Prof. Nassir Navab, Ph.D.

Nassir Navab is a full professor and director of the Laboratories for Computer Aided Medical Procedures at Technical University of Munich (TUM). He is also the director of Medical Augmented Reality summer school series. He is a Member of Academia Europaea and received the prestigious MICCAI Enduring Impact Award in 2021 and IEEE ISMAR Career Impact Award in October 2024. He received the IEEE ISMAR 10 Years Lasting Impact Award in 2015, the SMIT Technology Innovation Award in 2010, and the prestigious Siemens Inventor of the Year Award in 2001. He has been recently honored as Medical AR Pioneer in AWE XR hall of fame. He is also recognized for his pioneering work on digital surgical workflow modeling and representation starting in 2005 and on robotic imaging starting in 2012. He and his students have received many best paper awards including 16 awards at the prestigious MICCAI events, 8 at IPCAI, 2 at IPMI and 4 at IEEE ISMAR. He is Fellow of the MICCAI Society and acted on its board of directors from 2007 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2017. He is also an ELLIS Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Fellow of International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), and Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA). He is the author of hundreds of peer reviewed scientific papers and over 100 granted US and international patents. As of May 21, 2025, his papers have received over 90926 citations and enjoy an h-index of 129.