TIA Centre: News

We’re excited to share a snapshot of our achievements and activities over the past year at the TIA Centre. From conference organisation to PhD graduations, it’s been a busy and rewarding period. Take a look at our Year in Numbers here.

29th UK Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Leeds (15th - 17th July 2025)

The Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) conference is a cornerstone of the UK’s medical imaging research community, bringing together experts from mathematics, computer science, engineering, and medicine. With a growing international presence, MIUA showcases cutting-edge research across modalities, from MRI and ultrasound to histopathology. Read more.

By Adam Shephard and Neda Zamanitajeddin

29^th UK Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Leeds (15^th - 17^th July 2025)

This July, I was fortunate to attend my first in-person academic conference: the 29th UK Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA 2025) in Leeds, which brings together an international community focused on advancing the use of AI in medical imaging. As a PhD student in this area, I’d previously experienced conferences only through my screen. Participating virtually in ICLR 2022 felt like a very different experience due to the pandemic. The unfamiliarity of Leeds added a sense of adventure; some last-minute research into the city’s history and sights piqued my excitement for both the place and the gathering. Read more.

By George Wright

We are delighted to announce that one of the TIA Centre’s PhD students, Gozde Gunesli, has officially defended their PhD viva this week - congratulations Gozde! Read more.

European Congress on Digital Pathology, Barcelona (26th - 28th June 2025)

The European Congress on Digital Pathology (ECDP) 2025, held in the vibrant and picturesque city of Barcelona, brought together a dynamic mix of researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals pushing the boundaries of digital and computational pathology. From deep learning and 3D reconstruction to pan-cancer biomarkers and cell-level interpretability, this year's conference showcased not only the technical depth of our field but also the collaborative spirit that drives it forward. Read more.

By Mostafa Jahanifar, Jiaqi Lv, Neda Zamanitajeddin, Mark Eastwood

We are delighted to announce that one of the TIA Centre’s PhD students, Made Wibawa, has officially defended their PhD viva this week - congratulations Made! Read more.

European Congress on Digital Pathology, Barcelona (26th - 28th June 2025)

The European Congress on Digital Pathology is the leading conference in the world for presenting the latest research in computational pathology. As computer scientists working in the field, we were therefore delighted to head to sunny Barcelona to both present our work and network with leading scientists and clinicians in the field. Read more.

By Adam Shephard, Yijie Zhu, Behnaz Elhaminia

Karen recently completed the Warwick Leadership Development Programme, designed for staff who lead other managers or hold roles with external or university-wide influence. Additionally, it benefits staff whose roles involve operationalising the University’s strategy, providing academic leadership, shaping team operations to achieve objectives, facilitating strategic decision-making, and driving key influence or change. Read more.

By Karen Thomas

European Congress on Digital Pathology, Barcelona (26th - 28th June 2025)

The three-hour train journey from Madrid to Barcelona gave me plenty of time to reflect on what lay ahead. As an undergraduate student preparing to attend my first major international conference in digital pathology, I was both excited and nervous about representing the University of Warwick at the European Congress on Digital Pathology (ECDP) 2025. From the moment I set up my poster presenting "MitoNet: Efficient Ki-67 Detection in H&E-Stained Images" (see picture), I could sense this conference would challenge my understanding of AI in medicine. My research focuses on democratizing cancer diagnosis by using deep learning to predict Ki-67 expression directly from standard H&E-stained breast cancer images, potentially eliminating the need for costly immunohistochemistry in resource-limited settings. Read more.

By Celia Benitez Camacho

American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Conference (29th May - 2nd June 2025)

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual conference is the premier event for showcasing advancements in clinical oncology. Attracting over 40,000 attendees each year, this conference has been held at the McCormick Conference Centre in Chicago, Illinois, for many years due to its sheer scale. This year's line-up promised many high-profile and impressive clinical trials, so I felt honoured to be able to attend and present my work. Read more.

