Leo Joskowicz ( he, יוסקוביץ, לאו,, born 1961) is a Mexican–Israeli computer scientist specializing in

medical imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to rev ...

and computer-assisted surgery. He is a professor in the Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

, and former president of

The MICCAI Society The MICCAI Society is a professional organization for scientists in the areas of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of these fields, the society brings together researchers from several ...

Education and career

Joskowicz grew up in Mexico, and attended a French-language school in Mexico City. He went to Israel for undergraduate studies in computer science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, graduating in 1983, and then moved to New York City for graduate study at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. After a 1984 master's degree under the supervision of M. C. Harrison, he completed his PhD in 1988 with the dissertation ''Reasoning about Shape and Kinematic Function in Mechanical Devices'' supervised by Ernest Davis. He worked for IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center from 1988 to 1995, when he returned to Israel as a senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became an associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2006, directed the Leibniz Center for Research in Computer Science from 2001 to 2009, and has been a member of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences since 2007. He has also held visiting professorships at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México,

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

, and Chiba University in Japan. He was president of The MICCAI Society from 2019 to 2022.

Recognition

Joskowicz was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2013, "for contributions to computer assisted surgery and medical image processing". He has been an ASME Fellow since 2012, and a Fellow of

since 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joskowicz, Leo 1961 births Living people Mexican emigrants to Israel Mexican computer scientists Israeli computer scientists Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni IBM Research computer scientists Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Fellows of the IEEE Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers