Professor Pong-chi Yuen Names IAPR Fellow

8 Feb 2019
Prof. Yuen Pong-chi was recently elected as a Fellow of International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).

Prof. Yuen Pong-chi, Associate Dean of Science and Former Head of the Department, is named IAPR Fellow by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) for his outstanding contributions to subspace learning and information fusion for visual recognition. The prestigious IAPR Fellow Award was introduced in 1994 and since then is biennially conferred on persons to acknowledge their distinguished contributions to the field of pattern recognition and to IAPR activities. According to the Constitution and Bylaws of IAPR, the number of fellows elected every two years must not exceed 0.25% of the total IAPR membership. Both service to IAPR and scientific contributions to the field of pattern recognition are taken into account in the selection process.