Paul Fieguth is Professor and Department Chair in Systems Design Engineering, and a co-director of the Vision and Imaging Processing (VIP) Lab at the University of Waterloo.
His main areas of research lie in the multiscale or hierarchical modeling of spatial statistical phenomena. That is, the research seeks to develop strategies to break large statistical problems, meaning datasets subject to some sort of noise or uncertainly, into smaller pieces, leading to vast improvements in efficiency. Dr. Fieguth authored a comprehensive textbook on the subject, “Statistical Image Processing and Multidimensional Modeling,” published in 2010 by Springer.
He has significant interests in the area of complex systems, particularly in pedagogy, building a deeper understanding among engineering students on the impact of complex systems in many areas of engineering decision making. He teaches a complex systems course (SYDE 332) and has written a textbook,
“An Introduction to Complex Systems: Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics,” published in 2017.
Research Page: https://uwaterloo.ca/vision-image-processing-lab/people-profiles/paul-fieguth
Complex Systems Textbook Page:http://complex.uwaterloo.ca/