Symposium in Honor of Sargur Srihari
Dr. Sargur N. (Hari) Srihari in his Davis Hall office.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering held a Symposium in Honor of Dr. Sargur Srihari on May 6, 2022 at the University at Buffalo North Campus along with a memorial dinner at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara.
The symposium focused on Hari's professional accomplishments and included a series of talks and a panel discussion from faculty colleagues, former students, and distinguished guests.
The Professor Sargur (Hari) Srihari Memorial Fund was established to support student scholarships. Donations can be made here.
The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) published an In Memoriam article for Dr. Srihari in their April 2022 Newsletter.
Symposium
UB Symposium in Honor of Prof. Sargur N. Srihari
Friday, May 6, 2022, 1:00-5:00 PM
Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo
Organizing Committee
Bharat Jayaraman, UB, Co-Chair – bharat@buffalo.edu
Tin Kam Ho, IBM, Co-Chair – tho@us.ibm.com
Ann Mangan, Events Coordinator, CSE Department – annmanga@buffalo.edu
Symposium in Honor of Sargur Srihari - Part I
Symposium in Honor of Sargur Srihari - Part II
| Schedule of Talks | |
| 1:00 pm | Welcome |
| Satish Tripathi, UB President Kemper Lewis, Dean, SEAS | |
| 1:10 pm | Prof. Srihari’s Research, Teaching, and Contributions |
| Bharat Jayaraman, CSE Professor Emeritus and former CSE Chair | |
| 1:30 pm | Invited Talk |
| Anil Jain, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University | |
| 2:00 pm | CEDAR Alumni from the Early 1990’s (Pattern Recognition, Postal Research) |
| Tin Kam Ho, IBM Research Rick Fenrich, ID International Geetha Srikantan, Cisco | |
| 2:30 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Video Presentation |
| National News Clips, NOVA Special, Recent Lectures, etc. | |
| 3:10 pm | Remarks from Faculty |
| Stuart Shapiro, CSE Professor Emeritus and former CSE Chair Andres Soom, MAE Professor Emeritus and former SEAS Assoc Dean Raj Acharya, Associate VP for Research, Indiana U and former UB CSE Chair | |
| 3:30 pm | Students and CEDAR Alumni from the Late 1990’s - present (Computational Forensics) |
| Harish Srinivasan, Amazon Mihir Chauhan, CSE PhD Candidate Nitin Kulkarni, CSE PhD Candidate | |
| 4:00 pm | Panel Discussion: AI: Past, Present, and Future |
Moderator: Panelists: | |
| 4:30 pm | Jinhui Xu, CSE Chair |
| 4:40 pm | Concluding Remarks |
Dinner
Buffalo Marriott Niagara
6pm - 9pm
Directions
Baird Hall - University at Buffalo
Buffalo Marriott Niagara
1340 Millersport Highway
Amherst, NY 14221