Ghanem, Bernard
<p>Jun 27, 2015 03:28 PM</p>
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Bernard Ghanem is currently an Assistant Professor in the CEMSE division and member of the Visual Computing Center at KAUST. Before that, he was a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in Singapore, where he still holds an adjunct position. He heads projects that develop algorithms in computer vision, machine learning, and convex optimization geared towards real-world applications, including semantic video analysis in sports and automated surveillance, content-based image retrieval, large-scale activity recognition, and 2D/3D scene understanding. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Communications Engineering from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2005 and his MS/PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UIUC in 2010. His work has received several awards and honors, including the Henderson Graduate Award from UIUC, two consecutive CSE fellowship awards from UIUC, a Best Paper Award (CVPRW 2013), a two-year KAUST Seed Fund, and a Google Faculty Research Award in 2015. He has co-authored more than 30 peerreviewed conference and journal papers in his field, as well as, 4 patents.</p>
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see his CSD lecture below on June 26 2015.</p>