Le Lu

Le Lu is a distinguished researcher and senior director at Alibaba Group's DAMO Academy USA since August 2021, with a commitment to enhancing global health. Lu serves as an elected board member of The Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society, and is a Fellow of the IEEE Computer Society, recognized for contributions to machine learning in cancer detection. Additional roles include associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, and distinguished industry speaker for the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Previous positions include executive director at PAII Inc. and staff scientist at the National Institutes of Health, where Lu received multiple awards for research excellence and mentorship. Education includes a PhD and MSE in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, complemented by previous studies in pattern recognition and automation.