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2016 AIMBE College of Fellows

January 19, 2016

 

Sudeep Sarkar is one of four USF faculty elected to the 2016 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Sudeep was elected "for distinguished contributions to the field of gait biometrics and burn scar analysis." He is considered the world leader in gait biometrics. The benchmark developed by him is the defacto standard in the development of gait recognition algorithms. His research topics range from video image processing to biometrics, and medical image analysis of burn scars.

The AIMBE College of Fellows comprises the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the country and includes distinguished scientists and researchers, clinicians, engineering and medical school chairs, research directors, professors, innovators, and successful entrepreneurs. Fellows are regularly recognized for their substantial contributions in teaching, research, and innovation.

More information about the 2016 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows can be found here.