Dorin Comaniciu


Dorin Comaniciu is a Romanian-American computer scientist, Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation at Siemens Healthcare.

Research

Comaniciu is best known for his work in computer vision, medical imaging and machine learning. His academic publications have 46,000 citations. As of 2019 he holds 280 US patents and 550 international patent applications. He joined Siemens in 1999 as a senior research scientist, with a focus on computer vision applications for automotive systems. Since 2004 he has served in various research and leadership positions, directing technology development in diagnostic imaging and image-guided surgery
Most recently, his team's research is focused on artificial intelligence, hyper-realistic visualization, and precision medicine.
Together with his team and clinical collaborators he helped pioneer multiple clinical products, including efficient bone reading, vascular analysis, cardiac function assessment, trans-esophageal 3D heart valve assessment, guidance for aortic valve implantation, enhanced stent visualization, compressed sensing] for Magnetic Resonance, and automatic patient positioning for Computed Tomography.

Education

Comaniciu studied for a PhD in electronics and telecommunications at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, which was awarded in 1995 and supervised by Victor Neagoe. In 1999 he received a second PhD in electrical and computer engineering, with the thesis on robust statistics for computer vision, from Rutgers University under the supervision of Peter Meer. In 2011 he graduated the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Awards and honors