Prof. Horace H. S. Ip is the Chair Professor of Computer Science and the founding director of the Image Computing Group and AIM tech Centre (Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies) at City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include interactive multimedia, pattern recognition, computer graphics and virtual environment. His applied research and innovations in these areas have won him numerous awards from the Information Technology as well as the Media Arts communities. These include a Gold Medal from the Salon International Des Inventions, Geneva, Prix Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica, Austria, the Hong Kong Computer Society IT Excellence Awards, the Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong Awards for Industry, Asia-Pacific Information and Communications Technology Award. Professor Ip has been recognized as one of world’s distinguished innovators by the TIME magazine in 2007 and has pioneered novel applications of digital and interactive media in visual art, psychotherapy of children, Chinese calligraphy, and e-learning. His work has been shown at premium venues of digital media arts and technology such as SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA), and ACM Multimedia and has been extensively reported in regional and international broadcasting agencies, including CNN, BBC, CNA, RTHK, Cable TV, and Spanish TV (Telecino).
Prof. Ip is a member of the Editorial Boards of the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Pattern Recognition Journal (Elsevier), The Visual Computer (Springers), the International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (Kluwer Academic), the Chinese Journal of CAD and Computer Graphics (The Chinese Academy of Science), and an Area Editor for the Pattern Recognition Letters journal. He also serves on the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Governing Board and co-founded of its Technical Committee (TC12) on Multimedia Systems. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the China Computer Federation, Technical Committee on CAD & Computer Graphics and the Founding President of the Hong Kong Society for Multimedia and Image Computing. He has published over 200 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Prof Ip has been awarded in 2004 the prestigious Fellow of International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) for contributions to the field of Pattern Recognition.
Locally, Prof. Ip also actively involves in the promotion of interactive multimedia in teaching and learning. He chairs the Dissemination and Promotion Subcommittee of the HKSAR Quality Education Fund (QEF), the organization committee for Teachers’ Professional Experience Sharing Month in 2006 and 2007, and the Organization committee of the QEF Expo 2005 and 2008. He is the Chairman of the Information Discipline (INF) of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and the scientific advisor for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government.
The full biography and list of publications can be found in Prof. Ip’s homepage.
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