Longin Jan Latecki

Dr. Longin Jan Latecki is a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Temple University. His research focuses on computer vision, medical imaging, digital geometry, and artificial intelligence. He has held editorial roles, including Associate Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition and roles on the editorial boards of Computer Vision and Image Understanding and Journal of Imaging. He has organized events like the Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition and chaired the PhD Track in Artificial Intelligence.

His research spans topics such as shape-based object detection, video mining, and robot mapping. Notable projects include the Shape-Based Image Search Engine and work on Well-Composed 3D Images. He has authored over 300 publications and advised numerous PhD students in areas like medical imaging, computer vision, and data mining.

Dr. Latecki has collaborated on projects such as ClimatePub4KG for climate modeling and SciDMT for scientific mention detection. His work emphasizes practical applications, including dental imaging analysis, autonomous robotics, and multimedia transmission optimization. He teaches courses like Mathematical Concepts in Computing and Artificial Intelligence.