Projects 6
Publications 38
Awards 4

Contact Details

Senior Lecturer

Biography


Theme Lead (AI and ML), Centre for AI and Data Science Innovation

Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Information Technology

Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Information Technology, College of Science and Engineering
James Cook University, Australia.

I obtained my PhD degree in Computer Science (medical image analysis) from The University of Sydney in 2020. I received B. IT degree from The University of Newcastle, Australia, 2009 and M. IT (2014) and MPhil (2016) degree from The University of Sydney.

I have produced top-tier publications in the area of computer vision and medical image computing, including papers in IEEE T-MI, T-BME, JBHI, MedIA, PR, CVPR, AAAI and MICCAI. I am a regular reviewer for IEEE T-PAMI, T-MI, Nature Communications, CVPR, MICCAI and ISBI.

I am always looking for highly-motivated undergraduate (Honours) and postgraduate students (MPhil and PhD). Please send me your CV and transcripts.

Available / Current Projects

  • Unsupervised / Self-supervised learning for Image Classification and Object Recognition
  • A Deep Learning Framework for Hidden Pattern Discovery
  • Telehealth – AI-enabled Remote Patient Monitoring

Research

Research Interests

Keywords: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Data Science, Medical Image Analysis, Health Informatics, Telehealth

My research focus is on the development of Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Computer Vision and, more specifically, unsupervised and self-supervised deep learning models for biomedical image analysis, for improving image segmentation, retrieval, quantification and classification without relying on labelled data.

I also work at the coalface of translational health technology researches, e.g., health data analytics and telehealth.

Projects

Teaching

Taught Modules

Current JCU Research Students

Generative-based self-supervised learning for medical image analysis
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Species Classification using deep learning-Based signal processing techniques in natural soundscapes
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Radar enhancement of autonomous driving system
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering and Related Technologies)
Multimodal generative AI for human motion understanding and generation
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)
How can a Societal Digital Twin, with a Federated Architecture, be designed, implemented and evaluated to improve the integration and performance of a regional human services system?
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Image Classification and Transfer Learning
Master of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Robust Artificial Intelligence for Rare Lesion Detection and Analysis in Medical Imaging
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Design and Implementation of a Machine Learning-Based AI Framework for Early Prediction of Academic Risk in Students.
Master of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Cross-Modal Learning of Protein Structures and Cellular Images via Self-Supervised Deep Models
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)

Current Honours and External Research Students

Empowering Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with mHealth and AI
HONOURS- 2024
Automated 3D Segmantation of Kidneys and Tumors
HONOURS- 2024
BRAIN TUMOR SEGMENTATION USING UNET WITH ATTENTION MECHANISM
HONOURS- 2024
TQGDNet: Coronary Artery Calcium Deposit Detection on Computed Tomography
PHD- 2021
Multi-modal Medical Image Analysis for Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis
PHD- 2022
A Multi-Resolution Self-Supervised Learning Framework for Semantic Segmentation in Histopathology
PHD- 2022
Multi-Phase and Hierarchical Unsupervised Learning Framework for Glioblastoma Sub-Region Segmentation in MRI Sequences
RESEARCH_MASTERS- 2024
Text-to-Dermoscopy Image Generation
HONOURS- 2024
CT CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE DETECTION USING MULTI-HEAD ATTENTION AND ATTENTION U-NET
HONOURS- 2024
A deep learning approach for ultrasound image analysis
RESEARCH_MASTERS- 2024

Completed Honours and External Research Students

Self-supervised Learning Framework for Remote Heart Rate Estimation Using Spatiotemporal Augmentation
HONOURS
A deep learning approach to localisation tasks in medical images
RESEARCH_MASTERS
Early Detection of Mental Health-Related Disorders Using Recurrent Neural Networks and Visualisation in Emergency Departments
HONOURS

