Shree K. Nayar

Shree K. Nayar is an Indian- American computer engineer and university professor at Columbia University, who conducts research in the field of computer vision, computer graphics and digital cameras.

Life

Nayar studied electrical engineering at the Birla Institute of Technology in Ranchi, India, and was there in 1984 his B. Sc. In 1984 he began working for Taylor Instruments as a development engineer. In 1986 he obtained a Master of Science in Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He then became a research assistant at The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In the summer of 1989 he was a visiting researcher at Hitachi Ltd.. in Yokohama, Japan. 1991 doctorate Nayar back in Pittsburgh for Ph. D. Subsequently, he was appointed as TC Chang Professor at Columbia University. In 2009 he was dean.

Awards

Nayar won several best paper awards for his scientific publications. Other awards:

  • 2009: Alumni Achievement Award, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2008: National Academy of Engineering
  • 2006: Great Teacher Award, Columbia University
  • 1995: David Marr Prize, International Conference on Computer Vision
  • 1995: Keck Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
  • 1994: NTT Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
  • 1992: Fellow of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • 1991 National Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation
  • 1990: David Marr Prize, International Conference on Computer Vision

Writings

  • With Tomoo Mitsunga: Radiometric Self Calibration. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Vol 1, pp. 374-380. IEEE, Fort Collins, 1999, ISBN 0-7695-0149-4 (PDF, 950 KB)
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