Matti Pietikäinen (academic)
Matti Kalevi Pietikäinen | |
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| Nationality | Finnish |
| Alma mater | University of Oulu |
| Known for | Fundamental contributions to texture analysis and facial image analysis |
| Awards | IEEE Fellow IAPR Fellow AAIA Fellow Pentti Kaitera Prize IET Journal's Premium Award Koenderink Prize King-Sun Fu Prize Highly Cited Researcher Highly Cited Researcher whose h-index is at least 100 in Google Scholar |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer vision, Pattern recognition |
| Institutions | University of Oulu, Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis |
| Doctoral advisor | Azriel Rosenfeld |
Matti Kalevi Pietikäinen is a Finnish computer scientist. He is currently Professor (emer.) in the Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis, University of Oulu. His research interests are in texture-based computer vision, face analysis, affective computing, biometrics, and vision-based perceptual interfaces. He was Director of the Center for Machine Vision Research, and Scientific Director of Infotech Oulu.