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.