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Professor Luo receives IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award

September 20, 2018

Professor Jiebo Luo

Jiebo Luo, professor of computer science, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award from IEEE for his contributions in computer vision and data mining. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional association for the advancement of technology; the technological innovation award recognizes distinguished development, advancement and pursuit of the IEEE’s technical objectives.

Luo joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Rochester in the fall of 2011 after over fifteen years at Kodak Research Laboratories, where he was a senior principal scientist leading research and advanced development.  His research spans image processing, computer vision, machine learning, data mining, social media, biomedical informatics, and ubiquitous computing. He has published extensively with nearly 400 peer-reviewed papers and 90 granted US patents.