W.J. dos Santos Silva

Dr. W.J. (Wilson) dos Santos Silva is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Utrecht, specializing in AI & Data Science and Biology. His research focuses on creating explainable and robust AI models for multimodal multi-centre medical data, with emphasis on privacy-preserving machine learning and out-of-distribution generalization.

• PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2022), University of Porto
• Master's and Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2016), University of Porto

Research Interests include:

• Explainable AI for medical decision-making transparency
• Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning in healthcare
• Multi-Centre Data Analysis across institutions
• Medical Imaging applications in oncology and neurology

Recent Publications demonstrate expertise in:

• Medical image segmentation techniques
• Cross-modal learning approaches
• Federated learning for privacy
• Biomedical data interpretation
• Generalization in heterogeneous datasets

Scientific Contributions include organizing the iMIMIC workshop at MICCAI 2024 and mentoring students receiving competitive awards.

Students & Collaborators:

• PhD Candidates: Valentina Corbetta, Daan Boeke, Miriam Cobo, Aniek Eijpe, Jan van Eck
• Postdoctoral Researchers: Soufyan Lakbir
• Former Students: Tingyang Jiao, Laura Latorre, Filipe Campos, etc.

Laboratory develops AI solutions for medical imaging, multi-centre collaboration, and ethical AI in healthcare contexts.