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'''Michal Irani''' ({{lang-he|מיכל איראני}}) is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]], [[Israel]].
'''Michal Irani''' ({{lang-he|מיכל איראני}}) is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]], [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Michal Irani |url=https://www.weizmann.ac.il/pages/search/people?language=english&single=1&person_id=4578 |website=Weizmann Institute of Science |accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
Irani received her Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. She was a member of the Vision Technologies Laboratory at the Sarnoff Research Center (Princeton) from 1993-1996.
Irani received her Ph.D. degree in computer science from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. She was a member of the Vision Technologies Laboratory at the Sarnoff Research Center ([[Princeton]]) from 1993 to 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Michal Irani |url=http://www.weizmann.ac.il/math/irani/ |website=Weizmann Institute}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
Her major research interests are in computer vision, image processing, and artificial intelligence. In particular, her research focusses on understanding the internal statistics of natural images and videos, the space-time analysis of videos, and on visual inference by composition. She developed an approach that uses only a small number of available visual examples and composes and integrates them into new global visual configurations which were never seen before.<ref>{{cite web |title=Research Interests |url=http://www.weizmann.ac.il/math/irani/research-activities |website=Prof. Michal Irani |accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref>
Her major research interests are in computer vision, image processing, and artificial intelligence.


== Awards ==
== Selected Awards ==
* 2020 Rothschild Prize in Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Engineering<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rothschild Prize|url=https://www.yadhanadiv.org.il/rothschild-prize |website=The Rothschild Prize |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref>
* 2020 Rothschild Prize in Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Engineering<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rothschild Prize|url=https://www.yadhanadiv.org.il/rothschild-prize |website=The Rothschild Prize |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref>
* 2019 Landau Prize in Artificial Intelligence
* 2017 Helmholtz Prize for the paper "Actions as space-time shapes"<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Blank |first1=Moshe |last2=Gorelick |first2=Lena |last3=Shechtman |first3=Eli |last4=Irani |first4=Michal |last5=Basri |first5=Ronen |title=Actions as space-time shapes |journal=International Conference on Computer Vision |date=2005 |doi=10.1109/ICCV.2005.28 |accessdate=7 March 2020 | url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1544882}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Computer Vision Awards; The Computer Vision Foundation |url=https://www.thecvf.com/?page_id=413#Helmholtz |website=The Computer Vision Foundation}}</ref>
* 2017 Helmholtz Prize for the paper "Actions as space-time shapes"<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Blank |first1=Moshe |last2=Gorelick |first2=Lena |last3=Shechtman |first3=Eli |last4=Irani |first4=Michal |last5=Basri |first5=Ronen |title=Actions as space-time shapes |journal=International Conference on Computer Vision |date=2005 |doi=10.1109/ICCV.2005.28 |accessdate=7 March 2020 | url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1544882}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Computer Vision Awards; The Computer Vision Foundation |url=https://www.thecvf.com/?page_id=413#Helmholtz |website=The Computer Vision Foundation}}</ref>
* 2016 Maria Petrou Prize (awarded by the IAPR) for outstanding contributions to the fields of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
* 2016 Maria Petrou Prize (awarded by the [International Association in Pattern Recognition]]) for outstanding contributions to the fields of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition<ref>{{cite web |title=IAPR Awards |url=https://iapr.org/fellowsandawards/awards_petrou.php |website=IAPR |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref>
* 2003 Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathematics<ref>{{cite web |title=Prizes list by year |url=https://www.weizmann.ac.il/acadaff/awards-and-honors/scientific-council-prizes/prizelist-year?field_year_value=2003 |website=Weizmann Institute |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref>
* 2003 Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathematics
* 2000, 2002 [[ECCV]] Best Paper Awards<ref>{{cite web |title=ICCV, ECCV and CVPR Best Paper Awards |url=https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/timothy.f.cootes/CVPeople/prize_papers.html |website=Prize Papers |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Irani |first1=Michal |last2=Anandan |first2=P |title=Factorization with Uncertainty |journal=European Conference on Computer Vision |date=2000 |doi=10.1007/3-540-45054-8_35 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45054-8_35 |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shechtman |first1=Eli |last2=Caspi |first2=Yaron |last3=Irani |first3=Michal |title=Increasing Space-Time Resolution in Video |journal=European Conference on Computer Vision |date=2002 |doi=10.1007/3-540-47969-4_50 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-47969-4_50 |accessdate=7 March 2020}}</ref>
* 2000, 2002 ECCV Best Paper Award
* 1998 Yigal Alon three-year Fellowship for Outstanding Young Scientists
* 1994 David Sarnoff Research Center Technical Achievement Award


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 00:14, 8 March 2020

Michal Irani
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsWeizmann Institute of Science
Thesis Multiple Motions in Image Sequences - Analysis and Applications  (1994)
Doctoral advisorShmuel Peleg
Notable students
Websitewww.weizmann.ac.il/math/irani//

Michal Irani (Hebrew: מיכל איראני) is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.[1]

Education

Irani received her Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was a member of the Vision Technologies Laboratory at the Sarnoff Research Center (Princeton) from 1993 to 1996.[2]

Research

Her major research interests are in computer vision, image processing, and artificial intelligence. In particular, her research focusses on understanding the internal statistics of natural images and videos, the space-time analysis of videos, and on visual inference by composition. She developed an approach that uses only a small number of available visual examples and composes and integrates them into new global visual configurations which were never seen before.[3]

Selected Awards

  • 2020 Rothschild Prize in Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Engineering[4]
  • 2017 Helmholtz Prize for the paper "Actions as space-time shapes"[5][6]
  • 2016 Maria Petrou Prize (awarded by the [International Association in Pattern Recognition]]) for outstanding contributions to the fields of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition[7]
  • 2003 Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathematics[8]
  • 2000, 2002 ECCV Best Paper Awards[9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Michal Irani". Weizmann Institute of Science. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Prof. Michal Irani". Weizmann Institute.
  3. ^ "Research Interests". Prof. Michal Irani. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ^ "The Rothschild Prize". The Rothschild Prize. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ Blank, Moshe; Gorelick, Lena; Shechtman, Eli; Irani, Michal; Basri, Ronen (2005). "Actions as space-time shapes". International Conference on Computer Vision. doi:10.1109/ICCV.2005.28. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Computer Vision Awards; The Computer Vision Foundation". The Computer Vision Foundation.
  7. ^ "IAPR Awards". IAPR. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Prizes list by year". Weizmann Institute. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  9. ^ "ICCV, ECCV and CVPR Best Paper Awards". Prize Papers. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ Irani, Michal; Anandan, P (2000). "Factorization with Uncertainty". European Conference on Computer Vision. doi:10.1007/3-540-45054-8_35. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ Shechtman, Eli; Caspi, Yaron; Irani, Michal (2002). "Increasing Space-Time Resolution in Video". European Conference on Computer Vision. doi:10.1007/3-540-47969-4_50. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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