Richard Szeliski’s Passion Rewarded with Election to National Academy of Engineering

Posted by George Thomas Jr.

Microsoft researcher and Distinguished Scientist Richard Szeliski this week received one of the highest honors accorded to an engineer -- election to the National Academy of Engineering.

Szeliski, head of Microsoft Research’s Interactive Visual Media Group, was elected to the Academy on February 5, 2015, specifically “for contributions to computer vision, computer graphics, and interactive image and video rendering.”