IAPR came into official existence in January 1978. Following the Second International Conference on Pattern Recognition in 1974 in Copenhagen, the Standing Committee approved the proposal to establish a permanent international professional organization; two years later, the Constitution was approved in Coronado and Executive Officers were elected.
Today, the responsibility for the day-to-day running of IAPR is delegated to an Executive Committee, assisted by Standing and ad hoc committees. The authority of the Association is vested in the Governing Board, composed of representatives of the member organizations, who decide all important matters such as general policy, the program of activities, admissions, elections, and budget.
Detailed History of IAPR (pdf)
Foundation of IAPR
During the 2nd IJCPR (Int. Joint Conf. on Pattern Recognition), the Standing Committee approved the proposal of establishing a permanent international professional organization for pattern recognition. After one year of preparation, IAPR was formally founded during the 3rd IJCPR in Coronado, USA (1976). The IAPR Constitution was approved by the Standing Committee and ExCo officers were elected. Three committees (Publication, Conference and Membership) were organized. A special committee drafted the Bylaws which were approved by the Standing Committee in early 1977. The 4th IJCPR was the first IAPR sponsored conference.
IJCPR and ICPR
| Year | Name | Location | General Chairs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1st IJCPR | Washington D.C., USA | K.S. Fu |
| 1974 | 2nd IJCPR | Copenhagen, Denmark | C.J.D.M. Verhagen |
| 1976 | 3rd IJCPR | Coronado, USA | A. Rosenfeld |
| 1978 | 4th IJCPR | Kyoto, Japan | M. Nagao |
| 1980 | 5th ICPR | Miami, USA | T. Pavlidis |
| 1982 | 6th ICPR | Munich, Germany | H. Marko |
| 1984 | 7th ICPR | Montreal, Canada | M.D. Levine |
| 1986 | 8th ICPR | Paris, France | J.-C. Simon |
| 1988 | 9th ICPR | Rome, Italy | S. Levialdi |
| 1990 | 10th ICPR | Atlantic City, USA | H. Freeman |
| 1992 | 11th ICPR | The Hague, The Netherlands | E.S. Gelsema & E. Backer |
| 1994 | 12th ICPR | Jerusalem, Israel | S. Peleg & S. Ullman |
| 1996 | 13th ICPR | Vienna, Austria | W.G. Kropatsch |
| 1998 | 14th ICPR | Brisbane, Australia | T. Caelli & A. Maeder |
| 2000 | 15th ICPR | Barcelona, Spain | A. Sanfeliu & J.J. Villanueva |
| 2002 | 16th ICPR | Quebec City Canada | C.Y. Suen |
| 2004 | 17th ICPR | Cambridge, UK | J. Kittler |
| 2006 | 18th ICPR | Hong Kong | Yuan Yan Tang |
| 2008 | 19th ICPR | Tampa, USA | R. Kasturi |
| 2010 | 20th ICPR | Istanbul, Turkey | Aytul Ercil |
| 2012 | 21th ICPR | Tsukuba Science City, Japan | J.-O. Eklundh & Y. Ohta & S. Tanimoto |
| 2014 | 22nd ICPR | Stockholm, Sweden | Magnus Borga |
| 2016 | 23rd ICPR | Cancun, Mexico | Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano |
| 2018 | 24th ICPR | Beijing, China | Tieniu Tan & Josef Kittler & Anil Jain |
| 2020 | 25th ICPR | Milan, Italy | Rita Cucchiara & Alberto Del Bimbo & Stan Sclaroff |
| 2022 | 26th ICPR | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Henrik Christensen & Michael Jenkin & Cheng-Lin Liu |
| 2024 | 27th ICPR | Kolkata, India | Umapada Pal & Josef Kittler & Anil Jain |
| 2026 | 28th ICPR | Lyon, France | Jean-Marc Ogier & Tin Kam Ho & Cheng-Lin Liu |
IAPR Presidents
| 1976-1978 | King Sun Fu |
| 1978-1980 | Herbert Freeman |
| 1980-1982 | Azriel Rosenfeld |
| 1982-1984 | Jean Claude Simon |
| 1984-1986 | Toshiyuki Sakai |
| 1986-1988 | Pierre A. Devijver |
| 1988-1990 | Martin D. Levine |
| 1990-1992 | Michael J.B. Duff |
| 1992-1994 | J.K. Aggarwal |
| 1994-1996 | Josef Kittler |
| 1996-1998 | Robert M. Haralick |
| 1998-Mar 2000 | Edzard Gelsema |
| Mar-Sept 2000 | Horst Bunke |
| 2000-2002 | Gabriella Sanniti di Baja |
| 2002-2004 | Rangachar Kasturi |
| 2004-2006 | Walter Kropatsch |
| 2006-2008 | Karl Tombre |
| 2008-2010 | Brian Lovell |
| 2010-2012 | Denis Laurendeau |
| 2012-2014 | Kim L. Boyer |
| 2014-2016 | Ingela Nystrom |
| 2016-2018 | Simone Marinai |
| 2018-2020 | Apostolos Antonacopoulos |
| 2020-2022 | Daniel Lopresti |
| 2022-2024 | Arjan Kuijper |