Welcome to AusBIAS

Australian BioImage Analysis Society

The following text is shamelessly stolen from the EuBIAS (European BioImage Analysis Symposium) website:

Analysts bridges the gap between developers and biologists. The gap exists since the demands of biologists could ultimately be summarized to “single click and does all”. Such automation is possible for some trivial tasks but in many cases the complexity of modern Bioimage Analysis methods hinders the full automation. Every Bioimaging project is unique hence the image analysis, the final step of bioimaging, is also unique and cannot escape from some assembling and customizations. Here analysts come into play to create optimal protocols of image analysis.
In addition to customization of image analysis protocols, another major activity of most of analysts is teaching. Teaching of basics on image processing and analysis techniques shifts up the level of “Image Processing and Analysis literacy” in their belonging institute, which collectively has positive effect in promoting high-level image analysis in that local Bioimaging community.

The analyst is a new type of profession and their number is limited and their background diverse: Physicists, Computer Scientists, Electrical Engineers, Physical Chemists and Biologists. There is no established career path for becoming analysts, but a need of diverse knowledge as stated already. Compared to developers who have conventional criteria for evaluating their careers, analysts are currently evaluated only by words of mouth. An increased visibility of the their work is required both for stabilizing this new career path and at the same time for the employers to evaluate candidates.

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