José Díaz
Research Assistant at John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre @ Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJosé Díaz is a research-focused software engineer with nine years’ experience applying machine learning and deep learning to medical imaging, currently a Research Assistant and PhD student at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Newcastle University. He has built deep learning semantic segmentation systems for lower-limb MRI and developed ML models to aid genetic diagnosis of muscular dystrophies, bridging clinical needs and computational methods. Trained in telecommunications engineering, he combines signal-processing intuition with practical expertise in medical image analysis. José’s work sits at the intersection of research and translation, routinely moving models from prototypical studies toward clinical research applications.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Newcastle UniversityUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Stackoverflow
106reputation
15kreached
16answers
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Github Skills (80)
python10
gradient-boosting9
statistics9
smote9
gpu9
deep-learning9
shapley9
machine-learning9
imbalanced-data9
tablet9
data-science9
shap9
oversampling9
data-analysis9
wacom8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Jose-Verdu-Diaz/sa_poly2pixel
Feb 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:5 releases, 75 commits, 65 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Jose-Verdu-Diaz/hipo
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
Tool for processing and analysing hyperion imaging.
Contributions:4 releases, 4 PRs, 130 pushes in 8 months
imaginghyperionimage
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