims to translate algorithms into clinical practice and commercial collaborations. Colin combines hands-on algorithm development and research software engineering with active supervision of clinical and technical PhD candidates, and has a track record of validating methods on large trials such as the NLST. He contributes to professional societies (European Society of Radiology and Thoracic Imaging) and editorial work in imaging informatics, reflecting influence beyond his lab. Based in Eindhoven, he brings a pragmatic, translational mindset—bridging rigorous academic research, software engineering, and real-world deployment in radiology.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Biomedical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Biomedical Engineering at Eindhoven University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medical Image Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medical Image Analysis at Radboud University Nijmegen
English, Dutch
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
reproducible-research9
biomedical9
computer-vision8
medical-imaging8
django8
django-rest-framework8
imaging7
machine-learning7
neuroimaging7
python7
docker7
ai6
medical2
flarum1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DIAGNijmegen/bodyct-luna22-ismi-training-baseline
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
Baseline repo for LUNA22-ismi challenge
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes in 8 months
DIAGNijmegen/bodyct-pulmonary-lobe-segmentation
Apr 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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