Elvis C. S. Chen

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Queens University, Canada (2007)
M.Sc. in Computer Science, Queen’s University, Canada (1999)
B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science, Queen’s University, Canada (1995)


Dr. Elvis C.S. Chen received his B.Sc.H., M.Sc., and Ph.D. (2007) degrees from Queen’s University, Canada, and joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Western University in 2023. His graduate research focused on the kinematics of the knee after total arthroplasty and developing modelling techniques to assist surgeons in refining patient-specific surgical approaches to improve the functional outcomes of patients following total knee replacement.

Before joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Dr. Chen was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. He currently holds cross-appointments with the Department of Medical Biophysics and the Department of Medical Imaging at Western. He is an Associate Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, a faculty member in Western’s Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, and a Scientist at the London Health Research Institute. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and is the Chair of the IEEE EMBS London Chapter. Additionaly, Dr. Chen is a Limited Engineering Licensee (LEL) certified by the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).

Dr. Chen’s research interests lie in the field of Computer-Assisted Interventions (CAI) and Medical Image Computing (MIC), and he collaborates with med-tech companies.