Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2025
Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2025
From August 11th to 20th, 2025, the 5th edition of the Medical Augmented Reality Summer School will be held at Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together the world’s experts in Medical AR, clinicians, companies and talented academic researchers from all around the world, fostering cooperation and pushing the boundaries of Medical Augmented Reality.
The focus of this year’s summer school is the connection of Medical AR and Surgical Data Science. For the first time, MARSS will be organized by a consortium of scientists and clinicians from three institutions which are among the leading centers for cutting-edge research in Medical Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Computer Assisted Surgery:
- Prof. Dr. Philipp Fürnstahl and Prof. Mazda Farshad, MD, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Marc Pollefeys, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
In the MARSS25 hackathon, interdisciplinary teams consisting of participants from research, industry, and clinic will develop novel Medical Augmented Reality systems, supported by experienced surgeons and AR experts. For MARSS25, we will have access to our translational center for surgery, the OR-X, a highly technological equipped research and training infrastructure where surgical innovation and education can happen without patient burden.
For medical professionals, MARSS25 offers for the first time a hands-on surgical training course at OR-X in parallel to the technical program. This includes the training of surgical techniques using cutting-edge computer assisted surgery systems such as surgical navigation systems, endoscopic procedures, and robot-assisted surgery on bone models. The medical hands-on fulfills the medical course requirements and has been registered with swiss orthopedics (16 FB-Credits). The detailed program of the medical hands-on course can be found here.
We actively promote diversity in terms of gender and region and provide a free registration award for selected students.
This event is endorsed by the MICCAI society and covered by the MICCAI Code of Conduct.
Application
Please submit your application through the form below. The official registration deadline for technical researchers has been extended to June 27th, 2025. For the medical track including the hands-on surgical training we still have available slots — please reach out via mail if you are interested.
Your application will be reviewed, and you will receive feedback as soon as possible after the registration deadline. In case of acceptance, we will send you a personal link to finalize your registration. Your definitive participation is confirmed with the payment of the conference fee:
- 400 CHF (without accommodation) / 800 CHF (with accommodation) for technical and medical researchers
- 5000 CHF for industry participants (without accommodation)
MEDICAL PARTICIPANTS ONLY: Please indicate in the application form if you are interested to participate in the medical hands-on training course taking place at OR-X from August 11–13. The participation in the medical hands-on training course requires an additional course registration fee of 300 CHF.
For questions please contact marss@balgrist.ch.
Video (MARSS23 Impressions)
Schedule
First Week (August 11–15)
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Welcome & Instructions Organizers: Prof. Navab, Prof. Fürnstahl, Prof. Pollefeys, Prof. Farshad | Keynote: Prof. Marc Pollefeys 3D Reconstruction, Mixed Reality, and Spatial Computing
Microsoft / ETH Zürich | Keynote: Prof. Greg Osgood, MD Medical AR in Trauma Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital | Keynote: Prof. Leo Joskowicz Computer Aided Surgery and Medical Image Processing
Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Keynote: Prof. Alejandro Martin-Gomez Perception and Human Factors in Medical AR
University of Arkansas |
| 09:00–10:00 | Keynote: Prof. Nassir Navab Medical Augmented Reality: History, State of the Art, and Future Directions | ||||
| 09:30–11:00 | Keynote: PD Dr. Federico Tombari 3D Scene Understanding and Machine Learning
Google / TU Munich | Keynote: Prof. Sandrine De Ribaupierre, MD AR in Neurosurgery
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada | Keynote: Prof. Stefanie Speidel Surgical Data Science and AI
German Cancer Research Center, Dresden | Keynote: Prof. Hongbin Liu Embodied-AI Robotics for Medicine
CAIR, Hong Kong | |
