Dr. YingLiang Ma is the head of the Visual Computing Research Group. He also holds a Visiting Senior Lecturer position in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London. He has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Manchester and he is the president of the special interest group, Cardiac-SIG, in MICCAI.  Dr. Ma’s research areas mainly lie in the development of novel computer vision and computational geometric algorithms as well as applications in medical image analysis, image-guided surgery and procedure risk assessment. As a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI, Dr Ma has been conducting research in relation to Computer Vision/Machine Learning/AI and parallel computing funded by EPSRC and NIHR. He has been invited to give a number of talks in national and international institutions.

Grants

1. AHRC impact fund (Co-PI), Value: £23,646, FILM50: The Future(s) of Screen Heritage, Duration: 01/04/2026 - 31/10/2027

2. AHRC impact fund (Co-PI), Value: £11,248, Level-of-Detail Digitization of High Ceilings in Virtual Reality, Duration: 31/03/2025 - 31/03/2026 

3. MRC impact fund (PI), Value: £44,669, Duration: 01/08/2024 - 31/01/2026 

4. EPSRC Grant (EP/X023826/1, PI). Value: £279,504. Duration: 01/10/2023 - 15/11/2025. Title: Three-dimensional hybrid guidance system for cardiac interventional procedures.

5. NIHR grant (II-LB-0814-20001, Co-I). Value: £400,719. Duration: 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2018. Title: MRI-augmented guidance for X-ray fluoroscopic paediatric cardiovascular interventions.

6. EU - ERASMUS+ (Co-I). Value: €237,940. Duration: 01/10/2020 – 31/12/2022. Title: Virtual Reality for Augmenting Creativity and Effectiveness of School Training

Membership

President of the special interest group, Cardiac-SIG, in MICCAI 

EPSRC Peer-review College

European Society of Cardiology, Working Group: e-Cardiology

Role

Director of Innovation, School of Computing Sciences