PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Georg Langs

Also known as G Langs, G. Langs

Georg Langs is a researcher who applies machine learning to medical imaging and prediction of disease course. He completed a PhD in computer science at Graz University of Technology in 2007, worked at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 2009 to 2011, and joined the Medical University of Vienna in 2011. He co-founded contextflow in 2016 with Markus Holzer, René Donner and Allan Hanbury. In 2023, its ADVANCE Chest CT system offered computer-aided detection support for ILD, COPD and lung cancer; contextflow exited to 4DMedical in August 2026. Since May 2025, he leads MedUni Vienna's Comprehensive Center for AI in Medicine.

Now at
European Institute of Biomedical Imaging Research and Medical University of Vienna
Born
1978
Badges

Years link to their sources.

Timeline

  1. 2003–2007

    Mathematics and a PhD

    In 2003, he completes a master's degree in mathematics at Vienna University of Technology. In 2007, he earns a PhD in computer science at Graz University of Technology.

  2. 2007–2008

    Postdoctoral work in Paris

    From 2007 to 2008, he works as a postdoctoral associate at the Applied Mathematics and Systems Laboratory at Ecole Centrale de Paris and the GALEN Group at INRIA-Saclay, Ile de France, with Nikos Paragios.

  3. 2009–2011

    Research at MIT CSAIL

    From 2009 to 2011, he works as a research scientist at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His work connects machine learning and medical imaging, with methods for predicting disease course and treatment response.

  4. 2011–2021

    Faculty and the imaging lab

    In 2011, he joins the faculty of the Medical University of Vienna. By 2021, he heads the Computational Imaging Research Lab at MedUni Vienna, where machine-learning methods analyze medical images and identify predictive markers in clinical data.

  5. 2016

    Co-founding contextflow

    In 2016, he co-founds contextflow with Markus Holzer, René Donner and Allan Hanbury. The company is a spin-off of the Medical University of Vienna, TU Wien and the KHRESMOI research project.

  6. June 2021

    A medical-imaging professorship

    On June 1, 2021, he becomes Professor of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging at the Medical University of Vienna.

  7. 2023

    AI tools for radiology

    In 2023, ADVANCE Chest CT offers computer-aided detection support for ILD, COPD and lung cancer. Since 2023, he directs the Joint Initiative for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging at the European Institute of Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR).

  8. Since May 2025

    Head of MedUni's AI center

    In May 2025, he takes over as head of MedUni Vienna's Comprehensive Center for AI in Medicine. In August 2026, contextflow, which he co-founded, exits to 4DMedical; in September 2026, CAIM teams present their research at MICCAI on machine learning and medical imaging.

Career

  1. Since 2023European Institute of Biomedical Imaging ResearchDirector of the Joint Initiative for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging
  2. Since 2011Medical University of ViennaFaculty Member, Professor of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  3. From 2016contextflowCo-founder
  4. 2009–2011MIT CSAILResearch Scientist
  5. 2007–2008École Centrale ParisPostdoctoral Associate
  6. 2007–2008InriaPostdoctoral Associate

Education

  1. 2007Graz University of TechnologyPhD in Computer Science
  2. 2003TU WienMaster's degree in Mathematics

From the biography.

  1. 11% of AI doctorate holders from 2010 to 2016 founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after graduationIncludes Georg Langs. We estimate how often AI doctorate holders founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after graduation, how waiting times compare between founders and top jobs, and which universities trained the most.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Medical University of Vienna. 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.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

Photo: We have no published photo of Georg Langs yet. Send us a free-licensed photo.

  1. Georg Langs appointed to Professorship of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging meduniwien.ac.at. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Georg Langs übernimmt Leitung des neu geschaffenen Comprehensive Center for AI in Medicine radiologie-nuklearmedizin.meduniwien.ac.at. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Researcher of the MedUni Vienna meduniwien.ac.at. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Georg Langs people.csail.mit.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. FAQs – contextflow contextflow.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. About – contextflow contextflow.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. contextflow – on a wave of success with AI-assisted diagnostics | TU Wien tuwien.at. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. CAIM at MICCAI'26 caim.meduniwien.ac.at. Checked 21 October 2026.