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delivered nearly 700 invited lectures at universities and academic institutions
across Europe, the United States, Japan, China, and other countries. He
is a member of 29 academies and learned societies, including the French
National Academy of Surgery, the French National Academy of Medicine,
and the French National Academy of Technologies.

In recognition of his contributions to surgery, including advances in
minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, and medical innovation,
Professor Marescaux has received numerous national and international
distinctions. In 2019, he was appointed Commander of the French National
Order of the Legion of Honor, one of the highest national distinctions of the
French Republic.

Professor Marescaux's work, along with IRCAD’s international development,
has contributed substantially to the evolution of modern surgery. By

bringing together surgical science, computer science, artificial intelligence,
robotics, medical education, and digital technologies, he has helped establish
an interdisciplinary framework for the continued development of intelligent,
technology-enabled surgery and has played an important role in shaping the
future of surgical innovation.

Dr. Toby Collins

Director of Surgical Data Science Research
IRCAD, Strasbourg, France.

Dr. Toby Collins is a British computer science researcher with a Ph.D. in

computer vision, specializing in medical imaging, machine learning, and
surgical data science (SDS). He is based in Strasbourg, France, where he
serves as Director of Surgical Data Science Research at the Institute of
Research Against Digestive Cancer (IRCAD France & Africa). He leads
research activities, manages projects, supervises AI research engineers, and
co-supervises Ph.D. students in collaboration with academic partners. His
research focuses primarily on advancing surgical practice through machine
learning and computer vision, with a particular interest in expanding access
to surgical care and medical imaging in remote areas. He has published

more than 90 peer-reviewed articles in leading computer vision and medical
imaging journals and conference proceedings.

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