Shih-Fu Chang (short bio)

Shih-Fu Chang is the Dean and the Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Columbia Engineering. He leads the education, research, and innovation mission of the School and has greatly contributed to its growth and advancement, propelling it to be one of the top engineering programs in the nation. His research is focused on computer vision, machine learning, and multimedia search and recognition. His work on content-based visual search in the early '90s set the foundation of this vibrant area. Identified as the most influential researcher in the field of Multimedia in 2016, he has made research innovations that have been used in systems and products for image/video search engines, online crime prevention, and mobile search. For his long-term contributions, he has been awarded the ACM Multimedia SIG Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award, the Honorary Doctorate from the University of Amsterdam, and the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award. He received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ACM, IEEE, and Academia Sinica.