Narendra Ahuja

Narendra Ahuja is a Research Professor at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science and holds the title of Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a Professor Emeritus at the Coordinated Science Lab and the Center for Digital Agriculture within the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). His roles reflect his interdisciplinary contributions across computer science, engineering, and computational research.

His research focuses on computer vision, machine learning, and their applications in medical imaging, plant phenotyping, and agricultural technology. Key areas include image processing, motion estimation, and deep learning methodologies. He explores techniques like multi-label recognition, feature disentanglement, and explainable AI to advance these fields.

Scientific Awards:

• AAAS Fellow (1996)
• IEEE Fellow (1992)
• HP Labs Innovation Research Program Award (2009)
• Honorary Doctorate (2018)

Advising & Grants: He contributed to an $8M NSF-funded AI initiative to mitigate pandemic impacts and has led projects in railroad inspection, medical diagnostics, and agricultural automation. His work bridges theoretical advancements with practical applications in healthcare and agriculture.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Coordinated Science Lab and the Center for Digital Agriculture, advancing interdisciplinary research in AI-driven systems.