Indian-American professor wins Okawa Prize for innovative imaging techniques

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin Columbia University professor has been awarded Japan's prestigious Okawa Prize for his seminal work on computer vision and computational imaging. Shree K. Nayar, the TC Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, is being recognized for "the invention of innovative imaging techniques and their widespread use in digital photography and computer vision".

"I am grateful to the Okawa Foundation for this honor," said Nayar, who directs Columbia's Computational Imaging and Vision Laboratory."Over the last three decades, I have had many close and productive collaborations with Japanese researchers and companies. These have enabled my laboratory to translate our results into imaging technologies that are currently being used in consumer devices and factory automation systems," Nayar said in a statement.

Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Nayar heads the Columbia Vision Laboratory (CAVE), which develops advanced computer vision systems.His work is motivated by applications in the fields of digital imaging, computer vision, computer graphics, robotics, and human-computer interfaces.

Nayar's work has changed the way visual information is captured and used by both machines and humans.Before Nayar, two other Indian-origin scientists - Dr Raj Reddy (2004) and Dr J.K. Aggarwal - have won the award. IANS

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