Nationality Indian American Name Shree Nayar | Role Professor | |
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Alma mater Birla Institute of Technology, MesraNorth Carolina State University, RaleighCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Known for Computational camerasOren–Nayar Reflectance ModelBigshot Camera Notable awards Marr PrizeColumbia Great Teacher AwardNational Academy of Engineering Education Robotics Institute (1991), North Carolina State University (1986), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (1984) Fields Computer vision, Computer graphics, Robotics | ||
The eternal camera shree k nayar computer vision lab columbia engineering
Shree K. Nayar is an engineer and computer scientist known for his work in the fields of computer vision, computer graphics and computational cameras. He is the T. C. Chang Professor of the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. Nayar co-directs the Columbia Vision and Graphics Center and is the head of the Computer Vision Laboratory (CAVE), which develops advanced computer vision systems. In February 2008, he was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering.
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- The eternal camera shree k nayar computer vision lab columbia engineering
- Shree K Nayar Classics in Pohometry
- Education and career
- Research
- Recognition
- References
Shree K Nayar - Classics in Pohometry
Education and career
Nayar received a B.E. in electrical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra,Ranchi India in 1984, and an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1986. He received a Ph.D in electrical and computer engineering from The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1991.
Nayar worked as a research engineer for Taylor Instruments in 1984. From 1986 to 1990 he was a graduate research assistant at The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. In the summer of 1989, he was a visiting researcher at Hitachi Ltd. in Yokohama, Japan. He joined the faculty of the Computer Science Department at Columbia University in 1991, and in 2009 he became chair of the department.
Research
Nayar's research is in the field of computer vision and focuses on the creation of novel cameras, physics based models for vision, and algorithms for image understanding. His work is motivated by applications in the fields of machine vision, computer graphics, robotics, and digital imaging. Nayar developed the concept of computational cameras and is a leading researcher in the field of computational photography. His inventions include cameras that can capture 360 degree, high dynamic range, and three-dimensional images. In 2009, he created the Bigshot Camera, a kid-friendly digital camera designed for education. He also developed the Oren–Nayar Reflectance Model in collaboration with Michael Oren. As of November 2015, he has published over 350 scientific publications and holds over 30 patents on inventions related to imaging, computer vision and robotics. His publications have been cited close to 33,000 times, and he has an h-index of 107.
Recognition
Nayar has received several best paper awards for his scientific publications. For his achievements, he has received the following honors: