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Bart M. ter Haar Romeny

Also known as Bart ter Haar Romeny

Bart M. ter Haar Romeny is a biomedical image-analysis researcher whose work connects visual perception, computer vision and medical screening. He studied applied physics at Delft and earned a doctorate at Utrecht before developing scale-space research there and becoming a professor of Biomedical Image Analysis at Eindhoven. His interactive Mathematica book explored multiscale vision, and his RetinaCheck project built automated screening for diabetic eye damage in China. In 2022, he was invited to write about AI in medicine, and in 2023 he taught explainable deep learning at DeepLearn. As of October 2026, he is professor emeritus of Biomedical Image Analysis at Eindhoven University of Technology.

Now at
Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology
Born
1952
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Timeline

  1. 1952–1983

    Applied physics and a doctorate

    He is born in Linschoten in 1952 and leaves home at 18 to study applied physics at Delft University of Technology. He receives an MSc there in 1978 and a PhD from Utrecht University in 1983.

  2. 1986–1989

    Clinical physics and PACS

    At Utrecht University Hospital's Radiology Department, he works as principal physicist and serves as clinical project leader for the Dutch Picture Archiving and Communication Systems project from 1986 to 1989.

  3. 1989–2001

    Scale-Space in Utrecht

    From 1989 to 2001, he is associate professor at Utrecht University's Image Sciences Institute. He founds the Scale-Space conference series in Utrecht in 1989; it is later renamed the Scale-Space and Variational Methods series.

  4. 2001–2017

    Professor and interactive vision book

    In 2001, he is appointed full professor of Biomedical Image Analysis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, where he retires in 2017. In 2003, he publishes Front-End Vision and Multi-Scale Image Analysis, an interactive Mathematica book on multi-scale computer vision and medical image analysis inspired by visual neuroscience.

  5. By 2007

    Vice dean in Shenyang

    He serves as vice dean for education at Northeastern University's Biomedical and Information Engineering School in Shenyang. He represents TU/e on the school's joint management team with Northeastern, Philips and Neusoft.

  6. 2013–2019

    Leading RetinaCheck

    In 2013, he starts the Sino-Dutch RetinaCheck project to screen for early diabetic eye damage in China. It concludes in 2019 after producing 55 peer-reviewed papers, four PhD theses, a deep-learning patent and retinal-analysis software.

  7. 2022–2023

    AI medicine and DeepLearn

    In the project's second half, his team introduces residual neural networks and trains them to detect micro-aneurisms and early signs of diabetes. In 2022, he is invited to write an introductory chapter for Springer Nature's Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; in 2023, he teaches Explainable Deep Learning from First Principles at DeepLearn Spring.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor emeritus at Eindhoven

    He is professor emeritus of Biomedical Image Analysis at TU/e's Department of Biomedical Engineering. Since 2014, he has been a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, and since 2017, an honorary chair professor in Medical Image Analysis at National Taiwan University of Science & Technology in Taipei.

Career

  1. Since 2017National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyHonorary Chair Professor in Medical Image Analysis
  2. Since 2014Chinese Academy of SciencesVisiting Professor
  3. Since 2001Eindhoven University of TechnologyFull Professor of Biomedical Image Analysis, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Image Analysis
  4. 1989–2001Utrecht UniversityAssociate Professor
  5. 1986–1989Utrecht University HospitalPrincipal Physicist and Clinical Project Leader
  6. Northeastern UniversityVice Dean for Education

Education

  1. 1983Utrecht UniversityPhD
  2. 1978Delft University of TechnologyMSc

From the biography.

  1. Universities keep AI researchers for a median of 6 years, compared with 2 years at frontier labsIncludes Chinese Academy of Sciences. Across 15,811 dated work stays (6,529 people), median role tenure runs from 6 years at universities to 2 years at frontier labs. We compare all five organization types, starting decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and the organizations that keep people longest.
  2. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes Chinese Academy of Sciences. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Chinese Academy of Sciences. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Chinese Academy of Sciences. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.

Colleagues

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  1. Bio1 - Bart ter Haar Romeny romeny.info. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Bart M. ter Haar Romeny - Research portal Eindhoven University of Technology research.tue.nl. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Bio3 - Bart ter Haar Romeny romeny.info. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. FEV - Bart ter Haar Romeny romeny.info. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Bio5 - Bart ter Haar Romeny romeny.info. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Teaching Abroad - Bart ter Haar Romeny romeny.info. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Bart ter Haar Romeny – DeepLearn 2023 Spring deeplearn.irdta.eu. Checked 21 October 2026.