International Association of Pattern Recognition

Standing Committees

Distinguished Service Award

This committee selects the winners of the Distinguished Service Award (DSA).

The DSA award is based on service to the IAPR, with these criteria:

1. They have made sustained contributions over time - e.g., 20 years or more of volunteer leadership within IAPR. Not considered qualifying are contributions over a shorter period of time – say, over 4-5 years, or intermittent contributions with large gaps in IAPR involvement.
2. The contributions have been impactful from an international perspective - i.e., identifiable improvements that have moved the organization forward and that reflect the organization’s global reach. Not considered qualifying are contributions limited to a single country’s national society or that have been ephemeral (running an existing conference series but making no significant improvements).
3. They have held diverse roles in the organization - e.g. multiple important leadership roles in three or more different capacities: for example, chairing major IAPR conferences along with leadership service on IAPR Technical Committees, IAPR Standing Committees, and the IAPR ExCo.

Awards will be made at each ICPR. As this is a new award, there will be several award winners initially, but the expectation is that eventually there will be at most one award given at each ICPR. Awards can be made posthumously.

Committee Membership

2024 - 2026