Biography: Dr. Chris Pal

 

Dr. Chris Pal is an assistant professor of Computer Science with the University of Rochester. Prior to arriving at Rochester he has been a research scientist with the University of Massachusetts and has also been affiliated with Microsoft Research's Interactive Visual Media Group. His research contributions led to the filing of three patents on image processing, computer vision and interactive multimedia. He also worked closely with the Windows Media product group.


He earned his M. Math and PhD from the University of Waterloo in Canada. During his masters research he developed methods for automated cartography and the analysis of high resolution digital aerial photography. He was also involved with a number of software engineering projects developing spatial databases for managing environmental information. His PhD research led to contributions applying probability models and optimization techniques to image, video and signal processing.

 

During his PhD studies Chris was also a research assistant at the University of Toronto in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. At Toronto he collaborated closely with the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research. He preformed research on image processing and statistical methods for the analysis of large scale genomics and computational molecular biology experiments using DNA microarrays. Prior to his graduate studies Chris was with the multimedia research company Interval in Palo Alto, CA (Silicon Valley). As a result of his research at Interval he was awarded a patent on audio signal processing.