Parham Aarabi
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Parham Aarabi is a professor and entrepreneur from Toronto
, Canada
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and Canada Research Chair in Internet Video, Audio, and Image Search. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
. He is the inventor of numerous patents and author of over 80 publications most of which focus on audio, image and video processing. His recent work has focused on new image processing techniques that detect faces and facial features, as well as new video search technologies for online video-sharing websites. He is the founder and CEO of Modiface Inc and ViewGenie Inc. Aarabi has won several teaching and lecturing awards, including an international award from the IEEE. In 2005, he was named to the MIT
Technology Review
TR35
as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. He also received the 2007 Premier's Catalyst Award for Innovation (a $200,000 Ontario Government prize for young innovators). His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Discovery Channel, and Scientific American.
Toronto
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, Canada
Canada
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Career
Aarabi is a professor at University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and Canada Research Chair in Internet Video, Audio, and Image Search. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He is the inventor of numerous patents and author of over 80 publications most of which focus on audio, image and video processing. His recent work has focused on new image processing techniques that detect faces and facial features, as well as new video search technologies for online video-sharing websites. He is the founder and CEO of Modiface Inc and ViewGenie Inc. Aarabi has won several teaching and lecturing awards, including an international award from the IEEE. In 2005, he was named to the MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
Technology Review
Technology Review
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TR35
TR35
The TR35 is an annual list published by MIT Technology Review magazine, naming the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35.Some of the most famous winners of the award include Larry Page and Sergey Brin , Linus Torvalds , Jerry Yang , Jonathan Ive , Mark Zuckerberg...
as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. He also received the 2007 Premier's Catalyst Award for Innovation (a $200,000 Ontario Government prize for young innovators). His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Discovery Channel, and Scientific American.