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Dr. Hairong Qi is the Gonzalez Family Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, part of the Tickle College of Engineering. Her research focuses on collaborative signal processing, computer vision, machine learning, and remote sensing. She directs the Advanced Imaging and Collaborative Information Processing (AICIP) Lab.
Dr. Qi holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University (1999), and MS/BS degrees in Computer Science from Northern JiaoTong University, China. Her work has been funded by NSF, DARPA, IARPA, ONR, NASA, and DHS.
Her research contributions include over 200 technical papers and two co-authored books in computer vision. Notable awards include the IEEE Fellow (2018), NSF CAREER Award (2005), and GRSS Highest Impact Paper Award (2012). She has led projects in smart grid resilience, AI-driven healthcare, and hyperspectral imaging.
Professional service includes editorial roles for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and IEEE Multimedia Magazine, and leadership in conferences like ICPR, ICDSC, and WHISPERS. She has mentored numerous students and advised on interdisciplinary initiatives like the UT Cluster Hiring Initiative in Foundational AI.
Dr. Qi’s work spans academic, industrial, and societal impacts, with innovations in sensor networks, cybersecurity, and agricultural robotics.
