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Features: Jan. 22, 2002
Pearlman Named Director of Center for
Image Processing Research
William Pearlman, professor of electrical,
computer, and systems engineering, has been named director
of the Center for Image Processing Research (CIPR).
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Pearlman will
lead the center in its mission to conduct research in
the various aspects of image processing encountered
in many fields, such as telecommunications and telephony,
optical information processing, medicine and biology,
computer graphics and vision, and material science/engineering.
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"The School of Engineering is confident
that Bill Pearlman will help integrate CIPR's activities
with those of the campuswide initiatives in information
technology and biotechnology," said William "Bud"
Baeslack '78, dean of engineering.
Pearlman will lead the center in its mission
to conduct research in the various aspects of image processing
encountered in many fields, such as telecommunications and
telephony, optical information processing, medicine and
biology, computer graphics and vision, and material science/engineering.
CIPR was formed in 1978 as an expansion of the electrical,
computer, and systems engineering department's Image Processing
Laboratory. Since its formation, more than 100 master's
and doctoral students have performed their research in the
center.
Pearlman, who received his Ph.D. degree
in electrical engineering from Stanford University, came
to Rensselaer in 1979 after serving on the faculty of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. At Rensselaer, he has gained
an international reputation for his research in image and
video compression. He is a fellow of the IEEE and of the
International Society for Optical Engineering.
John Woods, professor of electrical, computer,
and systems engineering and associate director of Center
for Image Processing Research, will take over for Pearlman
as head of the NSF Industry/University Co-operative Research
Center for Next Generation Video, which falls under CIPR.
Rensselaer's portion of the NSF Engineering Research Center
on Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS), led
by Badri Roysam, associate professor of electrical, computer,
and systems engineering, also falls under the umbrella of
CIPR.
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