{"id":2265,"date":"2025-11-12T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/masters-thesis-in-the-field-of-medical-informatics-on-medical-machine-learning-models\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:09:16","slug":"ahmend-alshenoudy-masters-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/en\/ahmend-alshenoudy-masters-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Master&#8217;s Thesis in the Field of Medical Informatics on Medical Machine Learning Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"fullWidth headerMainContainer full\" \tclass=\"alignfull wp-block-acf-header\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"header desktop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"leftBlocks\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mainRect\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"937\" height=\"606\" viewBox=\"0 0 937 606\" fill=\"none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M331.268 -431.081C371.161 -470.973 435.839 -470.973 475.732 -431.081L907.081 0.268219C946.973 40.1607 946.973 104.839 907.081 144.732L475.732 576.081C435.839 615.973 371.161 615.973 331.268 576.081L-100.081 144.732C-139.973 104.839 -139.973 40.1607 -100.081 0.268158L331.268 -431.081Z\" fill=\"#5181A9\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"textContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\"><p><strong>Master\u2019s thesis <\/strong><strong>medical<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Machine <\/strong><strong>Learning <\/strong><strong>models<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottomLeftRect\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"25\" height=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/themes\/risc-theme\/public\/images\/pattern.5887ff.svg\" alt=\"Pattern\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"rightBlocks\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"topContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DSC00120-scaled-e1763367236553.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00120-scaled-e1763367236553.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottomContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottomRightRect\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"25\" height=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/themes\/risc-theme\/public\/images\/pattern.5887ff.svg\" alt=\"Pattern\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"header mobile\">\n\t\t<div class=\"videoContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textContainer alignwide\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\"><p><strong>Master\u2019s thesis <\/strong><strong>medical<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Machine <\/strong><strong>Learning <\/strong><strong>models<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DSC00120-scaled-e1763367236553.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00120-scaled-e1763367236553.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"rightContainer\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bottomRightRect\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"25\" height=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/themes\/risc-theme\/public\/images\/pattern.5887ff.svg\" alt=\"Pattern\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-section-space\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group-container alignfull \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-risc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-789d00ccae4244ddc993724061fd5a25\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Introduction:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmend AlShenoudy studied Artificial Intelligence at JKU Linz and was already working as an intern at RISC Software GmbH when he found the ideal topic for his master&#8217;s thesis. It tackles the challenge of training medical machine learning models with limited data using generative models, specifically for brain tumor segmentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-risc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7d22b5b644f0cc07de5760115aa41f65\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">What is your Master&#8217;s Thesis about?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ahmed:<\/strong> In a nutshell, my thesis attempts to address a prevalent issue within the medical field, that is learning with not enough data. Machine learning models mostly depend on annotated large datasets for training, which can be prohibitively expensive to obtain in the medical domain. We address this by employing state-of the-art generative models, as they do not require any annotated data.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our main intuition is that if a trained generative model can generate realistic images, it implies an inherent comprehension of the content of these images. Hence, we apply this for brain tumor segmentation, operating on the same assumption that if a generative model can generate MR sequences, it possesses an understanding of the content of those generated sequences, including tumorous regions. We exploit this knowledge for the downstream task of brain tumor segmentation. Our results demonstrate a substantial reduction in the quantity of required data, all while maintaining comparable performance to methods that rely on significantly larger amounts of annotated data.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-risc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-764e59dd3f9e89129103ae6ee51db95b\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Where are the concrete problems in real use cases? What were the challenges of the topic? What skills did the person supervised demonstrate in the course of the master&#8217;s thesis, what was solved particularly well?  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supervisor Erich Kobler: <\/strong>Mr. AlShenoudy&#8217;s master thesis aimed to develop a generative model for jointly synthesizing various MRI sequences of the brain and utilizing the learned representations for semantic segmentation of tumorous regions. Ultimately, Mr. AlShenoudy showcased that a substantial reduction of the labeled training data can be achieved without noteworthy performance decreases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the thesis, Mr. AlShenoudy was very committed, independent, goal- and detail-oriented. Despite the limited computational resources, he managed to perform detailed analyses of the related work and develop a sophisticated improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-risc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25457498971b5158de554b270a830ac9\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">How did you come to write the paper on RISC Software GmbH and what was the supervision and process like?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ahmed:<\/strong> It all started when I joined as an intern, I saw an internship offering during JKU\u2019s virtual career fair. Over time, this evolved into a part-time position while I pursued my studies. As I approached my final year at university, my unit leader generously offered me the opportunity to conduct my thesis research at RISC Software. He was highly supportive and encouraged me to find a research topic aligned with our field.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my search for a relevant thesis topic, I explored various options with different institutes at JKU. It was during this exploration that I met Dr. Erich Kobler, and our discussions proved highly productive. We discussed a common problem in the medical domain, namely, data scarcity. Dr. Kobler recommended a paper that was still under review, which held the potential to address this issue and served as an excellent starting point for my research. This paper perfectly aligned with our research unit&#8217;s focus. My initial work on this topic took place during my Practical work in AI at JKU, which later contributed to the subsequent refinement of my research question.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I consider myself fortunate to have combined my work at RISC Software with my studies at JKU. My research was supervised by Dr. Kobler, where his ideas and insights have been instrumental in shaping my research direction. At RISC, I received exceptional support and guidance, further enriched by the extensive expertise of my colleagues within the research unit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-risc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74fa8de194580e3b69bf9e4636007880\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">In which fields of activity would you like to work in the future? What are your plans for the future? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ahmed:<\/strong> I would love to keep working in medical research. In fact, I consider myself fortunate to have transitioned into full-time employment with RISC Software, where I can grow my skills, knowledge and experience in a field I enjoy. As I look ahead, I see myself focusing on growing my skills, while keeping an open door for starting a PhD in the upcoming few years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-big-space\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-risc-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-afe78cca06d0f7cc2c6d073f8ea1a3b0\">Further Scientific Works<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"posts-slider-block\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-offset=\"0\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\">\n\t\t<section class=\"splide posts-slider\" aria-label=\"Gallery Slides\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"splide__arrows\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"25\" height=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/themes\/risc-theme\/public\/images\/icon-arrow.4d5710.svg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"25\" height=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/themes\/risc-theme\/public\/images\/icon-arrow.4d5710.svg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"splide__track\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"splide__list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/en\/thomas-kniplitsch-masters-thesis\/\" class=\"splide__slide blog-post-teaser mb-1 lg:mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/tkniplit_hintergrund-360x214.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Master&#039;s Thesis - Medical Informatics on Virtual Cutting System\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-content px-2 py-3 xl:px-4 xl:py-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Master&#8217;s Thesis &#8211; Medical Informatics on Virtual Cutting System<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-post-excerpt mt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThomas Kniplitsch studied Software Engineering at the FH Hagenberg and developed a virtual cutting system for the two outer meningeal layers in his master&#039;s thesis.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-block mt-2 more\">mehr erfahren <span class=\"ml-1 icon-more\"><\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/en\/manuel-schlemkrich-bachelors-thesis\/\" class=\"splide__slide blog-post-teaser mb-1 lg:mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DSC03384-360x214.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Bachelor Thesis - Application of Scheduling Algorithms in the Industry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-content px-2 py-3 xl:px-4 xl:py-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Bachelor Thesis &#8211; Application of Scheduling Algorithms in the Industry<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-post-excerpt mt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManuel Schlenkrich wrote his bachelor&#039;s thesis with RISC Software GmbH on scheduling and optimization in industry.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-block mt-2 more\">mehr erfahren <span class=\"ml-1 icon-more\"><\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/en\/christian-huber-bachelors-thesis\/\" class=\"splide__slide blog-post-teaser mb-1 lg:mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/DSC08442-360x214.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Bachelor Thesis on Highway Node Routing in Unit Logistics Informatics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-content px-2 py-3 xl:px-4 xl:py-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Bachelor Thesis on Highway Node Routing in Unit Logistics Informatics<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-post-excerpt mt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs an intern, Christian Huber developed a web application for SafeSign and wrote his bachelor&#039;s thesis with us on Highway Node Routing.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-block mt-2 more\">mehr erfahren <span class=\"ml-1 icon-more\"><\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/en\/sebastian-schmalzer-bachelors-thesis\/\" class=\"splide__slide blog-post-teaser mb-1 lg:mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/career.risc-software.at\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DSC00889-360x214.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Bachelor Thesis - Method for Solving the Inventory Routing Problem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-content px-2 py-3 xl:px-4 xl:py-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Bachelor Thesis &#8211; 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