Prof. Sos Agaian | Computational Vision | Best Researcher Award Ā Ā
Work Experience š¼:
Prof. Sos Agaian has had an extensive and impactful career spanning academia, industry, and research. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and also serves as a researcher at the Open Cloud Institute. He has held leadership positions, including Director of the Multimedia Analytics & Mobile Signal Processing Laboratory at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Professor at Yerevan State University in Armenia. Prof. Agaian has also served as a visiting professor at several renowned institutions worldwide, including Tufts University and Tampere International Center for Signal Processing in Finland. Throughout his career, Prof. Agaian has held pivotal roles in various scientific and research organizations, contributing significantly to computational vision, machine learning, and multimedia analytics. He has led numerous projects, earned multiple U.S. patents, and been recognized with prestigious awards, including being named a Fellow of the AAAS and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association. His leadership and innovation continue to inspire students, researchers, and professionals globally.
Awards and Honors
Prof. Sos Agaian has received numerous prestigious awards in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science, technology, and education. Notably, he has been named among the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University for several consecutive years, including 2023, 2024, and previous years, reflecting the high impact of his scholarly work. He is also a Fellow of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Academy (AIIA), a member of Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of the Armenian Society of Fellows. His excellence is further acknowledged through accolades such as the Life Career Award from the Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America, SPIE Community Champion Award (2020), and being honored as a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE SMC Society (2022ā2020). In 2018, Prof. Agaian received recognition for his significant career accomplishments from the Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America. His contributions have also led to invitations for keynote speeches at over 100 universities and major global companies.
Research Interests:
Prof. Sos Agaian’s research interests span several cutting-edge fields, including multimedia signal processing, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. His work focuses on developing innovative methods for multimodal data analysis, image processing, and pattern recognition, particularly through deep learning and hypercomplex structures. He is also deeply involved in advancing multimedia analytics for small, medium, and large-scale data representation and applications. Additionally, Prof. Agaian’s research explores color transfer techniques, deep learning architectures, and the intersection of artificial intelligence with practical applications in various industries. His interdisciplinary approach aims to bridge the gap between theory and real-world impact, driving advancements in both academia and industry.
š PublicationsĀ
- NPCR and UACI randomness tests for image encryption
- Authors: Y Wu, JP Noonan, S Agaian
- Journal: Cyber Journals: Multidisciplinary Journals in Science and Technology
- Citations: 1559
- Year: 2011
- Human-visual-system-inspired underwater image quality measures
- Authors: K Panetta, C Gao, S Agaian
- Journal: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
- Volume: 41(3), Pages: 541ā551
- Citations: 1240
- Year: 2015
- Hadamard matrices and their applications
- Author: A Sos
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag
- Citations: 831*
- Year: 1985
- Hadamard matrices and their applications
- Author: A Sos
- Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Volume: 1168
- Citations: 831*
- Year: 1985
- Transform coefficient histogram-based image enhancement algorithms using contrast entropy
- Authors: SS Agaian, B Silver, KA Panetta
- Journal: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
- Volume: 16(3), Pages: 741ā758
- Citations: 721
- Year: 2007
- Local Shannon entropy measure with statistical tests for image randomness
- Authors: PN Yue Wu, Yicong Zhou, George Saveriades, Sos Agaian, Joseph P Noonan
- Journal: Information Sciences
- Volume: 222, Pages: 323ā342
- Citations: 652
- Year: 2013
- Transform-based image enhancement algorithms with performance measure
- Authors: SS Agaian, K Panetta, AM Grigoryan
- Journal: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
- Volume: 10(3), Pages: 367ā382
- Citations: 544
- Year: 2001
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