Prof. Charles Bouman recipient of award from IEEE SPS
Charles A. Bouman, Showalter Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, is the recipient of the 2021 Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS).
The award honors a person who, over a period of years, has made outstanding technical contributions to theory and/or practice in technical areas within the scope of the Society, as demonstrated by publications, patents, or recognized impact on the field. Bouman is being recognized “for fundamental contributions to X-ray computed tomography and computational imaging.”
Bouman’s research focuses on applications of image processing in various contexts, including medicine, materials science, and consumer imaging. His work led to the development of the first commercial CT scan technology to use model-based iterative reconstruction. He is a co-inventor on over fifty patents in the field of consumer imaging. He is a member of the National Academy of Inventors, as well as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, and SPIE.
Founded as IEEE’s first society in 1948, the Signal Processing Society is the world’s premier association for signal processing engineers and industry professionals. Engineers around the world look to the Society for information on the latest developments in the signal processing field. Its membership includes more than 19,000 signal processing engineers, academics, industry professionals and students who are all part of a dynamic global community – spanning 100 countries worldwide. The Society organizes numerous conferences around the world every year, focusing on the innovations shaping the future of signal processing and the future of our world.