IAPR Fellows and citations in alphabetical order.
Keiichi Abe (Japan) - 1998
For contributions to structural pattern recognition and for service to IAPR
Sergey V. Ablameyko (Republic of Belarus) - 1998
For contributions to document image analysis and for service to IAPR
Rajendra Acharya (Australia) - 2024
For significant contributions to AI algorithms and biomedical applications
Jake K. Aggarwal (USA) - 1996
For contributions to computer vision and outstanding leadership of IAPR
Narendra Ahuja (USA) - 1994
For contributions to computer vision, including texture analysis, dot pattern clustering, and image segmentation
Mohammad Showkat-Ul Alam - 2016
For contributions to the advancement and development of architectures, algorithms, and performance metrics for optical pattern recognition and high resolution image reconstruction
Carlo Arcelli (Italy) - 1996
For contributions to digital geometry and mathematical morphology in image analysis
Eric Backer (The Netherlands) - 1994
For contributions to fuzzy clustering and service to the IAPR
Xiang Bai (China) - 2020
For contributions to shape representation, contextual visual similarity, and camera-based document analysis
Xiao Bai (China) - 2026
For pioneering contributions to structural pattern recognition and 3D vision, and for dedicated service to the IAPR through its Technical Committees
Henry S. Baird (USA) - 1996
For contributions to document analysis and for service to IAPR
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (India) - 2020
For contributions to machine learning, computer vision, and bioinformatics
Sebastiano Battiato (Italy) - 2026
For pioneering contributions to imaging and multimedia forensics, and for service to the IAPR through its Italian member society and IAPR Governing Board
Eduardo Jose Bayro-Corrochano - 2006
For contributions to geometric computing for perception action systems.
Bir Bhanu (USA) - 2000
For contributions to pattern recognition and computer vision
Prabir Bhattacharya (USA) - 2002
For contributions to image understanding and processing.
Battista Biggio (Italy) - 2026
For pioneering contributions to adversarial machine learning, and for service to the IAPR through its Technical Committees and conferences
Josef Bigun (Sweden) - 2000
For contributions to image understanding and for service to IAPR
Ruud M. Bolle (USA) - 1998
For contributions to industrial computer vision and for service to IAPR
Gunilla Borgefors (Sweden) - 1998
For contributions to digital geometry and for outstanding service to IAPR
Richard Bowden - 2016
For contributions to computer vision in the fields of sign language, gesture and activity recognition and service to IAPR
Kevin Wilson Bowyer - 2012
For contributions to computer vision, pattern recognition and biometrics
Kim L. Boyer (USA) - 2004
For contributions to computer vision and for service to IAPR.
Alberto Broggi - 2016
For contributions in the field of computer vision-based advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving
Michael Bronstein (Switzerland) - 2018
For contributions to 3D data acquisition, processing, representation and analysis
Joachim Buhmann (Switzerland) - 2020
For contributions to pattern recognition and statistical machine learning theory
Horst Bunke (Switzerland) - 1996
For contributions to structural pattern recognition and for service to IAPR
Hans Burkhardt (Germany) - 2002
For contributions to the theory and application of invariants to pattern recognition and for service to IAPR.
Terrence M. Caelli (Canada) - 2002
For contributions to pattern recognition, image processing and machine learning.
Virginio Cantoni (Italy) - 1994
For contributions in architectures for computer vision and service to the IAPR
Serge G. Castan (France) - 1994
For contributions in computer vision, image understanding and parallel architecture for image processing and service to the IAPR
Andrea Cavallaro (UK) - 2018
For contributions to image processing and multi-sensor scene understanding
Bhabatosh Chanda - 2008
For contributions to the theory and practice of digital image processing and analysis.
Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri (India) - 1998
For contributions to character recognition and speech synthesis in Indian language
Santanu Chaudhury - 2014
For contributions to the field of image analysis and recognition
Ramalingam Chellappa (USA) - 1996
For contributions to theory and applications of Markov Random Fields and computer vision
C. L. Philip Chen (Hong Kong) - 2018
For contributions to machine learning algorithms and applications to image processing, security, recognition, and classification
Chi Hau Chen (USA) - 1996
For contributions to pattern recognition and its applications to geophysical and underwater acoustics problems
Songcan Chen (China) - 2018
For contributions to fuzzy clustering, feature extraction, and pattern classification
Xilin Chen - 2016
For contributions to image modeling and object recognition
Zen Chen - 2006
For contributions to computer vision and related applications, and for service to IAPR.
