Summary
Michael Schwier is a Senior Key Expert in R&D for Artificial Intelligence with 8+ years driving medical image analysis, computer vision, and machine learning from research prototypes to regulatory-ready medical device software. Based in Hamburg, he combines a PhD-level research background with hands-on engineering leadership at Siemens Healthineers and prior roles at Fraunhofer MEVIS and Harvard Medical School, where he built platforms to improve reproducibility and deployability of deep learning models. He has a track record of designing product-ready components and internal infrastructures, co-founding a novel object-based image analysis framework and shipping certified software for clinical use. Known for bridging human-like reasoning approaches with modern deep learning, he excels at turning complex imaging research into robust, auditable systems that integrate into regulated workflows.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Paderborn University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Jacobs University Bremen
German, English, Portuguese