My name is Peirong Liu (刘沛榕), since 2025 Fall, I have been an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Johns Hopkins University, affiliated with the Data Science and AI Institute.

I received my PhD in Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2023, where I was beyond fortunate to be advised by Dr. Marc Niethammer. During my PhD, I spent two summers as a research intern at Meta AI in New York City. After graduation, I completed my postdoc training at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital. I was recognized as a Rising Star in EECS by MIT, and a Rising Star in Data Science by UCSD, UChicago and Stanford.

My research interests lie in AI for Healthcare, with a focus on Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Medical Image Analysis. For more information, please check out our group research topics.

Selected Awards & Grants

2026 ~ Outstanding Area Chair @ CVPR

2025 ~ Academic Grant Award @ NVIDIA (Sole PI, 4 x RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU)

2024 ~ Rising Stars in Data Science @ UCSD & UChicago & Stanford

2024 ~ Rising Stars in EECS @ MIT

2024 ~ NIH Award @ MICCAI

Teaching

Fall 2026: EN.520.638 - Deep Learning

Spring 2026: EN.520.602 - Generative Models for Computer Vision and Biomedical Imaging

Recent Services

Board Member @ Women in MICCAI (WiM), 2025-2027

Participation Broadening Chair @ WACV 2027

Conference Meta Reviewer (Area Chair) @ NeurIPS | ICLR | CVPR | WACV | MICCAI

Conference Reviewer @ NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | ICCV | ECCV | MICCAI | IPMI | MIDL | AISTATS | AAAI

Journal Reviewer @ Nature Communications | IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI) | Medical Image Analysis (MedIA) | Machine Learning for Biomedical Image Analysis (MELBA) | Computer Graphics Forum (CGF)

Mentor @ MICCAI Society Mentorship Program

Some nonacademic facts about me ♭♮♯

I spend a lot of time and $$$$ playing and listening to music. I am a die-hard Lana Del Rey fan, but every now and then, I do have a mix of music tastes - I usually listen to metal, rock, R&B, and French electronic/dance.

I attended music schools prior to college, back then I dreamed of becoming a musician and touring the world, but apparently, I ended up in STEM. I began playing Guzheng (a traditional Chinese instrument) when I was 4, since then, I have traveled and performed at various events and competitions. At 9, I received the Professional Level-10 Certificate with the Highest Distinction and held my own solo concert. I am also into drums and MIDI keyboards. During my PhD in North Carolina, I was a member of Duke Music Ensemble.

I love driving and all kinds of outdoor activities - especially rock climbing and road biking.

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