Wen-Huang Cheng (Taiwan) - 2026
For contributions to intelligent multimedia computing, and for service to the IAPR through its Taiwanese Member Society and conferences
Mohamed Cheriet - 2016
For contributions to ancient manuscript processing, form construction, handwriting recognition, multidisciplinary application, and service to IAPR
Yiu-ming Cheung (Hong Kong) - 2024
For contributions to the fields of cluster analysis and visual computing as well as their applications
Roberto Cipolla (UK) - 2020
For contributions to geometric models in computer vision and scene understanding
Timothy Francis Cootes - 2010
For contributions to the development of statistical models of shape and appearance.
Luigi Cordella (Italy) - 1996
For contributions to image analysis and for service to IAPR
Marco Cristani (Italy) - 2022
For contributions to the design of pattern recognition methods for social signal processing
Rita Cucchiara - 2006
For contributions to pattern recognition for video-surveillance.
Per-Erik Danielsson (Sweden) - 1994
For contributions to image processing and service to the IAPR
Mohammed Daoudi - 2014
For contributions to 3D shape analysis and retrieval and related applications
John Gustav Daugman - 2012
For contributions to computer vision, pattern recognition and biometrics
Emlyn Roy Davies - 2008
For contributions to the theory and practice of machine vision and its promotion through education, authorship and society activities.
Larry S. Davis (USA) - 2002
For contributions to computer vision and image understanding.
Leila De Floriani (Italy) - 1998
For contributions to geometric modeling and algorithm design for computer vision applications
Alberto Del Bimbo (Italy) - 2000
For contributions to image database management and forservice to IAPR
Andreas Dengel (Germany) - 2004
For contributions to document understanding and for service to IAPR.
Pierre A. Devijver (France) - 1994
For contributions in pattern recognition and image processing and outstanding leadership in the IAPR
Vito Di Gesú (Italy) - 1994
For contributions to fusion methodologies, architectures for machine vision, and segmentation techniques and service to the IAPR
Sven J. Dickinson (Canada) - 2018
For contributions to shape perception, object recognition, perceptual organization, and graph-based methods in computer vision
Xiaoqing Ding - 2006
For contributions to OCR, face recognition, biometric technology and document image analysis.
David Doermann - 2014
For contributions to the field of document image analysis and in recognition of service to the IAPR
Dov Dori (Israel) - 2000
For contributions to document analysis recognition
Michael J. B. Duff (UK) - 1994
For contributions to architectures for parallel processing, and outstanding leadership in the IAPR
Jean-Luc Dugelay (France) - 2018
For contributions to face recognition and soft biometrics
Robert P.W. Duin (The Netherlands) - 2002
For contributions to statistical pattern recognition and for service to IAPR.
Charles R. Dyer (USA) - 2002
For contributions to computer vision and image processing.
Masakazu Ejiri (Japan) - 1996
For contributions to the development of machine vision technology and for outstanding service to IAPR
Jan-Olof Eklundh (Sweden) - 2002
For contributions to computer vision and for service to IAPR.
Sergio Escalera (Spain) - 2022
For contributions in pattern recognition and human behavior analysis
Michael C. Fairhurst (UK) - 2004
For contributions to pattern recognition.
Aly A. Farag - 2016
For contributions to object modeling and biomedical applications
Michael Joachim Paulus Felsberg (Sweden) - 2024
For contributions to visual object tracking
Marco Ferretti (Italy) - 2000
For contributions to parallel architectures for image processingand for service to IAPR
Mário A. T. Figueiredo - 2008
For contributions to unsupervised and supervised learning, image analysis, and wavelet-based image restoration.
Robert B. Fisher - 2008
For contributions to 3D computer vision and the development of online resources important to the research community.
Andrew William Fitzgibbon - 2012
For contributions to 3D computer vision research and its applications
Patrick J. Flynn - 2006
For contributions to research in three-dimensional object recognition systems and biometrics.
Clinton Fookes (Australia) - 2024
For contributions to computer vision, machine learning and pattern recognition across video analysis, biometrics, and biosignal processing applications
Gian Luca Foresti - 2010
For contributions to image processing and pattern recognition in video surveillance systems
Herbert Freeman (USA) - 1994
For outstanding contributions in image analysis and map data processing and leadership in the IAPR
Yun Fu - 2016
For contributions to pattern recognition, data mining and visual intelligence
Hiromichi Fujisawa (Japan) - 2000
For contributions to document analysis and for service to IAPR
Paolo Ettore Gamba (Italy) - 2020
For contributions to data fusion and remote sensing
Edzard S. Gelsema (The Netherlands) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition and service to the IAPR
Ashish Ghosh (India) - 2020
For contributions to neural and deep learning, and to image and video analysis
Giorgio Giacinto (Italy) - 2020
For contributions to pattern recognition for computer security
Dmitry B. Goldgof - 2010
For contributions to Computer Vision Pattern Recognition and Biomedical Engineering
Marco Gori - 2014
For contributions to neural networks and machine learning models for pattern recognition
Venu Govindaraju (USA) - 2004
For contributions to advances in handwriting recognition.
Igor B. Gurevich (Russian Federation) - 2004
For contributions to mathematical theory of image analysis and recognition, and for service to IAPR.
Michal Haindl (Czech Republic) - 2004
For contributions to the theory and practice of model-based pattern recognition and for service to IAPR.
Lawrence O'Higgins Hall - 2010
For contributions to approximate knowledge integration into learning
Jungong Han (UK) - 2022
For contributions to multimedia content analysis, multimodal computer vision, and deep learning
Junwei Han (China) - 2022
For contributions to visual saliency computation and remote-sensing image analysis
Edwin Hancock (UK) - 2000
For contributions to structural and statistical pattern recognition, and to computer vision
Robert M. Haralick (USA) - 1994
For contributions to computer vision, image processing, and mathematical morphology and service to the IAPR
Jean Paul Haton (France) - 1996
For contributions to speech recognition
Ran He (China) - 2020
For contributions to biometrics, face recognition, and applications
Xiaofei He - 2014
For contributions to pattern recognition and manifold learning
Janne T. Heikkilä (Finland) - 2018
For contributions to 3D computer vision and image analysis
Anders Lars-Gunnar Heyden - 2016
For contributions to multiple view geometry and auto-calibration and for service to IAPR
Adrian Hilton (UK) - 2020
For contributions to the fields of 3D and 4D computer vision with applications in healthcare, design and entertainment
Vaclav Hlavac (Czech Republic) - 2004
For contributions to pattern analysis and image processing.
Tin Kam Ho (USA) - 2004
For contributions to multiple classifier systems, statistical pattern recognition, document image analysisand recognition, and for service to IAPR.
David Crossland Hogg - 2012
For contributions to learning in activity analysis and computer vision
Jianying Hu - 2010
For contributions to pattern recognition methodologies and applications and service to IAPR
Gang Hua - 2016
For contributions to visual computing and learning from unconstrained images and videos
De-Shuang Huang - 2014
For contributions to neural networks and biological data processing
Kaiqi Huang (China) - 2022
For contributions to video analysis and human vision-inspired visual models
Thomas S. Huang (USA) - 1994
For contributions to computer vision and image processing, including motion analysis and image compression and service to the IAPR
Tingwen Huang (Qatar) - 2022
For contributions in understanding the dynamics of neural networks in pattern recognition applications
Jonathan J. Hull (USA) - 2000
For contributions to document image analysis and for service to IAPR
Katsushi Ikeuchi (Japan) - 2020
For fundamental contributions to computer vision applied to robotics and man-machine interaction
John Illingworth - 2010
For contributions to image processing and computer vision
Atsushi Imiya - 2008
For contributions to randomized model fitting approaches in pattern recognition and computer vision, and to discrete geometry.
Sebastiano Impedovo (Italy) - 1998
For contributions to handwriting recognition and document analysis, and for service to IAPR
Seiji Inokuchi (Japan) - 2000
For contributions to 3D computer vision and service to IAPR
Horace S. Ip (Hong Kong) - 2004
For contributions to theory and application of deformable model for image segmentation and pattern recognition, and for service to IAPR.
Anil K. Jain (USA) - 1996
For contributions to statistical pattern recognition and range data analysis and for service to IAPR
Ramesh C. Jain (USA) - 2002
For contributions to machine vision research.
C. V. Jawahar - 2016
For contributions to computer vision, pattern recognition, and document image understanding
Robert Jenssen (Norway) - 2026
For scientific contributions at the intersection of information theoretic learning, kernel machines and deep learning, and for service to the IAPR
Qiang Ji - 2012
For contributions to face image analysis and applications
Rongrong Ji (China) - 2024
For contributions to neural network compression and efficient visual recognition
Tianzi Jiang (China) - 2020
For contributions in pattern recognition toward the understanding of brain organization and dysfunctions using neuroimaging
Xiaoyi Jiang - 2006
For contributions to range image analysis and structural pattern recognition, and for service to IAPR.
Yu-Gang Jiang (China) - 2022
For contributions to large-scale and trustworthy video understanding, and open-source datasets
Lianwen Jin (China) - 2024
For contributions to document image analysis and recognition, particularly scene text detection and recognition
Ir Pieter P. Jonker (The Netherlands) - 1994
For contributions to special purpose architectures and service to IAPR
Mohamed S. Kamel - 2008
For contributions to fundamental, applied and industrial problems in pattern recognition and neural networks.
Laveen N. Kanal (USA) - 1994
For outstanding contributions to Markov random field models, search strategies, hybrid linguistic-statistical models and reasoning in uncertain domains
Kenichi Kanatani - 2016
For contributions to 3D computer vision analysis and computation
Mohan Kankanhalli (Singapore) - 2024
For contributions to multimedia content processing and multimedia security
Rangasami L. Kashyap (USA) - 1994
For outstanding contributions to pattern classification and computer vision
Rangachar Kasturi (USA) - 1996
For contributions to document analysis and for service to IAPR
Masatsugu Kidode (Japan) - 1994
For contributions to new architectures for pattern recognition and service to the IAPR
Jin H. Kim (Korea) - 2000
For contributions to handwritten oriental scripts recognition
Fumitaka Kimura - 2010
For contributions to handwriting recognition and its applications
Josef Kittler (UK) - 1998
For contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition, and for outstanding leadership in IAPR
Reinhard Koch (Germany) - 2022
For contributions to image-based 3D scene reconstruction, underwater imaging, and service to the IAPR
Walter G. Kropatsch (Austria) - 1994
For contributions to image processing and remote sensing and service to the IAPR
Adam Krzyzak (Canada) - 2020
For contributions to statistical pattern recognition and machine learning, and for service to IAPR
Mineichi Kudo - 2008
For contributions to pattern classification and feature extraction.
Ajay Kumar - 2016
For contributions to human identification using biometrics
B.V.K. Vijaya Kumar - 2006
For contributions to frequency domain pattern recognition methods.
Ludmila Ilieva Kuncheva - 2012
For contributions to multiple classifier systems
Malay Kumar Kundu - 2010
For outstanding contributions in the development of theory, techniques and applications of image processing using soft computing and related mathematical methods
Seong-Whan Lee (Korea) - 1998
For contributions to document understanding and for service to IAPR
Zhen Lei (China) - 2022
For contributions to face analysis and pattern recognition
Ales Leonardis (Slovenia) - 2002
For contributions to computer vision and for service to IAPR.
Stefano Levialdi (Italy) - 1994
For contributions to architectures for parallel image processing and and service to the IAPR
Martin D. Levine (Canada) - 1994
For contributions in computer vision and biomedical image processing and outstanding leadership in the IAPR
Ching-Chung Li - 2006
For contributions to biomedical pattern recognition and multiresolution image processing.
Stan Z. Li (China) - 2020
For outstanding contributions to face recognition research and applications
Xi Li (China) - 2024
For contributions to multi-factor coupling model learning, adaptive network model design, and knowledge-guided structural semantic understanding
Xuelong Li - 2010
For contributions to pattern recognition and image analysis
Shengcai Liao (China) - 2024
For contributions to face and person recognition and re-identification
Liang Lin (China) - 2022
For contributions to computational models for visual pattern matching and understanding
Zhouchen Lin - 2016
For contributions to image processing, computer vision and machine learning
Cheng-Lin Liu - 2012
For contributions to character recognition and document analysis, and services to the IAPR
Derong Liu - 2016
For contributions to neural networks and associative memories
Jun Liu (UK) - 2026
For foundational contributions to human behavior analysis and video understanding, and for service to the the IAPR community through member society events, conference organization, and editorial governance
Qingshan Liu (China) - 2024
For contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition
Wei Liu (China) - 2020
For contributions to machine learning, computer vision, and remote sensing
Wenyin Liu - 2010
For contributions to graphics recognition, performance evaluation, document analysis, approaches to anti-phishing, and services to IAPR
Xiaoming Liu (USA) - 2020
For contributions to face and video analysis
Brian C. Lovell - 2008
For contributions to video and medical image analysis and service to the IAPR.
Jiwen Lu (China) - 2020
For contributions to human action recognition and applications
Jiebo Luo - 2010
For contributions to contextual inference in semantic understanding of images and video
Siwei Lyu (USA) - 2022
For contributions to digital media forensics
Gerd Maderlechner (Germany) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition, interpretation technologies and their applications and service to the IAPR
Dwijesh Kr. Dutta Majumder (India) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition, image processing, computer vision and artificial intelligence and service to the IAPR
Davide Maltoni - 2010
For contributions to Biometrics and Fingerprint Recognition
Sébastien Marcel (Switzerland) - 2024
For pioneering contributions to biometric presentation attack detection
Simone Marinai (Italy) - 2026
For significant contributions to document recognition and retrieval, and for extraordinary service to the IAPR through various leadership positions
Takashi Matsuyama (Japan) - 1996
For contributions to image understanding and for service to IAPR
Ujjwal Maulik (India) - 2018
For contributions to pattern recognition and machine learning, with applications to image analysis and computational biology
Gerard G. Medioni (USA) - 2002
For contributions to pattern recognition and computer vision.
Tao Mei - 2016
For contributions to large-scale video analysis, understanding, and applications
Nasir Memon (USA) - 2020
For contributions to machine learning, biometrics, multimedia forensics, cryptography, and steganography
Ajmal Saeed Mian (Australia) - 2022
For contributions to geometric deep learning, 3D shape representation, and facial analysis
Mariofanna Georgieva Milanova (USA) - 2026
For contributions to biologically motivated computer vision and human-computer interaction, and for exceptional service to the IAPR through Technical Committee leadership, the IAPR Governing Board, and industry-academia collaboration
Majid Mirmehdi - 2010
For contributions to Image Understanding and Computer Vision and services to IAPR
Sushmita Mitra - 2016
For contributions to neuro-fuzzy and hybrid approaches to pattern recognition and machine intelligence, with applications to bioinformatics and medical imaging
Hiroshi Murase (Japan) - 2022
For contributions to object and image recognition and quick video search
Vittorio Murino - 2006
For contributions to the design of probabilistic (graphical) methods for pattern recognition.
Fionn Murtagh - 2008
For contributions to clustering and analysis of massive and high dimensional data, with applications to astronomy.
Piero Mussio (Italy) - 1998
For contributions to image description and interpretation, and for service to IAPR
Makoto Nagao (Japan) - 1994
For contributions to image analysis and recognition and service to the IAPR
Hans-Hellmut Nagel (Germany) - 1998
For contributions to image sequence analysis
George Nagy (USA) - 1998
For contributions to document image analysis and for service to IAPR
Masaki Nakagawa - 2008
For contributions to handwriting recognition and its applications.
Yasuaki Nakano (Japan) - 2000
For contributions to recognition of handwritten characters, document analysis and for service to IAPR
Liqiang Nie (China) - 2022
For contributions to multimedia content analysis and recognition
Heinrich Niemann (Germany) - 2002
For contributions to pattern recognition with applications to speech processing and image understanding, and for service to IAPR.
Hirobumi Nishida (Japan) - 2000
For contributions to structural pattern recognition and for service to IAPR
Mark Nixon - 2008
For contributions to biometrics and computer vision.
Yuichi Ohta (Japan) - 2004
For contributions to computer vision and vision-based approach to image media, and for service to IAPR.
Erkki Oja (Finland) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition and image processing and and service to the IAPR
B. John Oommen - 2006
For contributions to fundamental and applied problems in syntactic and statistical pattern recognition.
Javier Ortega-Garcia (Spain) - 2018
For contributions to biometric recognition, especially in behavioral traits including speech and handwritten and human-device interactions
Shinji Ozawa (Japan) - 2000
For contributions to motion analysis and for service to IAPR
Lawrence O’Gorman (USA) - 1996
For contributions to document analysis
Sankar K. Pal (India) - 2002
For contributions to pattern recognition and image processing using soft computing.
Umapada Pal - 2014
For contributions to Indian multiscript document processing and handwriting recognition and for service to the IAPR
Sharathchandra Pankanti - 2014
For contributions to the application of computer vision and pattern recognition technologies to video analytics, public safety and security
Maja Pantic - 2016
For contributions to affective and behavioural computing
João Paulo Papa (Brazil) - 2024
For contributions to graph-based approaches in pattern recognition and metaheuristics for optimizing pattern classifiers and for service to IAPR
Jussi P.S. Parkkinen (Finland) - 2002
For contributions to color and multispectral image processing, and for service to IAPR.
Vishal M. Patel (USA) - 2024
For contributions to image processing, computer vision and biometrics
Theo Pavlidis (USA) - 1994
For contributions to computer graphics and image processing and service to the IAPR
Shmuel Peleg (Israel) - 1994
For contributions to image analysis and computer vision and service to the IAPR
Marcello Pelillo - 2008
For contributions to graph-theoretic and optimization-based approaches in pattern recognition and computer vision.
Petra Perner - 2006
For contributions to image interpretation by developing methods for case-based reasoning, machine learning and data mining, and for service to IAPR.
Maria Petrou (UK) - 2000
For contributions to image processing and for service to IAPR
P. Jonathon Phillips - 2008
For contributions to face recognition and evaluation methodologies.
Matti K. Pietikainen (Finland) - 1994
For contributions to machine vision and its applications in industry and service to the IAPR
Re’jean Plamondon (Canada) - 1994
For contributions to handwriting and document recognition and service to the IAPR
Salil Prabhakar - 2012
For contributions to biometrics technology
Andrea Prati - 2014
For contributions to low- and high-level algorithms for video surveillance
Pavel Pudil (Czech Republic) - 2000
For contributions to statistical pattern recognition and for service to IAPR
Guo-Jun Qi (USA) - 2022
For contributions to pattern recognition for computer vision and multimedia computing
Yu Qiao (China) - 2024
For contributions to facial image analysis and video understanding
Petia Radeva - 2016
For contributions to computer vision, machine learning, egocentric vision, life-logging, and medical imaging
Nalini K. Ratha - 2008
For contributions to biometric authentication.
Elisa Ricci (Italy) - 2024
For contributions to multimodal human behaviour analysis and adaptation methods for visual recognition models
Fabio Roli (Italy) - 2004
For contributions to pattern recognition and its applications and multiple classifier systems.
Azriel Rosenfeld (USA) - 1994
For outstanding contributions to pattern recognition and image processing and leadership in the IAPR
Paul L. Rosin (UK) - 2018
For contributions to image processing and computer vision
Arun A. Ross (USA) - 2018
For contributions that significantly advance biometric technologies; extend considerably its infrastructure; and enable its continuing scientific advances
Amit K Roy-Chowdhury - 2016
For contributions to collaborative sensing and distributed processing in camera networks with applications in tracking, re-identification, and activity recognition
Yong Rui - 2012
For contributions to visual pattern analysis, recognition and retrieval
Jose Ruiz-Shulcloper - 2012
For contributions to pattern recognition and data mining, and services to the IAPR
Pranav Kumar Saha - 2016
For contributions to digital topology and geometry and their application
Toshiyuki Sakai (Japan) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition and outstanding leadership in the IAPR
Katsuhiko Sakaue - 2006
For contributions to computer vision and its applications.
Hiroshi Sako (Japan) - 2004
For contributions to the development and application of machine vision technology for factory and office automation.
H. Samet (USA) - 1996
For contributions to hierarchical data structures for image analysis and representation
Alberto Sanfeliu (Spain) - 1994
For contributions to syntactic and structural pattern recognition and service to the IAPR
Gabriella Sanniti di Baja (Italy) - 2000
For exceptional service to IAPR and for contributions to image analysis
Carlo Sansone (Italy) - 2022
For contributions in pattern recognition and biomedical image analysis
Sudeep Sarkar - 2008
For contributions to computer vision, particularly perceptual organization, segmentation and grouping, and to the evaluation of vision algorithms.
Shigeru Sasaki - 2010
For contributions to image processing and its applications in industry
Yoichi Sato (Japan) - 2024
For contributions to computer vision and for service to IAPR
Raimondo Schettini - 2010
For contributions to pattern recognition research and color image analysis
Bernt Schiele (Germany) - 2018
For contributions to large-scale object recognition, human detection and pose estimation
Jurgen Schurmann (Germany) - 1998
For contributions to character recognition and polynomial classifiers, and for the service to IAPR
Stan Sclaroff - 2016
For contributions in tracking, human gesture analysis, shape recognition, and video databases
Nicu Sebe - 2012
For contributions to human behaviour understanding and multimedia
Faisal Shafait (Pakistan) - 2026
For contributions in document image analysis, and for outstanding service to the IAPR through its Technical Committees and conferences
Mubarak Shah - 2006
For contributions to motion-based recognition and shape from shading in computer vision.
