Jianxu Chen
Research Group Leader at Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V.
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolJianxu Chen is a research group leader with 11 years of experience building deep learning and computer vision solutions for biomedical and microscopy imaging, from 2D/3D medical image segmentation to cell detection, tracking and complex bio-network analysis. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a strong mathematical foundation, he blends numerical analysis and PDE expertise with practical skills in TensorFlow, Torch7, Matlab, C++ (ITK/OpenCV), Python and R. He has led interdisciplinary projects at institutions including the Allen Institute and Leibniz ISAS, translating biological questions into robust algorithms for real-world studies like thrombus fibrin network analysis and bacterial time-lapse tracking. Known for mentoring students and collaborating across applied math, statistics and biology, he brings both academic rigor and production-oriented engineering to biomedical imaging challenges. An oft-overlooked strength is his hands-on experience with both classical image analysis toolkits and modern deep learning frameworks, enabling hybrid solutions when pure end-to-end learning falls short.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Applied Mathematics, 3.4, Bachelor's Degree, Applied Mathematics, 3.4 at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering at University of Notre DameHigh School, Mathematics, High School, Mathematics at Tianjin Experimental High School
Chinese, English
Github Skills (117)
image-viewer10
forge10
viewer10
transformation9
imports9
image-processing9
python9
deep-learning9
medical-image-analysis9
image9
lifecycle9
hierarchical9
visualization9
pytorch9
imaging9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AllenCell/segmenter_model_zoo
Oct 2020 - Nov 2021
scripts and API for running Deep Learning models from segmenter
Contributions:2 reviews, 50 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year
pytorchapipythonsegmenterdeep-learning
jxchen01/jxchen01.github.io
Mar 2016 - Jun 2018
Contributions:134 pushes in 2 years 2 months
jekylljekyll-themeapple
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