About us
The Mat-Tech Lab (Mathematical Technologies Lab) is a vibrant interdisciplinary team composed by mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and neuroscientists working at the interface between the development of new technologies in healthcare (& beyond) and mathematics. The goal of the lab is to promote new innovations in the field of healthcare technologies while being able to re-adapt creatively the modeling frameworks used up to now. Our expertise spans MRI, vision and sensory systems, ophthalmology, neuroscience, and neuro- and healthcare technologies. We value industrial partnerships and hybrid developments (across academia and industry).
News and events
May 20, 2026: MatTechLab’s Monalisa project has been awarded support through the HES-SO Open Research Data 2026 call, “Development of Skills and Resources.”
May 09, 2026: Yiwei Jia, Mauro Leidi, Yannick Bovier, and Jaime Barranco led by Prof. Franceschiello presented our work at ISMRM 2026! Check out more details here!
Feb. 24, 2026: Congratulations to Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello and co-authors on their new BMC Medical Education paper (published online 6 Feb 2026) on how physicians and nurses in training learn through challenging disclosures of cancer progression.
Dec. 04, 2025: MatTechLab warmly welcomed guests from The Sense Institute for a “Pizza & Science” event, combining informal discussions, networking, and lab presentations with pizzas. Please check the newsletter!
Nov. 03-04, 2025: MatTechLab joined the Sense Retreat, Champery, Yiwei Jia and Yannick Bovier shared updates on MR-Eye 2.0 and BOLD MRI for retinal imaging.
Sept. 09-11, 2025: At the 15th International Conference of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR) in Florence, Italy, Yiwei Jia presented MatTechLab’s MR-Eye work on behalf of Prof. Franceschiello.
June 24-28, 2025: Yiwei Jia and Mauro Leidi attended the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2025 Annual Meeting in Brisbane, Australia! They presented three posters, including one on behalf of Jaime Barranco. Check the photos here!
June 10, 2025: Our work, "An Open Source, Documented, User-Friendly MATLAB Toolbox for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstruction," is released! Please check it out here!
Thanks to
School of Engineering, Institute of Systems Engineering, HES-SO Valais-Wallis – We thank School of Engineering of the HES-SO Valais-Wallis for welcoming us and support our research projects.
We thank the Sense Innovation and Research Center for the highly interdisciplinary environment it creates for their members.
