Tang Xiao'ou

Tang Xiao’ou
汤晓鸥
Tang in 2019
Born(1968-01-24)24 January 1968
Anshan, Liaoning, China
Died15 December 2023(2023-12-15) (aged 54–55)
Other names(also spelled as) Xiaoou Tang
CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsArtificial intelligence
Business
Institutions
ThesisTransform Texture Classification (1996)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Kenneth Stewart
Doctoral studentsKaiming He
WebsiteCUHK Faculty Page

Tang Xiao’ou (汤晓鸥; 24 January 1968[1] – 15 December 2023) was a Chinese businessman and computer scientist. He was the founder and chairman of SenseTime, an AI company. He also served as professor of information engineering, associate dean of engineering, and outstanding fellow of engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[2][3]

Tang's research primarily focused on areas such as computer vision, pattern recognition, and video processing.[3] Tang was honored with the Best Paper Award at the 2009 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.[4] He served as the programme chair in 2009 and the general chair in 2019 for the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision.[5] His editorial contributions include roles as an Associate Editor for both the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and the International Journal of Computer Vision.[3] Additionally, Tang has been recognised as a Fellow of the IEEE.[6]

  1. ^ "汤晓鸥教授告别追思仪式通知". SenseTime. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ "HKSTP: Tang Xiao'ou". Archived from the original on 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "TANG Xiaoou, Sean". ieweb. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "CVPR 2009: IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition". tab.computer.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Conferences – The Computer Vision Foundation". www.thecvf.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Xiaoou Tang". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.