Welcome to
AInnovation
I am Dr. Benjamin Villard, an entrepreneur & AI innovator. I am an Oxford University PhD with extensive experience in medical imaging, computer vision, and machine / deep learning. My passion lies in translating research into industry. I am a decisive and proactive leader at the forefront of technological innovation, experienced in leading cross-functional teams from conception to launch of successful AI-driven products.
Selected Projects
Below are selected projects, products or roles I have been involved in. For a fuller list and description please go to the projects page.
Personalized Cardiac Mesh Models
EndoBrain: AI-based Colorectal Polyp and Cancer Diagnostics
AgroAI: AI based pick and place robotics for agriculture
Computer modeling and simulation of cardiac electrophysiology
Myocardiak: Personalized cardiac diagnostics
SMivEY: Smart intravenous therapy
ISACHI: Integrated Segmentation and Alignment Correction for Heart Images
AI based ophthalmological disease diagnostic
Freathe: Personal air quality
Education
Academia
PhD (DPhil) Biomedical Engineering / CDT Healthcare Innovation
University of Oxford (UK)
Kellogg College
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MSc Medical Imaging
Surrey University (UK)
BSc Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics
University of Reading (UK)​​
Post Docs
Senior Research Fellow
University of Nagoya (Japan)
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Research Fellow
University of Oxford (UK)
Interests
Academic and Entrepreneurial
Awards
Academic
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EPSRC Digital Economy Program grant number 1380899
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STACOM 2016 Best paper and presentation award​​
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Reviewer Board: On the reviewer board for MDPI Journal life
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Personalized Medicine and digital health
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Digital Twin Technology
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Geometric Algebra
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Biomedical Imaging and Diagnostics
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Healthcare Technology
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Tech Startups
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Data Science and Big Data​
Entrepreneurial
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Oxford Entrepreneurs Idea Idol 2016 winner
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Patents: 4 patents
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Biodesign Short Program Fellow: University of Oxford branch
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Startup Weekend Oxford Mentor: Google for Startups Partnership March 2017
Featured Links
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PhD Research: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/655020
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EndoBrain: https://www.amed.go.jp/en/news/release_20200129.html
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Myocardiak: www.myocardiak.com​
Featured Publications
For the full list please go to the publications page.
Villard, B.; Grau, V.; Zacur, E.
Surface Mesh Reconstruction from Cardiac MRI Contours.
J. Imaging 2018, 4, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging4010016
Kudo, S., Ichimasa, K., Villard, B., Mori, Y., et al. (2020).
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Artificial intelligence system to determine risk of T1 colorectal cancer metastasis to lymph node.
Gastroenterology, 160(4), 1075-1084.e2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2020.09.027
Zacur, E., Minchole, A., Villard, B., Carapella, V., Ariga, R., Rodriguez, B., & Grau, V. (2017).
MRI-Based heart and torso personalization for computer modeling and simulation of cardiac electrophysiology.
In Lecture notes in computer science (pp. 61–70). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67552-7_8
