Ying Wu Named 2017 IEEE Fellow
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Prof. Ying Wu has been named a newly elevated Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Prof. Wu was cited “for contributions to motion analysis and pattern discovery in computer vision.” His group, the Computational Vision Group works to improve Computer Vision, Visual Motion Tracking/Capturing/Recognition Statistical Learning and Pattern Recognition, Vision-based Interaction, Image/Video Analysis and Understanding, Multimedia Processing, Management and Data Analysis, Biomedical Image Processing and Medical Applications.
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