Jeffrey Duda
Research Specialist at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeffrey Duda is a research specialist and biomedical engineer with 24 years of experience in medical image analysis and open-source scientific software, currently based at the University of Pennsylvania. His work spans MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and multivariate integration of multimodal datasets, with a Ph.D. in Bioengineering underpinning a long record of method development and automation for perfusion MRI. An active contributor to the ANTs image-processing ecosystem and ITK, he blends back-end algorithm development with practical data-science tooling—implementing tensor visualization, diffusion coefficient calculations, and bug fixes that improve reproducibility. Colleagues rely on him for rigorous statistical analysis and Matlab-driven prototyping, and his early work on tractography at NIH hints at a career-long focus on translating advanced theory into usable research tools.
24 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biomedical Engineering, BS, Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve UniversityPh.D., Bioengineering, Ph.D., Bioengineering at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (3)
image-processing10
segmentation6
image-segmentation6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ANTsX/ANTs
Jun 2009 - Jul 2020
Advanced Normalization Tools (ANTs)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Data Scientist
Back-end Developer & Data ScientistContributions:205 commits, 1 PR, 41 pushes in 11 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jeffrey made several contributions related to the Advanced Normalization Tools (ANTs) library. They implemented a "TensorColor" option, indicating work on tensor image processing, likely involving color representation of tensor data. The user also addressed a bug in the "TensorColor" function. This combined with adding functionality for average tensor images and a function for calculating diffusion coefficients suggests this developer focuses on image processing and data analysis algorithms.
antsnormalizationimage-registrationimage-segmentationmedical-image-processing
jeffduda/Petiole
Jun 2013 - Feb 2015
Contributions:53 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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