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Tim Oosterlinck is pioneering the integration of artificial intelligence and augmented reality (AR) in robotic surgery, with a focus on real-time intraoperative assistance and surgical data science. His landmark work, "First‐in‐human real‐time AI‐assisted instrument deocclusion during augmented reality robotic surgery" (2023, 26 citations), introduces a novel method to overcome a critical barrier in AR-assisted surgery: the correct registration of pre-operative 3D models while managing occlusions from surgical instruments. This first-in-human demonstration shows how AI can intelligently handle real and virtual occlusions, enabling safer, more intuitive AR overlays during robot-assisted procedures. Oosterlinck also contributes to surgical workflow analysis, as seen in his highly cited study on "Surgical Phase Duration in Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy" (2023, 9 citations), which explores how phase durations correlate with clinical parameters—offering new insights for skill assessment and feedback. His work bridges cutting-edge computer vision, human-computer interaction, and clinical urology, positioning him as a rising leader in surgical data science and augmented reality for minimally invasive surgery.