Oscar Acosta
Research Scientist
Contact
The Australian e-Health Research Centre
Level 7 - UQ CCR Building 71/918
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
HERSTON QLD 4028
oscar.acot@gmail.com
Tel: 61 7 3253 3620
Oscar.Acosta@csiro.au
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Science Area
Biography
Oscar Acosta joined CSIRO in 2005, based first at Westmead Hospital in Sydney (where he undertook the segmentation of paediatric CT images) and currently at the e-Health Research Centre in Brisbane where the focus of his research is medical image processing for the study of Alzheimer’s Disease.
He was awarded a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and subsequently a Master of Sciences degree in 1997 by the University of Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. During his first degree, he undertook an internship at the Neuropsychological Department of the Military Hospital in Bogotá, working on an Alzheimer’s Disease project, specifically, developing and testing an eye-tracking device. In 1997, he proceeded to Brest, France for a seven–month internship with the LATIM-ENSTB Laboratory, where he worked on retina image registration. In 1999, he was awarded a PhD scholarship, under a cooperation program between European and Latin American Institutes (ALFA BETA Biomedical Engineering Training Action), which took him back to France, this time to the LTSI-INSERM U642 at the University of Rennes I.
Academic Qualifications
| 2004 |
PhD in Signal Processing and Telecommunications, "From virtual exploratory navigation to the planning of endovascular procedures" LTSI INSERM U642 - University of Rennes 1, France.
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| 1997 |
MSc in Electronic engineering, University of Andes, Colombia.
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| 1994 |
Electrical engineering, University of Andes, Colombia. |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2007-Present |
Research Scientist, AeHRC, CSIRO ICT Centre.
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| 2006-2007 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BioMedIA Lab, CSIRO.
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| 2005-2006 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Westmead Hospital-BioMedIA Lab, CSIRO.
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| 2002-2004 |
ATER(Teaching and Research Assistant) University of Rennes 1 France
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| 2001 |
Administrative Assistant IEEE Editor in chef Office EMBS Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society France
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| 1999-2000 |
Teaching Assistant, IUT GEII(University Institute of Technology) Rennes France
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| 1999 |
Computer network and electrical engineer, Santafe de Bogota Town Council Colombia.
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| 1997-1998 |
Industrial Trainee, ENST Bretagne, LATIM Team, Brest, France.
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| 1995 |
Teaching Assistant, Central University, Bogotá Colombia.
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| 1995-1997 |
Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Andes, Bogotá Colombia.
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| 1994-1995 |
Industrial Trainee, Neuropsychological Service, Military Hospital, Bogotá, Colombia
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Other Highlights
| 2009, |
Selected for CSIRO performance reward for outstanding scientific achievements and contributions to the biomedical imaging group. |
Summary of Science & Technical Output
| Books/Book chapters |
0 |
| Journal |
6 |
| Refereed Conference/Workshop |
36 |
| Technical/Client Reports |
5 |
| Invited Presentations |
4 |
| Patents |
0 |
Student Supervision
| 2009 |
F. Gris, 6 m. Industrial Trainee, CSIRO
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| 2009 |
A. Rueda, 6 m. PhD Student CSIRO/Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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| 2007-2008 |
E. Bonner, Vacation scolarship from University of Queensland
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| 2008 |
D. Cantor, 6m. Internship CSIRO from University of Andes
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| 2007 |
M. Zuluaga, 6 m. Internship CSIRO from University of Andes
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| 2006-2007 |
P. Lobley, Vacation Scholarship from Monash University
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| 2003 |
R. Lemerrer, DEA University of Rennes 1 France.
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Science Citizenship
| 2005-Present |
IEEE Member
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| 2007-2008 |
Reviewer for (Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Interventions) MICCAI
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| 2002-Present |
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI)
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| 2008 |
Invited speaker -Master of Biomedical Engineering- National University, Colombia
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