A Waterloo Engineering professor was among a select group of experts recognized this year with one of the most prestigious honours in the electrical and computing fields, an award reserved for fewer than one-tenth of one per cent of eligible members worldwide.
Dr. David Clausi was elevated to the grade of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow for his contributions to computer vision and machine learning for automated interpretation of remote sensing imagery.
Clausi, a University Research Chair in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and co-director of the Vision and Image Processing Lab (VIP), is renowned for work ranging from satellite image analysis and automated skin cancer detection to sports analytics, remote cardiovascular performance monitoring and whale detection.
His innovations have supported the Canadian Space Agency, Environment Canada, Fisheries & Oceans Canada and companies in the aerospace, agriculture, biomedical and sports sectors.
In his role at VIP, Clausi has supervised over 75 graduate students, several of whom have launched successful startups or gone on to become professors. Three have received the UW Gold Medal.
Clausi is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association. He previously received the Research Excellence and Service to the Research Community Award from the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society, as well as several Outstanding and Distinguished Performance Awards and two teaching awards.
Dr. David Clausi