Professor Olivier Salvado

Biography

Dr Salvado graduated with a Master in Electrical Engineering from ESIEE Paris and University Paris XII, where he studied signal processing, control system, and artificial intelligence. He worked for several years designing industrial control systems applying advanced techniques to improve automated machine performance. Attracted by medical challenges, he graduated in 2006 with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, specialty Medical Imaging, from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, where he worked on developing machine learning technologies to analyses MRI data. He joined the radiology department of the Cleveland University Hospitals, working on catheter based MRI imaging, before moving to Australia in 2007 as a research scientist for the CSIRO, focussing on image analysis.  At CSIRO Dr Salvado held several leadership roles including Team Leader, Group leader of Biomedical Informatics, Head of Computer Vision and Imaging for Data61, and Chief Research Scientist (eq. Professor) leading the AI for Missions initiative, a $25M program to develop next generation AI technology to support large Missions across the CSIRO in collaboration with external partners. Dr Salvado joined QUT as Prof of AI in 2024 to establish the AI for Health Research Network.

Dr Salvado holds an executive MBA from the University of New South Wales, and graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Director. Dr Salvado has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, which have attracted more than 15,000 citations. He regularly contributes to organising international conferences, was the general co-Chair of ISBI 2017, and the program co-chair of ISBI 2024. Dr Salvado is a regular reviewer for scientific journals, conferences, and grants including NHMRC and ARC.