International Society for
Stereology & Image Analysis
The winner of the 2022 Outstanding Paper Award in memory of Hans Jørgen G Gundersen is Anna Pukaluk, the first author of the paper Pukaluk et al. (2022): An ultrastructural 3D reconstruction method for observing the arrangement of collagen fibrils and proteoglycans in the human aortic wall under mechanical load (Acta Biomaterialia 141, 300-314). This is an annual award, intended to recognize best papers containing original work in the field of stereology, which are judged on scientific merit, technical and general quality, expected impact, originality, and relevance to stereology.
The International Society for Stereology and Image Analysis (ISSIA) would like to congratulate Dr. Zhiyang Yao, who was awarded the first prize at the 4th edition of the ISSIA PhD competition. His PhD thesis "Research on Compton camera imaging for proton therapy beam monitoring" was conducted unde...
Hans Jørgen G. Gundersen was born on this day 80 years ago (May 2, 1943). We keep his memory alive by calling for nominations for an annual "Outstanding Paper Award in memory of Hans Jørgen G Gundersen" initiated by the Board of the International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis (ISSIA). Th...
The winner of the 2021 Outstanding Paper Award in memory of Hans Jørgen G Gundersen is Nick Yao Larsen, the first author of the paper Larsen et al. (2021): Cellular 3D-reconstruction and analysis in the human cerebral cortex using automatic serial sections (Communications Biology 4, 1-15). This is the first instance of the annual award, intended to recognize best papers containing original work in the field of stereology, which are judged on scientific merit, technical and general quality, expected impact, originality, and relevance to stereology.
The International Society for Stereology and Image Analysis (ISSIA) organizes a PhD competition intended to recognize a PhD conducted in the area of stereology and/or image analysis. The competition is open to PhD students who defended their thesis after September 1st 2019. In addition, it is requ...
The Board of the International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis (ISSIA) decided to instigate an annual "Outstanding Paper Award in memory of Hans Jørgen G Gundersen". The award will go to papers containing original work in the field of stereology, which will be judged on scientific merit,...
Competition for best thesis in Image Analysis and Stereology 2021 winner: Mathieu De Langlard
24 May 2021
The International Society for Stereology and Image Analysis (ISSIA) would like to congratulate Dr. Mathieu De Langlard, who was awarded the first prize at the 3rd edition of the ISSIA PhD competition. His PhD thesis "La géométrie aléatoire pour la caractérisation 3D de populations denses de part...
The International Society for Stereology and Image Analysis (ISSIA) organizes a PhD competition intended to recognize a PhD conducted in the area of stereology and/or image analysis. The competition is open to PhD students who defended their thesis not earlier than 54 months before the date of deadl...
The International Society for Stereology and Image Analysis (ISSIA) would like to congratulate Dr. Johannes A. Österreicher for winning the second ISSIA PhD competition with his PhD thesis "Characterization of Al-Mg-Si Alloys for Automotive Safety Parts" (2018). Johannes A. Österreicher conducted his PhD thesis under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nicola Hüsing & Ass.-Prof. Dr. Gilles R. Bourret at the University of Salzburg, Austria.
ISSIA awarded two Hans Elias bursaries to support participation of PhD students in the ICSIA 2019 congress in Aarhus, May 27-30. One applicant later resigned.
The Hans Elias bursary recipient in 2019 is
- Filip Seitl (Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Czech Republic) working on modelling of polycrystalline materials using random tessellations in 3D