Victor Souza
Research Fellow at Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
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Top SchoolVictor Souza is a research-focused engineer with 16 years of experience blending physics, biomedical engineering, and software development to advance brain stimulation and imaging. Holding a PhD in Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology and exchange training in neuroscience at Aalto, he develops instrumentation and methods for transcranial stimulation while managing lab and project operations. He contributes significant open-source work to the well-known InVesalius 3D medical imaging project, implementing neuronavigation, spatial tracker support, and NIFTI import that bridge research and clinical workflows. Based in Espoo, he mentors GSoC contributors and balances hands-on full-stack development with experimental neuroscience. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic code refactors and GUI improvements that make complex neurotech tools usable in practice. His combined academic and software track record reflects a talent for turning rigorous research into robust, deployable tools.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science - Exchange, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Science - Exchange, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering at Aalto UniversityUniversity of São Paulo
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (7)
medical-imaging10
front-end-development10
python10
wxpython10
vtk9
dicom9
tomography8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
invesalius/invesalius3
Feb 2015 - Nov 2022
3D medical imaging reconstruction software
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:112 reviews, 178 commits, 108 PRs in 7 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Victor primarily focused on updating and improving the neuronavigation module, indicating a strong involvement in the core functionality of the 3D medical imaging software. They implemented spatial tracker support and NIFTI image type import. The user also worked on the GUI, including marker manipulation, and improved the connection of trackers. Further contributions involved refactoring the code for the navigator, updating navigation tools and the cross update feature.
reconstructionpythonvolume-renderingmriimaging
vhosouza/xcoord
Apr 2019 - Jul 2024
Tools for cross-software coordinate system changes
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 32 pushes in 5 years 4 months
coordinatechanges
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