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Leader of the group Computational Imaging: Joost Batenburg.

 

Our research group is developing the next generation of 3D imaging – enabling scientists to look further into objects of all kinds. Based on mathematics, algorithms and numerical solution techniques, our approach is interdisciplinary, combining aspects of mathematics, computer science and physics. We pride ourselves on the versatility of our solutions, and our algorithms can be applied to a wide range of imaging in science, medicine and industry. In Computational Imaging, it’s our goal to constantly push the boundaries of research. By combining advanced image acquisition, parameter estimation, and discrete tomography algorithms for example, we are able to develop workflows for 3D electron microscopy at atomic resolution.

 

 

Vacancies

PhD Student on the subject of CT imaging for Technical Art History: Algorithms and Techniques

Many objects in cultural heritage collections have a rich 3D internal structure. While the visible outer surface has been crafted with a focus on aesthetics, many of the secrets about the process of crafting the object are hidden beneath the surface, invisible to the naked eye. X-Ray CT is a powerful tool for creating detailed 3D images of the interior of such objects. However, its application to the study of cultural heritage collections is not straightforward, as the objects cover many length scales and have widely varying compositions.

PhD Student on the subject of novel reconstruction algorithms for dynamic tomography

While obtaining high quality images of static objects is feasible with many tomography modalities nowadays, imaging fast dynamic processes with both high spatial and temporal resolution remains very challenging but is of high interest in various clinical and scientific applications. Often, a high temporal resolution is achieved by a sub-sampled data acquisition (compressed sensing) and images reconstructed from the noisy, incomplete data by conventional algorithms are heavily impaired by artifacts and noise. Novel reconstruction approaches that incorporate mathematical models of the image dynamics demonstrated great potential to improve upon this in proof-of-concept studies but their formulation and implementation for high resolution 3D applications with complex dynamics pose severe mathematical and computational challenges.

PhD Student on the subject of Ultra-Fast 3D Reconstruction

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University seek a dedicated candidate for a PhD position in the interdisciplinary field of Mathematical Analysis, Algorithms and Computation for Tomography. As a PhD student, you will be part-time embedded in the Computational Imaging group at CWI, and part-time in the Analysis and Dynamical Systems group of the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University. As a team, we develop cutting-edge techniques for advanced tomographic reconstruction, combining expertise from Mathematics (Inverse Problems and Dynamical Systems), Computer Science (Efficient Algorithms and High Performance Computing), and Physics (Image Formation Modelling). Our goal is to develop novel computational methods for 3D and 4D imaging.

News

The Netherlands’ smallest supercomputer is here

The Netherlands’ smallest supercomputer is here

A team of Dutch scientists has built a supercomputer the size of four pizza boxes. The Little Green Machine II has the computing power of 10,000 PCs and will be used by researchers in oceanography, computer science, artificial intelligence, financial modeling and astronomy. CWI researchers Joost Batenburg and Kees Oosterlee, who were part of the development team, will use the machine for computational imaging and machine learning for time series respectively. The computer is based at Leiden University (the Netherlands) and developed with help from IBM.

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Current projects with external funding

  • Mathematics and Algorithms for 3D Imaging of Dynamic Processes
  • Non-destructive 3D spectral imaging: applications in the poultry industry
  • Real-Time 3D Tomography
  • The See-Through Museum
  • Automated multi-modal tomography for sub-22nm IC nodes (AMTIC)
  • MUltiscale, Multimodal and Multidimensional imaging for EngineeRING (MUMMERING)
  • Volumetric medical x-ray imaging at extremely low dose (VOXEL)

Related partners

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • CNR Pisa
  • COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
  • IMAGINE OPTIC
  • Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • FEI
  • IMEC
  • Technische Universiteit Delft