By Adam Shephard

We are delighted to announce that one of the TIA Centre’s PhD students, Mostafa Jahanifar, has officially defended their PhD viva this week - congratulation Mostafa! Read moreLink opens in a new window

The annual Transforming Digital Pathology (TDP) & AI conference was once again held in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Known for its historic charm we arrived a day early to explore this city. From peaceful walks through the picturesque Dean Village to visiting iconic landmarks like Edinburgh Castle and the Scott Monument, it was a great way to enjoy the city before the conference began. Read moreLink opens in a new window

We are delighted to announce that two members of the TIA Centre, George Wright and Ethar Alzaid, have been honoured with “Presentation of the Session” awards at the 2024 Warwick Postgraduate Colloquium in Computer Science (WPCCS). Read MoreLink opens in a new window

Katie, recently completed the Springboard Women’s Development Programme — an internationally recognised initiative aimed at empowering women by enhancing their confidence, assertiveness, and personal effectiveness. The programme was delivered by the team at the University of Warwick.

Professor Nasir Rajpoot, Director of the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre and Chair of Computational Pathology at the University of Warwick, attended The Cancer Society of New Zealand’s annual conference in March 2025. Read MoreLink opens in a new window

This year’s International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) was held in Houston, Texas—home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the sprawling Texas Medical Center. With sunny skies and wide Texan roads welcoming us, we arrived two days early to make the most of the trip before diving into 4 days of cutting-edge research. We kicked off our trip with an NBA game at the Toyota Center and followed it up with a tour of the NASA Space Center. Walking through the rocket park and seeing the Saturn V rocket and the SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster up close was an unforgettable reminder of how science can propel us (literally!) to new frontiers. Read MoreLink opens in a new window

The Bigpicture project is an initiative aimed at transforming the field of pathology through the creation of a comprehensive, high-quality digital repository of three million pathology images. Funded by the EU Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Bigpicture brings together a consortium of leading academic institutions, research organisations, and industry partners from across Europe and beyond. The project’s mission is to develop an open-access platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse vast amounts of pathology data, advancing research, diagnostics, and treatment in healthcare. By fostering collaboration and innovation, Bigpicture envisions a future where digital pathology becomes a cornerstone of precision medicine, enabling faster, more accurate diagnoses and personalised patient care. Read MoreLink opens in a new window

We are delighted to announce that one of the TIA Centre’s PhD students, Ruoyu Wang, has officially passed their PhD viva last week. Their research entitled Computational Pathology Algorithms for Precision Oncology has been a fantastic contribution, and we couldn’t be prouder. Find a summary on their research below:-

Ruoyu's thesis focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to analyse routine histology slides and support personalised cancer care. Specifically, their research explored how deep learning can be used to predict clinically significant molecular biomarkers, stratify patients, and uncover novel tumour microenvironment (TME) patterns directly from digitised whole slide images (WSIs) of routine histology slides. These AI-driven approaches offer scalable, cost-effective alternatives to traditional molecular testing and contribute to the integration of AI into precision oncology, ultimately advancing more tailored and efficient cancer treatment strategies.

We are excited to share that our team “TIAKong” secured leading positions in the recent PUMA (Panoptic segmentation of nuclei and tissue in advanced Melanoma) Challenge https://puma.grand-challenge.org/puma/Link opens in a new window, organized by the Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, in the Netherlands. With over 300 participants from around the globe, this challenge aimed to advance automated panoptic segmentation techniques for H&E-stained melanoma tissue images. Read MoreLink opens in a new window

We are excited to announce that our team “TIAKong” secured leading positions in the recent Monkey Grand Challenge https://monkey.grand-challenge.org/Link opens in a new window, organized by the Department of Pathology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Drawing more than 400 participants from around the globe, the challenge focused on automated detection and classification of mononuclear leukocytes in PAS-stained transplant kidney biopsy images. Read MoreLink opens in a new window