AlÌýBovik
- Visting Professor
AlÌýBovik hasÌýresearch interests that span the disciplines of digital video, visual neuroscience, and deep learning. His is particularly interested in developing now theories of visual perception that can be translated into practical systems for obtaining the highest quality streaming video and social media and virtual and augmented reality.ÌýFor his work in these areas, he received the IEEE Edison Medal, IEEE Fourier Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development from the Television Academy, Technology and Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences, Progress Medal from The Royal Photographic Society, Edwin H. Land Medal from Optica, and the Norbert Wiener Society Award and Karl Friedrich Gauss Education Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He has also received about 10 ‘best journal paper’ awards. He is an elected member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, and Academy Europaea. His books include The Essential Guides to ImageÌýand Video Processing.ÌýHeÌýco-founded and was the longest-serving Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Image ProcessingÌýand created/Chaired the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing which was first held in Austin, Texas, 1994.