Biometrics, is this where the future generations will use to help eliminate identity theft? Recognizing and understanding the human nature of emotions and behavioral patterns can be learnt through facial expressions. If biostatistics can identify a human physical appearance, can the same technology be used to help identify and reduce cardiovascular defects and illnesses? With the age of life expectancy increasing, people are living healthier and longer lives.

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Leadership Forum

Wednesday 19-May-10 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM CDT

Speaker Dr. Ioannis A. Kakadiaris

Position: Director of Biomedical Imaging Sciences
Company: University of Houston

Biography

Dr. Kakdiaris is an Eckhard Pfeiffer Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. He joined UH in August 1997 after a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Ioannis earned his B.Sc. in physics at the University of Athens in Greece, his M.Sc. in computer science from Northeastern University and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founder of the Computational Biomedicine Lab (www.cbl.uh.edu) and this year directs the Methodist-University of Houston-Weill Cornell Medical College Institute for Biomedical Imaging Sciences (IBIS) (ibis.uh.edu). His research interests include cardiovascular informatics, biomedical image analysis, biometrics, computer vision, and pattern recognition.