Alex Mirugwe

Mr. Alex Mirugwe

School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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PhD Student - Medical Imaging Using Artificial Intelligence

Biography

PhD student developing generative AI methods for unsupervised anomaly detection in medical imaging- models that can flag rare or subtle pathologies without relying on the large annotated datasets that are rarely available in real clinical practice. This builds directly on four+ years as a Data Scientist working at the intersection of ML and public health, where I developed and deployed models that shaped real responses to HIV, cancer, tuberculosis, and public health emergencies. That work is where the research question came from: how do you build AI that's genuinely useful when the data isn't perfect, and annotations are scarce? Always happy to connect with people working on AI for health, generative modeling, or anything at that intersection.

Affiliations

Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics

Honors and Awards

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Experience

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

20 Jul 2026 - present

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

20 Jan 2020 - 19 Nov 2021

Undergraduate Student

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

14 Jun 2014 - 16 Jun 2018