Jie Ying Wu
Jie Ying Wu research focusing on eye-gaze tracking system could dramatically improve kidney stone surgery training
Aug. 26, 2024—When kidney stone surgery is performed using an endoscope, about a fourth of those patients will require a repeat surgery within 20 months due to residual stone fragments being left behind. These remaining pieces can lead to obstruction, pain, kidney injury and recurrent infections. Gaining and assessing surgical experience in endoscopic kidney stone surgery is...
VISE affiliate Jie Ying Wu one of four Spring 2024 Scaling Success awardees
Aug. 1, 2024—The Spring 2024 cycle of the Scaling Success Grant has concluded, with four new grants made from January to May. The Scaling Success Grant, which began in 2022, aims to transform ambitious research proposals into tangible achievements.
VISE on the Road: 2023 MICCAI conference
Nov. 21, 2023— Members of six VISE labs affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) traveled to Vancouver to take part in the 26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. Like-minded scientists from around the world gather yearly at the MICCAI conference to share their work with one another on a...
Team of VISE experts selected to develop low-cost training tools aimed at expanding global access to minimally invasive surgeries
Feb. 7, 2023—A multidisciplinary team from the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering has received a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to develop a low-cost simulation tool to train medical personnel in Kenya to perform minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures.
VISE Fall Seminar Jie Ying Wu, PhD 11.3.22
Oct. 28, 2022—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Jie Ying Wu, PhD Assistant Professor, Computer Science Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Building better tools for surgeons through machine learning Abstract: Training for surgeons has long relied on the...
School of Engineering announces 14 faculty appointments
Sep. 17, 2021—The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of 14 faculty members to its full-time teaching staff, which includes 10 new computer science faculty members appointed during the first year of the Destination Vanderbilt: Computer Science initiative, part of a $100 million university excellence initiative to recruit new faculty.