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One of the most influential computer vision researchers in history. Pioneered normalized cuts, shape contexts, anisotropic diffusion, and the R-CNN object detection framework (with student Ross Girshick). Arthur J. Chick Professor at UC Berkeley since 1986. Also serves as Research Director at Meta FAIR in Menlo Park. Mentored 60+ PhD students who hold faculty positions at MIT, CMU, Caltech, Cornell, and beyond. Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and member of the National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
BTech, Electrical Engineering — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
PhD, Computer Science — Stanford University
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Focuses on building robust and reliable vision systems. Primarily an empiricist who lets research guide policy views.
Focuses on building robust and reliable vision systems. Primarily an empiricist who lets research guide policy views.
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Dossier last updated: 2026-03-10