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
MSc Medical Imaging
Surrey University (UK)
BSc Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics
University of Reading (UK)
Post Docs
Senior Research Fellow
University of Nagoya (Japan)
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).
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
