Director & Founder

BASIRA Lab

July, 2017 - Today . Sousse, Tunisia

Dr Islem Rekik is the Director of the Brain And SIgnal Research and Analysis (BASIRA) laboratory (http://basira-lab.com/). Together with BASIRA members, she conducted more than 80 cutting-edge research projects, published in high-impact journals and conferences, and cross-pollinating AI and healthcare —with a sharp focus on brain imaging and neuroscience. She is also a co/chair/organizer of more than 14 international first-class conferences/workshops/competitions (e.g., Affordable AI 2021, Predictive AI 2008-2021, Machine Learning in Medical Imaging 2021, WILL competition 2021). She is the former president of the Women in MICCAI (WiM) and the co-founder of the international RISE Network to Reinforce Inclusiveness & diverSity and Empower minority researchers in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMIC).