The IAPR Certificate of Appreciation is conferred on persons in recognition of their outstanding contributions to IAPR.
Rangachar Kasturi
For his outstanding work as Chair of the 2016-18 Advisory Committee and for his essential service to the IAPR.
Linda O'Gorman
For highly professional support to the IAPR ExCo and for service to IAPR.
Herbert Freeman
For his contribution to the writing of the History of the IAPR.
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 Spitzer
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
Gunilla Borgefors
Lawrence A. Spitz
Lawrence O'Gorman
For outstanding service to the International Association for Pattern Recognition
Patrick Flynn
Sergey Ablameyko
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
Michal Haindl
Excellent service and management of the IAPR website
Susan Duff
Excellent secretariat services and maintainance of the IAPR archives
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