Ching Yee Suen

Dr. Ching Yee Suen is a Professor and Director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (CENPARMI) at Concordia University. He holds an Honorary Chair in AI & Pattern Recognition. His academic roles include former Chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.

Education: PhD from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Master's from the University of Hong Kong.

Research focuses on pattern recognition, handwriting analysis, document analysis, computer vision, and applications in security (e.g., counterfeit detection). Key interests include font design, computational linguistics, and facial recognition.

• Awarded the IAPR King-Sun Fu Prize (2020), Elsevier Award (2016), and Gold Medal from the University of Bari (2012).
• Recipient of over 30 industrial grants and prestigious national/international awards.
• Founded major conferences: ICDAR, ICFHR, and Vision Interface (VI).

Lab: CENPARMI, leading research in AI and pattern recognition. Supervised 130+ graduate students and hosted 100+ visiting scholars. Editorial roles include Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition and advisory roles in multiple journals.