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.
9 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
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Github Skills (100)
python10
gpu10
statistics10
machine-learning10
gradient-boosting9
numpy9
neural-network9
smote9
deep-learning9
shapley9
viewer9
imbalanced-data9
python-bindings9
data-science9
shap9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
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
imagepythonimagingimage-processinghyperion
Jose-Verdu-Diaz/sa_poly2pixel
Feb 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:5 releases, 75 commits, 65 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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