| Education: | |
| Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Electrical and Computer Engineering, December 1990 |
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| M.S., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Electrical and Computer Engineering, April 1986 |
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| B.S., Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India Electrical Engineering, June 1984 |
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| Experience: | |
| Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY T. C. Chang Endowed Chair Professor, July 2002 - Present Professor, December 1996 - June 2002 Associate Professor, January 1995 - November 1996 Assistant Professor, January 1991 - December 1994 |
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| The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Graduate Research Assistant, July 1986 - December 1990 |
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| Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama, Japan Visiting Research Scientist, April 1989 - August 1989 |
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| Taylor Instruments, New Delhi, India Research Engineer, July 1984 - November 1984 |
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| Honors: | |
| Elected to the National Academy of Engineering The National Academies, Washington, DC, 2008 |
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| Great Teacher Award Society of Columbia Graduates, New York, 2006 |
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| T. C. Chang Endowed Professorship Columbia University, New York, 2002 |
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| Keck Engineering Teaching Excellence Award W. M. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, 1995 |
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| NTT Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Japan, 1994 |
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| Fellow of the Packard Foundation David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, 1992 |
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| National Young Investigator Award National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1991 |
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| Best Paper Awards: | |
| Best Paper Award IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference Washington, D.C., 2004 |
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| Best Paper Honorable Mention Award IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference Hilton Head, SC, 2000 |
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| David Marr Prize International Conference on Computer Vision Boston, MA, 1995. |
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| Siemens Outstanding Paper Award IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference Seattle, Washington, 1994. |
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| 20th Pattern Recognition Award Best Pattern Recognition Journal Paper Award Jerusalem, Israel, 1994. |
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| Best Industry Related Paper Award International Conference on Pattern Recognition Jerusalem, Israel, 1994. |
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| David Marr Prize International Conference on Computer Vision Osaka, Japan, 1990. |
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| Selected Invited Talks | |
| Dinner Talk, CRA Snowbird Conference Snowbird, Utah, July 2008 |
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| Dertouzos Lecture, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory MIT, Cambridge, April 2008 |
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| Plenary Speaker, Robotics Science and Systems Conference Atlanta, Georgia, June 2007 |
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| Plenary Speaker, IAPR Machine Vision and Appl. Conference Tokyo, Japan, May 2007 |
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| Keynote Speaker, Eurographics Symposium on Rendering Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2006 |
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| Keynote Speaker, PROCAMS Workshop, CVPR Conference New York, June 2006 |
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| Keynote Speaker, MMBIA Workshop, CVPR Conference New York, June 2006 |
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| Magill Lecture, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences New York, June 2004 |
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| University Lecture, Columbia University New York, February 2003 |
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| Keynote Speaker, Tenth Color Imaging Conference Scottsdale, Arizona, November 2002 |
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| Keynote Speaker, Pacific Graphics and CAD Conference Kunming, China, August 2001 |
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| Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Image Processing Thessaloniki, Greece, October 2001 |
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| Plenary Speaker, International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems Coimbra, Portugal, July 1999 |
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| Plenary Speaker, British Conference on Machine Vision Southampton, U.K., 1998 |
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