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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Jano van Hemert, PhD SMIEEE FRSE is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Senior Member of IEEE. He has worked in several universities and companies where he always collaborated at the interface of academia and industry. His main interest is in processing data to distil information into the knowledge required to drive positive impact.
From 2022 to 2023, professor van Hemert was an Applied Research Manager at the Amazon Development Centre Scotland in Edinburgh. From 2010 to 2022, he directed the research at Optos—a medical device company—where his team commercialised many novel hardware and software features for retinal imaging. From 2010 to 2023, he was an Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh in recognition of his leadership in the research programme of the UK National e-Science Centre from 2006 to 2010, which was supported by a prestigious EPSRC Platform Grant. Before 2006, he held research associate and fellow posts at the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science of the Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and the Vienna University of Technology. From 2005 until 2011 he was a visiting researcher at the Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh of the UK's Medical Research Council.
In 2022, professor van Hemert was recognised as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2013, he was elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE.
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Application of Evolutionary Computation to Constraint Satisfaction and Data Mining, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Niels Bohrweg 1, Leiden, The Netherlands
1998 → 2002
Award Date: 28 Nov 2002
Computer Science, Master of Informatics, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Niels Bohrweg 1, Leiden, The Netherlands
1993 → 1998
Award Date: 30 Sept 1998
Keywords
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
- RE Ophthalmology
Research Themes and Networks
- College of Science and Engineering Research Themes
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User Surveys on Metadata Requirements for Restricted Access Data, 2024–2025
van Hemert, J., Kavoussanakis, K., Wood, C., Moraw, K., Kerr, C., Devine, E. (Artist), Coulson, A. & Symmons, E., 29 Apr 2026Research output: Non-textual form › Data set/Database
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Understanding the barriers researchers face in accessing sensitive data across multiple trusted research environments in one study
van Hemert, J., Symmons, E., Muir, J., Moraw, K., Wood, C., Lampaki, I., Bremner, R., Kavoussanakis, K., Amador, C., Elfar, S., Halliday, R. & Morris, C., 16 Sept 2025, In: International Journal of Population Data Science. 10, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract
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Safe Havens: charter
van Hemert, J., Johnston, J., Cole, C., Hall, C., Walls, R., Wilde, K., Harrison, K., Linksted, P., Robinson, L., Caldwell, J., Sibley, M., Bourque, J., Dawson, S., Cowan, C. & Hamilton, A., 27 Mar 2025, 15 p. Edinburgh : Scottish Government.Research output: Other contribution
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DETECTION OF PATHOLOGIES IN OCULAR IMAGES
Jano, V. H. (Inventor) & Derek, S. (Inventor), 8 Jan 2024, Patent No. SA521422312, Priority date 17 Dec 2019, Priority No. WO2019EP85608Research output: Patent
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FUNCTIONAL OCT DATA PROCESSING
van Hemert, J. (Inventor) & Verhoek, M. (Inventor), 6 Apr 2023, IPC No. G06T 7/ 11 A I, Patent No. US2023107669, Priority date 30 Nov 2022, Priority No. US202218071677Research output: Patent
Activities
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University of Glasgow (External organisation)
van Hemert, J. (Member)
1 Jan 2021 → 30 Jul 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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Royal Society of Edinburgh (External organisation)
van Hemert, J. (Chair)
Sept 2020 → Sept 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Quantic: the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging (External organisation)
van Hemert, J. (Member)
1 Jan 2020 → 30 Jul 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Royal Society of Edinburgh (External organisation)
van Hemert, J. (Advisor)
1 Aug 2018 → 30 Jul 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Scottish Funding council (External organisation)
van Hemert, J. (Member)
1 Sept 2016 → 30 Sept 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
Prizes
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
van Hemert, J. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
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IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor
van Hemert, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Test Environment for a national network of TREs
van Hemert, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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GSK Supplement for WT 14488684
van Hemert, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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FINancial Data Service (FINDS)
Dibben, C. (Principal Investigator) & van Hemert, J. (Co-investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/02/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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University Of Edinburgh 2022-2026 ADR UK Programme
Dibben, C. (Principal Investigator) & van Hemert, J. (Co-investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Supporting Health at Work: Accelerating Development of the era App
Loretto, W. (Principal Investigator), Jandric, J. (Co-investigator), Morgan, E. (Co-investigator), Morgan, E. (Co-investigator), Steffan, B. (Co-investigator) & van Hemert, J. (Co-investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/04/25 → 18/12/25
Project: Research