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Leonid Sigal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC), holding the NSERC Canada Research Chair (CRC II) in Computer Vision and Machine Learning and a CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute. He also serves as an Academic Advisor to Borealis AI. His research focuses on visual understanding, including object recognition, scene analysis, motion capture, and the intersection of computer vision with machine learning and graphics. Prior roles include Senior Research Scientist at Disney Research and Adjunct Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University.
Education: Ph.D. (Computer Science, Brown University, 2008), M.Sc. (Computer Science, Brown University, 2003), B.Sc. (Computer Science & Mathematics, Boston University, 1999).
Research interests span computer vision challenges such as human motion analysis, activity recognition, and generative models, alongside cross-disciplinary work in robotics and psychology. Notable achievements include Best Paper Awards at WACV 2015 and AMD 2012/2006, and leadership in organizing workshops like VisStory and tutorials on 'Looking at People.'
Awards include the Killam Accelerator Fellowship, NSERC DAS award, and recognition as Area Chair for CVPR 2022, ICML 2022, and IJCAI 2022. His lab advises numerous graduate students and postdocs, with active collaborations spanning industry (e.g., Disney, Borealis) and academia (e.g., CMU, Vector Institute).