Teaching Grants

Activities

Education

Employment

Awards

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Languages

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Output

Wang, Hao; Ahn, Euijoon; Joseph, Andrew; Pathan, Faraz; Negishi, Kazuaki; Kim, Jinman (2026) 'GVT2RPM: An empirical study for general video transformer adaptation to remote physiological measurement'. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 113 (Part B). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Napier, Thomas; Ahn, Euijoon; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Lee, Ickjai (2025) 'LEAVES: An open-source web-based tool for the scalable annotation and visualisation of large-scale ecoacoustic datasets using cluster analysis'. Ecological Informatics, 87 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Perez-Aranda, Javier; Tolkach, Denis; Ahn, Euijoon; Chen, Fang Wei (2025) 'Unravelling consumer sentiments towards communicated health-safety and sustainability practices in hotels'. Tourism and Hospitality Research, . [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Zhou, Yusheng; Li, Hao; Liu, Jianan; Kong, Zhengmin; Huang, Tao; Ahn, Euijoon; Lv, Zhihan; Kim, Jinman; Feng, David Dagan (2025) 'Explicit Abnormality Extraction for Unsupervised Motion Artifact Reduction in Magnetic Resonance Imaging'. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, . [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Wang, Wei-Chien; Yu, Christopher; Ahn, Euijoon; Pathan, Shahab; Negishi, Kazuaki; Kim, Jinman (2025) 'TQGDNet: Coronary artery calcium deposit detection on computed tomography'. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 121 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Wang, Hao; Ahn, Euijoon; Bi, Lei; Kim, Jinman (2025) 'Self-supervised multi-modality learning for multi-label skin lesion classification'. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 265 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Yuan, Yuan; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Khadra, Mohamed; Kim, Jinman (2025) 'Z-SSMNet: Zonal-aware Self-supervised Mesh Network for prostate cancer detection and diagnosis with Bi-parametric MRI'. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 122 . [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Saha, Anindo; Bosma, Joeran S; Twilt, Jasper J; van Ginneken, Bram; Bjartell, Anders; Padhani, Anwar R; Bonekamp, David; Villeirs, Geert; Salomon, Georg; Giannarini, Gianluca; Kalpathy-Cramer, Jayashree; Barentsz, Jelle; Maier-Hein, Klaus H; Rusu, Mirabela; Rouvière, Olivier; van den Bergh, Roderick; Panebianco, Valeria; Kasivisvanathan, Veeru; Obuchowski, Nancy A; Yakar, Derya; Elschot, Mattijs; Veltman, Jeroen; Fütterer, Jurgen J; de Rooij, Maarten; Huisman, Henkjan; PI-CAI consortium (2024) 'Artificial intelligence and radiologists in prostate cancer detection on MRI (PI-CAI): an international, paired, non-inferiority, confirmatory study'. Lancet Oncology, 25 (7):879-887. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Wang, Hao; Ahn, Euijoon; Kim, Jinman (2024) 'A multi-resolution self-supervised learning framework for semantic segmentation in histopathology'. Pattern Recognition, 155 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Zhou, Yusheng; Kong, Zhengmin; Huang, Tao; Ahn, Euijoon; Li, Hao; Ding, Li (2024) 'WaveletDFDS-Net: A Dual Forward Denoising Stream Network for Low-Dose CT Noise Reduction'. Electronics, 13 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Liu, Jianan; Li, Hao; Huang, Tao; Ahn, Euijoon; Han, Kang; Razi, Adeel; Xiang, Wei; Kim, Jinman; Feng, David Dagan (2024) 'Unsupervised Representation Learning for 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Super-Resolution with Degradation Adaptation'. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 5 (9):4660-4674. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Napier, Thomas; Ahn, Euijoon; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Lee, Ickjai (2024) 'Advancements in preprocessing, detection and classification techniques for ecoacoustic data: A comprehensive review for large-scale passive acoustic monitoring'. Expert Systems with Applications, 252 (Part B). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Wang, Wei-Chien; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Kim, Jinman (2023) 'A Review of Predictive and Contrastive Self-supervised Learning for Medical Images'. Machine Intelligence Research, 20 (4):483-512. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kong, Zhengmin; Ouyang, Hui; Cao, Yiyuan; Huang, Tao; Ahn, Euijoon; Zhang, Maoqi; Liu, Hunan (2023) 'Automated periodontitis bone loss diagnosis in panoramic radiographs using a bespoke two-stage detector'. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 152 . [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Jiang, C.; Yuan, Y.; Gu, B.; Ahn, E.; Kim, J.; Feng, D.; Huang, Q.; Song, S. (2023) 'Preoperative prediction of microvascular invasion and perineural invasion in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with 18F-FDG PET/CT radiomics analysis'. Clinical Radiology, 78 (9):687-696. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Liu, Na; Parekh, Tej; Patel, Ronak; Baldacchino, Tanya; Mullavey, Tracy; Robinson, Amanda; Kim, Jinman (2021) 'A mobile app and dashboard for early detection of infectious disease outbreaks: development study'. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7 (3). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Baird, Christine; Oytam, Yalchin; Rahman, Khairunnessa; Fornasari, Marja; Sharma, Anita; Kim, Jinman; Ahn, Euijoon; Hughes, Rod (2021) 'The Checkpoint Program: collaborative care to reduce the reliance of frequent presenters on ED'. International Journal of Integrated Care, 21 (2). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Kumar, Ashnil; Fulham, Michael; Feng, Dagan; Kim, Jinman (2020) 'Unsupervised domain adaptation to classify medical images using zero-bias convolutional auto-encoders and context-based feature augmentation'. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 39 (7):2385-2394. