A photo of me standing next to my poster on phenotyping traumatic brain injury imaging

Loved hearing about all the cool things going on in our department at ECE day!

Researchers and the IndieWeb: Owning your presence online (adamsaunders.net/posts/2026/04/09/researc...

My labmate Adam and I at the VISE 5k. I am in a hot dog costume

The VISE 5k was a success! Though I was the only one who showed up in costume for the competition… #running

Did you even go to a conference if you didn't pose for (at least) one group photo during the week? 😉📸

📍 Snapshots from #SPIEMedicalImaging 2026 in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada.

@spie.org @vandyvaliant.bsky.social @masi-lab.bsky.social

A group photo of many Vanderbilt attendees in front of a waterfall marked with SPIE Medical Imaging

And that’s a wrap on a great week at #SPIEMedicalImaging! Thankful for meeting many wonderful researchers, sharing our work, and visiting Vancouver!

@spie.org @vandyvaliant.bsky.social

Me posing with a comically large check for 3rd place at the JMI 3-Minute Poster Competition

There were great talks all around at the 3-Minute Poster Competition at #SPIEMedicalImaging! Super excited to share our work on crossing white matter fibers and win 3rd place!

Excited to be at @spie.org Medical Imaging! Come hear about our work with large scale traumatic brain injury imaging at 2:10 in Ballroom C! #SPIEMedicalImaging

Everyone in Nashville’s waking up to the sounds of trees snapping and no power 🥶

I’ve added a /now and /ideas page on adamsaunders.net to share what I’m up to and ideas I’m thinking over. Inspired by aboutideasnow.com! #IndieWeb

Just for fun, I put up 29 feet of wire on my ceiling - I had no idea how well it would work as an antenna. I’m catching #hamradio signals from Chile!

A picture of Dolly the mini goldendoodle wearing a red knit Christmas sweater with a large collar.

Merry Christmas from Dolly in her new sweater! #knitting

I just completed all 12 days of Advent of Code 2025! #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/

A picture of me and a labmate standing in front of a poster titled 'Phenotype discovery of traumatic brain injury segmentations from heterogeneous multi-site data'.

I enjoyed presenting our work on phenotype discovery from large-scale traumatic brain injury MRI at the 2025 VISE Symposium this week here at Vanderbilt!

An image showing very similar pictures of a mini goldendoodle titled ResNet-18 Carlini-Wagner Example. The before image is labeled miniature poodle and the after image is labeled burrito.

I think one of the funniest things I’ve done as a grad student is use adversarial attacks to fool an ImageNet classification model into thinking my dog Dolly is a burrito.

I’m testing out syndicating notes directly from my website to social media like Bluesky. Hopefully this works and any replies will appear on my site!

🎶 The #CVPR2025 reception is rockin’ in the Ballroom! Country vibes are strong and the CVPR House Band is taking the stage to drive this Nashville night home. 🤠🎸 Grab some drinks, hit the dance floor, and let the music roll! #CVPR #MusicCityMagic

A slide stating “First question: Can GARF generalize to unseen object shapes” showing colored fragments combining together.

A slide stating “The real-world data is usually found with missing or extraneous fragments” along with an example of each case.

Dr. Jing Zhang is using AI to reconstruct fragmented archaeological materials at the 1st International Workshop on Spatial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage at #CVPR2025. Super cool work on such a difficult problem!

#PhD #ComputerVision
@cvprconference.bsky.social

A slide states “What can skeletal remains from the past teach us about today? And tell us about health in the future?”

Starting off the morning at #CVPR2025 with “the coolest project going on with @vandyvaliant.bsky.social” - imaging mummies to learn about health and aging from our past with Dr. Van Schaik!

#PhD #MedicalImaging @cvprconference.bsky.social @elyssamcmaster.bsky.social

A large banner reads “Welcome to CVPR Nashville”

A crowd of people in the atrium of Music City Center

Super excited to have #CVPR2025 happening right here in Nashville! Already tons of great workshops and posters today.

#PhD #ComputerVision #MedicalImaging @cvprconference.bsky.social

Picture of VALIANT Attempt members painting pots for succulents

Two painted pots, one with abstract designs holding a pencil cactus, another with a smiley face holding a spiky cactus.

Celebrating a year of growth at @vandyvaliant.bsky.social with TensorFlow-er Power Hour!

#PhD #MedicalImaging #AI

Happy first anniversary to @vandyvaliant.bsky.social! Each VALIANT member received Gemini-generated poems summarizing their work over the past year. What a cool way to celebrate! Check out mine here:

masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/9003...

#PhD #MedicalImaging #AI

🌿 A VALIANT Attempt at… TensorFlow-er Power Hour! 🌼
VALIANT Scholars, mark your calendars for next Tuesday, May 6th at 4:00 PM in Stevenson Courtyard!
We will be painting pots and planting succulents to take with you to unwind from finals stress and welcome in the summer! 🌞🪴

Largest mammalian brain map ever could unpick what makes us human A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human

A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human

Join the #BeyondFA challenge and help us discover more capable diffusion MRI metrics than fractional anisotropy to understand aging!

#PhD #MedicalImaging #OpenScience

VALIANT Attempt invites you to present your AI-related paper, tool, concept, or class project in a 3-minute slot! It's a prime opportunity to highlight your innovations. Limited spaces available—sign up now: buff.ly/giFocr7 .Date: April 1, 2025, 3 PM, Venue: FGH 308.

Comically large scissors for the ribbon cutting ceremony

A balloon arch with AI-generated cut outs of a cat Val and a dog Ian.

Lots of fun at the grand opening of @vandyvaliant.bsky.social! Excited to be in an environment supporting translational #AI research across campus.

#PhD #Science #MedicalImaging

Title slide that states “DeepN4: Learning ITKN4 Bias Field Correction for T1-weighted Images”

DIPY Online Workshop 2025 poster, highlighting 6 keynote speakers and a QR code for registration

I’m thankful for the opportunity I had to present on work from @masi-lab.bsky.social on bias field correction at the #DIPY Workshop! Glad to support this useful #OpenSource toolkit for diffusion MRI.

Finding functional brain patterns in the white matter with vascular smoothing with Adam Saunders @spie.org with #SPIE_JMI 3-minute poster competition