Ling Shao (UK) - 2018
For contributions to human action recognition and video understanding
Linda G. Shapiro (USA) - 2000
For contributions to computer vision and structural pattern recognition
Chao Shen (China) - 2026
For contributions to the theory and industrial applications of trustworthy multimedia analysis and recognition, and for service to the IAPR
Dinggang Shen (USA) - 2018
For contributions to biomedical applications of pattern recognition and medical image analysis
Yoshiaki Shirai (Japan) - 1998
For contributions to three-dimensional object recognition and for service to IAPR
Jean-Claude Simon (France) - 1994
For contributions in pattern recognition and outstanding leadership in the IAPR
Richa Singh (India) - 2018
For contributions to face recognition and pattern classification
Jack Sklansky (USA) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition, machine vision and medical imaging and service to the IAPR
Arnold W. M. Smeulders (The Netherlands) - 2000
For contributions to image analysis and content-based image database retrieval
Franc Solina (Slovenia) - 2002
For contributions to interpretation of range images and for service to IAPR.
A. Lawrence Spitz (New Zealand) - 2004
For contributions to document recognition and for service to IAPR.
Sargur N. Srihari (USA) - 1996
For contributions to character recognition and for service to IAPR
Anuj Srivastava - 2014
For contributions to statistical techniques on nonlinear manifolds for applications in pattern recognition, and to shape analysis of curves and surfaces
David G. Stork - 2008
For contributions to pattern recognition education, machine learning, speech recognition, and the application of computer vision to the study of art.
Vitomir Struc (Slovenia) - 2026
For contributions to biometrics, and for service to the IAPR through its Technical Committees and conferences
Ching Y. Suen (Canada) - 1994
For contributions to optical character recognition and document understanding and service to the IAPR
Zhenan Sun - 2016
For contributions to automatic iris recognition and applications
Tamas Sziranyi - 2008
For contributions to stochastic models and learning methods for video event analysis, and to energy optimization-based image and video segmentation.
Johji Tajima (Japan) - 2002
For contributions to color image processing and 3D vision.
Mikio Takagi (Japan) - 1994
For contributions to image processing and pattern recognition and service to the IAPR
Chew Lim Tan - 2012
For contributions to document analysis, and services to the IAPR
Tieniu Tan - 2006
For contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition.
Jinhui Tang (China) - 2022
For contributions to multimedia content analysis and recognition, and tensor completion methods
Yuan Y. Tang (Hong Kong) - 2004
For contributions to wavelet analysis, pattern recognition and document analysis.
Steven L. Tanimoto (USA) - 2000
For contributions to image processing
Dacheng Tao - 2012
For contributions to pattern recognition and image understanding
Torfinn Taxt (Norway) - 2000
For contributions to multispectral image analysis
Christopher J. Taylor (UK) - 2004
For contributions to the theory and practice of computer vision and medical image analysis, and for service to IAPR.
Jie Tian - 2014
For contributions to fingerprint recognition and medical imaging
Yingli Tian (USA) - 2020
For contributions to automatic facial expression analysis and human activity understanding
Massimo Tistarelli - 2008
For contributions to computer vision, and biometrics research and education.
Jun-ichiro Toriwaki (Japan) - 1998
For contributions to medical image analysis and for service to IAPR
Philip Hilaire Torr - 2012
For contributions to robust computer vision
Mohan Manubhai Trivedi - 2010
For contributions to vision systems for situational awareness, intelligent robotics and human-centered vehicle safety systems
Emanuele Trucco - 2016
For contributions to computer vision and applications
Saburo Tsuji (Japan) - 1996
For contributions to computer vision and for outstanding service to IAPR
Matthew Turk - 2014
For contributions to computer vision and vision based interaction
Ventzeslav Valev (Bulgaria) - 1998
For contributions to pattern recognition theory and for service to IAPR
Mayank Vatsa (India) - 2022
For contributions in secure biometric recognition
Svetha Venkatesh (Australia) - 2004
For contributions to the formulation and extraction of semantics in multimedia data.
Mario Vento (Italy) - 2004
For contributions to graph based learning and matching techniques, and for service to IAPR.
