Gérard G. Medioni

Gérard G. Medioni is a computer scientist, author, academic and inventor. He is a vice president and distinguished scientist at Amazon and serves as emeritus professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California.

Medioni has made contributions to computer vision, in particular 3D sensing, surface reconstruction, and object modelling. He has translated his computer vision research into customer-facing inventions and products. He has authored four books, including Emerging Topics in Computer Vision, Multimedia Systems: Algorithms, Standards, and Industry Practices, and A Computational Framework for Segmentation and Grouping, and has published more than 80 journal papers, 200 conference papers, with over

34,000 citations and his h-index is 88. In addition, he holds 123 patents to his name which include Visual tracking in video images in unconstrained environments by exploiting on-the-fly context using supporters and distracters and Depth mapping based on pattern matching and stereoscopic information, along with patents on Just Walk Out technology and Amazon One.

Medioni is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the International Association for Pattern Recognition, and the National Academy of Inventors. He is also a member of National Academy of Engineering.