Dr. Guillermo Sapiro

Biography

Guillermo Sapiro received his B.Sc. (summa cum laude), M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1989, 1991, and 1993, respectively. After completing his post-doctoral research at MIT, Dr. Sapiro became a Member of Technical Staff at HP Labs in Palo Alto, California. He has since held various esteemed positions, including Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Vincentine Hermes-Luh Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Currently, he serves as the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor at Duke University. His research encompasses the theory and applications of computer vision, computer graphics, medical imaging, and machine learning, with over 300 papers authored or co-authored, including a book published by Cambridge University Press in January 2001. Sapiro has received numerous accolades for his work, such as the Gutwirth Scholarship, Ollendorff Fellowship, Rothschild Fellowship, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship, among others. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of both the IEEE and SIAM, and he has served as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences. Sapiro's contributions to the field are recognized by awards like the Helmholtz Prize and his membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

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