Laurens Hogeweg

Laurens Hogeweg is a Machine Learning Researcher at Intel Corporation since September 2020 and has been leading the AI team at Naturalis Biodiversity Center since February 2018, focusing on biodiversity research through artificial intelligence. Previously, Laurens worked as a Computer Vision & Deep Learning Engineer at COSMONiO from 2016 to September 2020, and as a Lead Software Engineer at Thirona from February 2014 to March 2016, overseeing R&D and product development. Earlier experience includes a role as a Scientific Programmer at Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, where Laurens contributed to the development of advanced chest CT workstations and applied deep learning to chest CT images, alongside a PhD focused on automatic analysis of chest radiographs to improve tuberculosis detection, completed in November 2013. Laurens also owned and managed Enter Webdesign from 2001 to 2010 and gained early research experience as a PhD researcher at the Image Sciences Institute. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in Medicine and an MSc in Biomedical Technology from the University of Groningen.