Luisa Verdoliva (Italy) - 2026
For contributions to image processing and multimedia forensics, and for service to the IAPR through its conferences
Gianni L. Vernazza (Italy) - 2002
For contributions to image processing and pattern recognition.
René Vidal - 2016
For contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition
Enrique Vidal-Ruis (Spain) - 1996
For contributions to syntactic pattern recognition
Max A. Viergever (The Netherlands) - 2002
For contributions to biomedical applications of computer vision and pattern recognition, and for service to IAPR.
Juan Jose Villanueva (Spain) - 2004
For contributions to research and the transfer of innovation and technology in computer vision.
Jingdong Wang (China) - 2018
For contributions to multimedia search, similarity search, attention analysis, and video surveillance
Jun Wang - 2012
For contributions to neurodynamics and its applications
Liang Wang - 2014
For contributions to video understanding and pattern recognition
Meng Wang (China) - 2020
For contributions to multimedia content analysis and recognition
Patrick S. P. Wang (USA) - 1994
For contributions to pattern recognition, optical character recognition and service to the IAPR
Qi Wang (China) - 2026
For contributions to cross-domain image analysis, and for service to the IAPR
Yunhong Wang (China) - 2018
For contributions to biometrics, computer vision, and pattern recognition
Zhen Wang (China) - 2024
For contributions to behavior patterns of AI agents and humans, as well as their applications
Harry Wechsler (USA) - 1998
For contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition, and for service to IAPR
Richard Charles Wilson - 2010
For contributions to structural pattern recognition
Xiaojun Wu (China) - 2022
For contributions to image and video representation, image and multimodal fusion, and particle swarm optimization for pattern recognition
Ying Wu (USA) - 2020
For contributions to visual motion and pattern analysis in computer vision
Changsheng Xu - 2014
For contributions to multimedia content analysis
Dong Xu - 2016
For contributions to machine learning for visual recognition and domain adaption
Lei Xu (Hong Kong) - 2002
For contributions to studies on Randomized Hough Transform and combination of multiple classifiers.
Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Japan) - 1996
For contributions to character recognition and for service to IAPR
Hong Yan (Hong Kong) - 2000
For contributions to document image analysis
Junchi Yan (China) - 2024
For contributions to (quantum) graph optimization especially with machine learning and computer vision for remote sensing
Shuicheng Yan - 2014
For contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition
Jian Yang - 2016
For contributions to 2D image representation and discriminant analysis
Qiang Yang - 2012
For contributions to data mining and transfer learning
Yi Yang (China) - 2024
For contributions to cross-media analysis and visual object retrieval
Gary G. Yen (USA) - 2022
For contributions in pattern recognition and optimization for intelligent systems
Naokazu Yokoya - 2016
For contributions to image processing, computer vision, and mixed and augmented reality
Ian T. Young (The Netherlands) - 2000
For contributions to image analysis and pattern recognition
Shiqi Yu (China) - 2026
For foundational contributions to gait recognition through the development of influential datasets and approaches, and for service to the IAPR through its Technical Committees and conferences
Junsong Yuan (Singapore) - 2018
For contributions to human action and gesture analysis
Pong Chi Yuen (Hong Kong) - 2018
For contributions to subspace learning and information fusion for visual recognition
Josiane Zerubia (France) - 2020
For contributions to stochastic image modeling for classification, segmentation, and object detection in remote sensing
Daoqiang Zhang (China) - 2020
For contributions to fuzzy clustering, dimensionality reduction, and medical image analysis
David Zhang - 2006
For contributions to biometrics technologies and systems.
Huaguang Zhang (China) - 2018
For contributions to stability analysis of recurrent time-delay neural networks and identification of weak signals
Zhaoxiang Zhang (China) - 2024
For contributions to pattern recognition and visual perception
Zhongfei Zhang (USA) - 2022
For contributions to data understanding and mining
Guoying Zhao (Finland) - 2020
For contributions to video analysis and affective computing
Baochang Zheng (China) - 2026
For pioneering and sustained contributions to efficient representation learning for object recognition, and for service to the IAPR
Wei-Shi Zheng (China) - 2024
For the contribution to person re-identification and action recognition
Jie Zhou - 2016
For contributions to biometrics, computer vision, and image processing
Zhi-Hua Zhou - 2012
For contributions to machine learning, data mining, and pattern recognition