Derek W Hoiem

Derek W Hoiem is a Professor in the Siebel School for Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he has been a faculty member since 2009. His research focuses on computer vision and related areas, and he is also the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Reconstruct, an AI-based construction technology company.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University (2007)
• Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008)

Prof. Hoiem's research spans computer vision, with a focus on object recognition, scene understanding, and graphics. His work also extends to mobile robotics and 3D scene reconstruction. He has made significant contributions in areas such as visual recognition, 3D modeling, and the application of computer vision in construction monitoring.

His recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a strong focus on advancing multimodal understanding, particularly in region-based representations, 3D vision, and neural radiance fields. There is a clear trend towards integrating language and vision, improving efficiency in neural networks, and applying computer vision to real-world problems such as construction progress monitoring.

His scientific awards and honors are extensive and include:

• IEEE Fellow (2022)
• University Scholar (2022)
• Koendrink Prize (2022)
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, Associate Professor (2021)
• Campus Distinguished Promotion Award (2015)
• Best Paper Award: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications in Computer Vision (WACV) (2015)
• CW Gear Junior Faculty Award (2014)
• IEEE PAMI Young Researcher Award (2014)
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, Assistant Professor (2014)
• Sloan Research Fellowship (2013)
• Intel Early Career Faculty Honor Program Award (2012)
• NSF CAREER Award (2011)
• ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (2008)
• Carnegie Mellon University SCS Distinguished Dissertation Award (2008)
• Best Paper Award: IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) (2006)

Prof. Hoiem has secured significant research funding, including an NSF CAREER award and an Intel Early Career Faculty award. He is also actively involved in technology transfer, having co-founded Reconstruct where he serves as Chief Science Officer. His teaching excellence is reflected in multiple "List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent" awards spanning from 2010 to 2021.

Prof. Hoiem leads a research group at UIUC focused on computer vision and 3D scene understanding. Additionally, he co-founded and serves as Chief Science Officer at Reconstruct, which develops AI-based solutions for construction monitoring.