Rate My Professor Fabien Scalzo

Fabien Scalzo, PhD, is Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Natural Science Division at Seaver College of Pepperdine University in Malibu. He holds the position of Director of the Artificial Intelligence in Imaging and Neuroscience Lab and Director of the W.M. Keck Institute for Data Science. Scalzo earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Liège in Belgium in 2008. Previously, he served as Associate Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), contributing to computer science and neurology research. At Pepperdine, he received tenure as an associate professor in 2025. Scalzo teaches courses on medical imaging, computer vision, and machine learning, preparing students for advancements in data science and artificial intelligence applications.

Scalzo's academic interests center on developing computational models for neuroimaging, where he has pioneered the integration of machine learning in stroke research and analysis. He has authored over 200 research papers, establishing a significant body of work in AI-driven medical imaging and neuroscience. Select key publications include "Peak detection in intracranial pressure signal waveforms: a comparative study" in Biomedical Engineering Online (2024), "Nodule Detection and Generation on Chest X-Rays: NODE21 Challenge" in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (2024), "Prediction of visual field progression with serial optic disc photographs using deep learning" in the British Journal of Ophthalmology (2024), "Prediction of Hypoperfusion Lesion and Target Mismatch in Stroke from Diffusion-weighted MRI Using Deep Learning" in Radiology (2023), and "Mask R-CNN assisted 2.5D object detection pipeline of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT-positive metastatic pelvic lymph node after radical prostatectomy from solely CT imaging" in Scientific Reports (2023). As an investigator, he has contributed to neuroscience projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), American Heart Association (AHA), and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Scalzo serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neurology and has been honored with the NSF China Young Scholar award and the BAEF fellowship. His research impacts clinical neurology, enhancing diagnostic tools through artificial intelligence.