The IAPR Certificate of Appreciation is conferred on persons in recognition of their outstanding contributions to IAPR.
2022 Award Winners in Montreal
Alexandra Branzan Albu
For long-term leadership service, including furthering IAPR's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives.
Arun Ross
For long-term service with impact leading IAPR committees.
Cheng-Lin Liu
For leadership service, including support of ICPR Liasion activities.
Denis Laurendeau
For long-term contributions to the advancement of the IAPR, including leadership service.
Edward Sobczak
For long-term service and excellent technical support as the IAPR's Webmaster.
Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
For long-term leadership service and continued invaluable counsel.
Ingela Nyström
For long-term leadership service and efforts to further IAPR's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiative.
Josep Llados
For long-term leadership service with impact on IAPR committees.
Linda O'Gorman
For extraordinary, outstanding service to the IAPR.
Luc Brun
For impactful service leading IAPR's Membership Committee.
Maria De Marisco
For leadership service in furthering the IAPR's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives.
Massimo Tistarelli
For long-term leadership service with impact on IAPR committees.
Simone Marinai
For long-term contributions to the advancement of the IAPR, including leadership service.
Walter Kropatch
For long-term contributions to the advancement of the IAPR, including leadership service.
2018 Award Winners in Beijing
Rangachar Kasturi
For his outstanding work as Chair of the 2016-18 Advisory Committee and for his essential service to the IAPR.
2016 Award Winners in Cancun
Linda O'Gorman
For highly professional support to the IAPR ExCo and for service to IAPR.
2010 Award Winners in Istanbul
Herbert Freeman
For his contribution to the writing of the History of the IAPR.
2006 Award Winners in Hong Kong
Apostolos Antonacopoulos
For outstanding contributions to IAPR in the conferences and meetings committee and as chair of the education committee
Larry O'Gorman
For outstanding contributions to IAPR as Editor of the IAPR Newsletters and for the many Contributions during the years 2000-2004.
Larry Spitz
For outstanding contributions to IAPR as chair of the conferences and meetings committee during the years 2000-2004.
William Cheung
For outstanding contributions to IAPR as Web Chair of ICPR 2006
2004 Award Winners in Cambridge
Gunilla Borgefors
Lawrence A. Spitz
Lawrence O'Gorman
For outstanding service to the International Association for Pattern Recognition
Patrick Flynn
Sergey Ablameyko
2002 Award Winners in Quebec City
Karl Tombre
Outstanding service as secretary to IAPR 2000-2002
Michael Duff
Outstanding service as IAPR Newsletter Editor 1998 - 2002
Rangachar Kasturi
Outstanding service as vice-president to IAPR 2000 - 2002
Walter Kropatsch
Outstanding service as treasurer to IAPR 1998 - 2002
2000 Award Winners in Barcelona
Michal Haindl
Excellent service and management of the IAPR website
Susan Duff
Excellent secretariat services and maintainance of the IAPR archives
1998 Award Winners in Brisbane
Edzard Gelsema
Outstanding service as vice-president to IAPR 1996 - 1998
Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
Outstanding service as secretary to IAPR 1994 - 1998
Josef Bigün
Outstanding service as treasurer to IAPR 1994 - 1998
Maria Petrou
Outstanding service as IAPR Newsletter Editor 1994 - 1998
Masakazu Ejiri
Outstanding service as Chairperson of IAPR Fellow committee