| 10:00–11:30 | Keynote: Prof. Philipp Fürnstahl AR in Orthopedic Surgery and Computer-Assisted Interventions | ||||
| 11:00–12:00 | Keynote: Prof. Siyu Tang Human Motion Understanding, Computer Vision and Learning
ETH Zurich | Panel Discussion | Keynote: Prof. Nicolas Padoy Surgical AI and Data Science
University of Strasbourg / IHU | Keynote: Prof. Roy Eagleson Human Factors and Education in Medical AR
University of Western Ontario | |
| 11:30–12:30 | Keynote: Prof. Dieter Schmalstieg Visual Computing for Augmented Reality
University of Stuttgart | ||||
| 12:00–13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch Break | ||||
| 13:00–14:30 | Lecture: Rendering & Visualization | Group Picture | Keynote: Prof. Qi Dou AI for Medical Imaging and Surgery
Chinese University of Hong Kong | Lecture: Prof. Tinashe Mutsvangwa Statistical Shape Models and Biomedical Engineering
IMT Atlantique, Nantes | |
| 13:30–15:00 | OR-X Introduction & Medical Track Begins Medical Hands-on Surgical Training at OR-X begins (Aug 11–13)
Technical track: Hackathon Brainstorming | Hackathon / OR-X Medical Track (Day 3) Medical hands-on surgical training ends today | |||
| 14:00–18:00 | Hackathon | Lecture: Navid Navab Responsive Media and Creative AR
Topological Media Lab, Concordia University | |||
| 14:30–16:30 | Hackathon: Brainstorming & Project Selection | ||||
| 15:00–16:30 | Workshop: Unity 101 & AR Devices Introduction | Clinical Keynotes: Prof. Dirk Wilhelm, MD & Christian Heiliger, MD AR in Visceral and General Surgery
TU Munich / LMU Munich | |||
| 16:30–18:00 | Hackathon: Brainstorming | Industry Workshop | Hackathon: Kickoff Preparation | ||
| 19:00–22:00 | Pizza Night | Conference Dinner |
Second Week (August 18–20)
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30–12:30 | Hackathon | Hackathon | Demo Day Sessions 1 & 2 |
| 13:30–18:00 | Hackathon | Demo Day Preparation / Final Hackathon Sprint | Demo Day Sessions 3 & 4 |
| 16:30–17:00 | Audience Award | ||
| 17:00–18:00 | Closing Ceremony |
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab
Head of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality, Department of Computer Science, TU Munich
Prof. Dr. Philipp Fürnstahl
Professor in Orthopedic Computer Science, Head of ROCS (Research in Orthopedic Computer Science), Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Marc Pollefeys
Director Mixed Reality and AI Lab at Microsoft and Full Professor in the Institute for Visual Computing of the Dept. of Computer Science, ETH Zürich
Prof. Dr. Leo Joskowicz
Professor of Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Head of the Computer Aided Surgery and Medical Image Processing (CASMIP) laboratory
Prof. Dr. Hongbin Liu
Professor and Director, Centre for AI and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Prof. Dr. Qi Dou
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Speidel
Professor of Translational Surgical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. Roy Eagleson
Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, Associate Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, Canada
Prof. Sandrine De Ribaupierre, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Greg Osgood, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, JHU Baltimore
Prof. Dr. Dieter Schmalstieg
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Visual Computing, Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS), University of Stuttgart, Germany
Prof. Dr. Siyu Tang
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Group Lead Computer Vision and Learning Group (VLG), ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Padoy
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Strasbourg and Director of Computer Science and AI Research at IHU Strasbourg, France
Prof. Dirk Wilhelm, MD
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikums rechts der Isar, TU Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tinashe Mutsvangwa
Professor at the Department of Data Science, IMT Atlantique, Nantes, France
PD Dr. Federico Tombari
Director of Research at Google, Zurich, Adjunct Lecturer (PrivatDozent) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Navid Navab
Associate Director in Responsive Media, Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
Prof. Dr. Alejandro Martin-Gomez
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Arkansas, USA
Christian Heiliger, MD
Specialist physician – Clinic for General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
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