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Kumar, Ashnil; Fulham, Michael; Feng, Dagan; Kim, Jinman (2019) 'Convolutional sparse kernel network for unsupervised medical image analysis'. Medical Image Analysis, 56 :140-151. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Bi, Lei; Kim, Jinman; Ahn, Euijoon; Kumar, Ashnil; Feng, Dagan; Fulham, Michael (2019) 'Step-wise integration of deep class-specific learning for dermoscopic image segmentation'. Pattern Recognition, 85 :78-89. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Kim, Jinman; Rahman, Khairunnessa; Baldacchino, Tanya; Baird, Christine (2018) 'Development of a risk predictive scoring system to identify patients at risk of representation to emergency department: a retrospective population-based analysis in Australia'. BMJ Open, 8 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Bi, Lei; Kim, Jinman; Ahn, Euijoon; Kumar, Ashnil; Fulham, Michael; Feng, Dagan (2017) 'Dermoscopic image segmentation via multistage fully convolutional networks'. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 64 (9):2065-2074. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Kim, Jinman; Bi, Lei; Kumar, Ashnil; Li, Changyang; Fulham, Michael; Feng, David Dagan (2017) 'Saliency-Based Lesion Segmentation Via Background Detection in Dermoscopic Images'. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 21 (6):1685-1693. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Abdullah; Huang, Tao; Lee, Ickjai; Ahn, Euijoon (2025) ISBI 2025: IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging High-Resolution Histopathology Whole Slide Image Generation Using Wavelet Diffusion Model Houston, TX, USA, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Xia, Yue; Yuan, Yuan; Ahn, Euijoon; Kim, Jinman (2024) DICTA 2024: International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications Multi-Phase and Hierarchical Unsupervised Learning Framework for Glioblastoma Sub-Region Segmentation in MRI Sequences Perth, WA, Australia, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Napier, Thomas; Ahn, Euijoon; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Lee, Ickjai (2023) AI 2023: Advances in Artificial Intelligence An Optimised Grid Search Based Framework for Robust Large-Scale Natural Soundscape Classification Brisbane, QLD, Australia, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Zhou, Shijia; Ahn, Euijoon; Wang, Hao; Quinton, Ann; Kennedy, Narelle; Sridar, Pradeeba; Nanan, Ralph; Kim, Jinman (2023) Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2023 Improving Automatic Fetal Biometry Measurement with Swoosh Activation Function Vancouver, Canada, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Yuan, Yuan; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Khadra, Mohamad; Kim, Jinman (2023) 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) SSPT-bpMRI: A Self-supervised Pre-training Scheme for Improving Prostate Cancer Detection and Diagnosis in Bi-parametric MRI* Sydney, NSW, Australia, [DOI]
Conference Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Zhou, Shijia; Sridar, Pradeeba; Kennedy, Narelle June; Quinton, Anne; Ahn, Euijoon; Nanan, Ralph; Kim, Jinman (2023) 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) A Deep-Learning Enabled Automatic Fetal Thalamus Diameter Measurement Algorithm Sydney, NSW, Australia, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Wang, Hao; Ahn, Euijoon; Kim, Jinman (2022) AAAI-22: 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Self-Supervised Representation Learning Framework for Remote Physiological Measurement Using Spatiotemporal Augmentation Loss Virtual, [DOI]
Conference Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Kim, Jinman (2021) A Spatial Guided Self-supervised Clustering Network for Medical Image Segmentation A spatial guided self-supervised clustering network for medical image segmentation Strasbourg, France, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Guo, Yuyu; Bi, Lei; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Wang, Quian; Kim, Jinman (2020) 2020 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) A Spatiotemporal Volumetric Interpolation Network for 4D Dynamic Medical Image Seattle, WA, USA, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Kumar, Ashnil; Feng, Dagan; Fulham, Michael; Kim, Jinman (2019) 2019 IEEE 16th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2019) Unsupervised Deep Transfer Feature Learning for Medical Image Classification Venice, Italy, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Bi, Lei; Kim, Jinman; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Fulham, Michael (2017) 2017 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2017) Semi-automatic skin lesion segmentation via fully convolutional networks Melbourne, VIC, Australia, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Bi, Lei; Kim, Jinman; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Fulham, Michael (2016) 2016 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) Automated skin lesion segmentation via image-wise supervised learning and multi-scale superpixel based cellular automata Prague, Czech Republic, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Bi, Lei; Kim, Jinman; Ahn, Euijoon; Feng, Dagan; Fulham, Michael (2016) 2016 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) Automatic melanoma detection via multi-scale lesion-biased representation and joint reverse classification Prague, Czech Republic, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Kumar, Ashnil; Kim, Jinman; Li, Changyang; Feng, Dagan; Fulham, Michael (2016) 2016 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) X-ray image classification using domain transferred convolutional neural networks and local sparse spatial pyramid Prague, Czech Republic, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahn, Euijoon; Bi, Lei; Jung, Youn Hyun; Kim, Jinman; Li, Changyang; Fulham, Michael; Feng, David Dagan (2015) 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Automated saliency-based lesion segmentation in dermoscopic images Milan, Italy, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU